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Rms Queen Elizabeth Burned Out Wreck in Hong Kong (1970)

1970 · Short film · 1 min

Synopsis

Shot in 1970, this silent 16mm home movie shows a visit to Hong Kong and its harbor. At:55 seconds you will see the wreck of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, once a grand sovereign of the seas but by this time reduced to a charred and sunken wreck. The story on this derelict can be traced back to November of 1968, when the luxury liner crossed the Atlantic for the last time and was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen. Their plan was to turn the ship into a tourist attraction in Florida similar…

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1 minutes