Channel Incident

Channel Incident is a 1940 British short (15 minute) drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Peggy Ashcroft, Gordon Harker and Robert Newton. It combines documentary footage with acting. It is placed on the ships SS Princess Louise, SS Blackburn Rovers and SS Devonia.

For the 1946 incident, see Corfu Channel incident.

The film was a propaganda effort, made during the Second World War, which depicts the owner of a yacht heading across the Channel to help evacuate British troops from Dunkirk.[1][2]

References
  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | CHANNEL INCIDENT (1940)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  2. Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Channel Incident on IMDb


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