Seriously Moving Images

This film clip shows the Victoria-based deep-sea salvage tug Sudbury II dealing with two former US Navy Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers from WWII—the tow of the USS Cape Esperance, and the recovery of the USS Guadalcanal on the open Pacific. At the end of the clip, Sudbury II is shown returning to her home base in Victoria’s Inner Harbour.

Edited excerpts from the promotional film Saga of the Sudburys, produced by Parry Films Ltd. for Island Tug & Barge in 1960. BC Archives film item AAAA2659 at the Royal BC Museum.