The Latrabjarg Rescue (1949)
- Original title
- Björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg
- Directed by
- Óskar Gíslason
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Iceland
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Icelandic documentary shows the rescue operation after the trawler Dhoon wrecked at Látrabjarg in 1947. It also uses footage from another British trawler grounding that happened a year later.
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What happens
Björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg er íslensk heimildarmynd sem tekin var upp og gerð af Óskari Gíslasyni. Hún fjallar um björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg þegar togarinn Dhoon strandaði við bjargið 12. desember 1947. Myndin var tekin upp ári síðar og kom út árið 1949. Í henni eru notaðar myndir sem teknar voru þegar annar breskur togari, Sargon, strandaði við Örlygshöfn ári síðar en Dhoon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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