Northern Sea Routes Issue Title Pigs Might Fly! (1942)

Northern Sea Routes. Part of PIGS MIGHT FLY! issue. Various locations of events. Several animated maps examine the problem of sea routes during the Second World War. The peacetime routes from Britain to numerous places around the world are shown, then we see actual footage (not great quality) of German U-boats with Nazi swastikas at sea. Brief shot from a ship moving past a large iceberg. More animated maps show the suggested routes between the United States of America and Russia, going over the arctic regions. Brief shot of men on a ship firing a gun at an iceberg to clear their route. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Em