Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
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Opis oryginalny: angielski
On 19 April 1949, the Royal Navy sloop HMS ''Amethyst'' sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanking, the Chinese capital, to deliver supplies to the British Embassy. Suddenly, without warning, People's Liberation Army (PLA) shore batteries open fire and after a heavy engagement, ''Amethyst'' lies grounded in the mud and badly damaged. attempts to tow ''Amethyst'' off the mud bank, but is herself hit several times and has to depart. A further rescue attempt by two other ships also comes under heavy fire and has to be aborted.
Obsada
- Alfred Burke jako Petty Officer
- Allan Cuthbertson jako Captain Donaldson
- Anthony Chinn jako PLA Officer
- Ballard Berkeley jako Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
- Basil Dignam jako Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China
- Brian Smith jako Boy Martin
- Ewen Solon jako ERA Williams
- Keith Faulkner jako Signalman
- Kenneth Cope jako Mr. McNamara
- Michael Brill jako Lieutenant Peter Egerton
- Ralph Truman jako Vice Admiral
- Richard Leech jako Lieutenant Strain