The Heavy List of the Flying Enterprise
Dramatic radio flashes from the U.S. destroyer, John W. Weeks, gave the first detailed account of the lone fight of the 37-year-old Capt. Kurt Carlsen - against the gale-whipped Atlantic, in his battered, listing ship, "Flying Enterprise". The cap...
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Famous Liner on Fire in New York Harbour
Famous Liner on fire in New York Harbour.
Passenger on the Queen Elizabeth look on 10-03-47.
Aerial view of the four alarm fire which broke out on Friday aboard the s.s.John Ericisson being fought by fireboats..Passengers aboard the s.s.Queen Eliz...
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Athenia Survivors are Landed at Galway
Dramatic scene as Athenia survivors are landed at Galway — saved from the sea terror.
Pathetic scenes were witnessed at Galway yesterday when 430 survivors from the Athenia rescued by the Norwegian tanker Knute Nelson, were landed at Galway.
A sol...
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The Blazing Liner 'Monarch of Bermuda'
Several men were injured today when the 22,424-ton luxury liner "MONARCH OF BERMUDA" was swept by fire in dock at Hebburn-on-Tyne. The liner, which was in dock for refitting, was a troop transport during the war.
KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS:- Aerial view...
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The halved 'World Concord'
Tanker breaks in two: all crew rescued.
All members of the crew have been rescued from the "World Concord", the big tanker of over 20,000 tons, which broke in two during the heavy gale in the Irish Sea, off the west coast of England. Both halves r...
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The Greek Trans-Atlantic Liner 'Bretagne'
With smoke belching from her mid-section, the Greek trans-Atlantic liner, 'Bretagne', being nosed out of the Nioarchos shipyards at Skaramanga, 20 miles south of Athens, after a fire had raged out of control aboard the vessel. Three persons were s...
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Lessons in Agricultural Production
It is quite a big event if one learns how to drive a tractor during the "Day of lessons in production". Some pupils of the 9th forms of Miltits, Burkhardswalde and Taubenheim, in the GDR county of Dresden, can do it during their 4-yeat training in...
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Tending the Family Garden
A Nicaraguan woman weeds a cabbage patch beside her husband. In some developing countries up to 35 percent of such work is done by women.
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