Naval Warfare Movies

Merchant Seamen

Director: Jack Holmes

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Published: 1941
Country: UK
Keywords: WWII, Feature

This is the VHS release (see more).

Summary

This feature showed wartime audiences the dangers British seamen had to confront in their passage across the Atlantic. After surviving a sinking, one crew member completes a gunnery course, joins another ship, and soon has an opportunity to use his new knowledge to sink a U-boat.


Notes

The amateur actors showcased in this film were actual merchant seamen.

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