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Journey to Oblivion: The Empress of Ireland Story
Alain Vézina

Journey to Oblivion: The Empress of Ireland Story

  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • History
RELEASE

2002-01-01

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

90 min

Description

When the luxury ocean liner Empress of Ireland collided with the Norwegian coal vessel Storstad on May 29, 1914, it took a mere 14 minutes for the ship to disappear beneath the sea, killing 1,012 of the 1,477 people aboard. Using archival photos, underwater photography, animation and interviews with a variety of experts, this fascinating documentary chronicles the story behind Canada's worst nautical disaster of all time.

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