San Demetrio London

I live in Chalk Village near Gravesend Kent and i am a plumber. About 8 years ago my neighbour Peter who was in his seventies . He worked as a camera in the film industry he told me that one of his old films was on channel 4 on thrusday night. well on the tuesday of that week I was working for Mr laurance Dunn the ship photographer who lived in gravesend. I told him about the the film was going to be channel 4. He left the room and went into his office come dark room came back about ten minutes laterwith 4 photographs of the San Dometrio. He was the official naval photographer sent up to liverpool to take of the San Demetrio so the white Star line could try to stop the crew from claiming salvage on the ship. I watched the film on the Thursday grate film 6 stars

A bloody great movie !!!

This film was the first 'Adult' film that my father took me to see during the WW2. I was then about 9yrs. old. We lived in Liverpool and had suffered the German bombing. The story of the San Demetrio was totally believeable and so typical of the convoy attacks we heard about so often in Liverpool. I recently came across a copy of the film and it brought so many memories back from my childhood. An excellent Film in every respect and wonderful propoganda to inspire our people.

An outstanding fmovie still occasionally on TV - proof that determined people will 'step up to the mark' in times of crisis and a credit to the British film industry shooting such a realistic movie of a real-life ocurrence.