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1955 AT SEA: NORTH ATLANTIC RESCUE:
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0:31Now PlayingDate: 5th September 1955
Location: North Atlantic
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ARGOBEAM, (London freighter) Struggles in mountainous seas in North Atlantic...captain Watson and his crew were rescued by Swedish liner...picked up by lifeboat....
KUNGSHOLM... (Swedish Liner) In the North Atlantic Sea...lifeboat is launched to save crew and captain of British freighter "Argobeam" who's engine had caught fire....
LIFEBOATMEN & LIFEBOATS. From Swedish liner "Kungsholm" rescues captain and crew from freighter "Argobeam" in the North Atlantic sea.
RESCUES. In North Atlantic sea.. of the freighter "Argobeam" of the crew and captain Watson...by the Swedish lifeboat from liner "Kungsholm".
WATSON, Captain (of London freighter "Argobeam" With his crew are rescued in the North Atlantic sea by Swedish liner....thanking the Swedish skipper.
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