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Windjammer (1930)

Windjammer poster
Original title
The Windjammer
Directed by
J. O. C. Orton
Genre
adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crew sails a windjammer ship on a long voyage around Cape Horn. The film shows the hard work and dangers of life at sea.

adventurousbrisknauticalearthystraightforwardgrittyold-fashioned

What happens

Windjammer (also known as The Windjammer) is a 1930 British adventure film directed by John Orton and starring Michael Hogan and Tony Bruce. Stuart Legg and Arthur B. Woods were assistant directors. It was written by A.P. Herbert based on the 1930 book By Way of Cape Horn by A.J. Villiers, and produced by British Instructional Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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