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Corvette Port Arthur / directed by: Joris Ivens ; produced by: Joris Ivens ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa).

Ivens, Joris, (film director.). Ivens, Joris, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary:

A film tribute to the Royal Canadian Navy. The stars: those men who sail the fighting ship Port Arthur, credited, shortly after the picture was completed, with sinking an Italian submarine in the Mediterranean. The film reaches a climax when a submarine is detected approaching the convoy and the signal for "action stations" is sounded throughout the ship.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (22 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.
Copyright: ♭1943

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Joris Ivens ; producer, Joris Ivens ; editing, Joris Ivens ; camera, Franȯis Villiers, Osmond H. Borradaile, John Norwood ; sound, William H. Lane, Charles Quick ; sound recording, Gordon Fraser ; sound editing, J.R. Hunter ; music, Louis Applebaum.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voice, Allan Field.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1943.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).