by Terence Horsley
Those taking part are:
Charles Mason, John Kevan, Cyril Nash, Robert Craven (by permission of Gordon Harbord), William Trent, Howard Marion-Crawford, Wallace Evennett (by permission of Reandco), Bryan Powley, Geoffrey Wincott, Joan Henley, William Heilbronn, and Eric Lugg (by permission of Gordon Harbord)
Production by John Cheatle
Fifteen years ago, the P. and O. liner Egypt, outward bound for India, was feeling her way through a dense fog twenty-five miles from Cape Ushant, the northern arm of the Bay of Biscay. At the same time, and in the same place, the French cargo steamer Seine was groping northwards. The vessels collided. The Egypt had her side ripped open; the Seine suffered damage to her bows. Within twenty minutes the Egypt sank to a depth of 400 feet, with £839,000 in gold bullion and £215,000 in silver bars on board her.
This is the story of the tremendous efforts of salvage workers to bring to the surface the Egypt's gold.