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Title:OPERATION SAMARITAN: HMS TYNE BRINGS AID TO AGADIR [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 1865
Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes from Operation Samaritan, the Royal Navy's aid response to the devastating earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, on 28 February 1960.
Description: HMS Tyne lies in the harbour at Agadir. A civilian official - presumably the local British representative - comes aboard the depot ship. LSs of the earthquake-damaged city. Nearby lies the Greek destroyer Aspis (06), which attracts the attention of the cameraman and some of Tyne's officers.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]