The ocean liner "Yukon' is located after it founders on a ree during a severe storm. Nearly 500 passengers and crew are rescued although 12 lost their lives in the shipwreck.
THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF WRECKED SHIPS ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT MAKES FOR A WONDERFUL CHALLENGE FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR, NOT ONLY ADVENTURE, BUT FOR A SENSE OF HISTORY AS WELL. REPORTER TERRY SHIELS TAKES US TO THE "GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC" FOR A LIVING HISTORY LESSON.
Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material.
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<br/>Possibly Greece.
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<br/>VS of boats in harbour. Shots of what may survivors from a shipwreck are being brought ashore in various little boats. Some injured arrive and then some dead bodies. VS of corpses. MS an official check what looks like a pile of bank notes. More shots of corpses. VS of scared women coming alongside in small boat.
VIDEO STILLS OF SHIPWRECKED PEOPLE IN A LIFEBOAT.
11:00:00:07 Series of aerial stills from video of shipwreck
survivors standing in lifeboats in the Caribbean sea.
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DISASTERS: SHIPWRECK, SURVIVORS.
The Great Lakes area hears alot about shipwrecks...but this weekend the people who have actually seen the wrecks have gathered in Duluth Minnesota. Mike Kulstad tells us more about this weekends shipwreck convention.(Take Pkg)