Above Us the Waves (1955)
The Navy comes up with a plan to use midget submarines to plant underwater explosives and attack the greatest threat to the British Navy, the German battleship Tirpitz.
Primary Title
- Above Us the Waves
Date Broadcast
- Monday 25 April 2011
Release Year
- 1955
Start Time
- 12 : 00
Finish Time
- 13 : 40
Duration
- 100:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- The Navy comes up with a plan to use midget submarines to plant underwater explosives and attack the greatest threat to the British Navy, the German battleship Tirpitz.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Feature films--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British--Drama.
Genres
- Drama
- War
Contributors
- Ralph Thomas (Director)
- Charles Esme Thornton Warren (Writer)
- James D. Benson (Writer)
- John Mills (Actor)
- John Gregson (Actor)
- Donald Sinden (Actor)
- James Robertson Justice (Actor)
- William MacQuitty (Producer)
- J. Arthur Rank Organisation (Production Unit)
- London Independent Producers (Production Unit)
- Arthur Benjamin (Composer)
- Muir Mathieson (Conductor)
- Robin Estridge (Writer)
Subjects
- Feature films--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British--Drama.