The final shots feature rare archive footage of the R.M.S. Empress of Britain leaving Southampton for Quebec. Launched in 1930 to promote transatlantic routes to Canada, rather than New York City, she was sunk by submarine U-32 on October 10, 1940 off the east coast of Ireland. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner sunk during World War II, and the largest ship ever sunk by a U-boat. Due to earlier attacks, she was under tow with only a skeleton crew, and there were no casualties.
Theatrical movie debut of Max Miller (Millbrau). Although he had been a major star of music-hall variety since the mid 1920s, his material was judged too blue for broadcast, and his machine-gun delivery unsuited to early sound.
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