Yangtse Incident (1957)

Directors

Michael Anderson

Cast

Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Keye Luke

The story

On 19 April 1949, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanjing, 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.

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