| Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime run through the Mediterranean—Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Haifa—under the gaze of the Mediterranean Fleet (HMS Barham, Malaya, Warspite). After the Ionian was sunk by a German mine on 29 November 1939 en route from Crete to Hull, the film was recut and released as Cargoes. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 02, 1939 |
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| Director: | Humphrey Jennings |
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| Production Companies | GPO Film Unit, Travel and Industrial Development Association |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 23, 2026 Entered: Jun 11, 2024 |
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| Name | Job |
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| Humphrey Jennings | Director |
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| Alberto Cavalcanti | Producer |
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