Rossum

With the m.v. Rossum to the Antarctic
The producer of this amateur movie was a second officer on the above vessel during the years 1959 and 1960 when she made two voyages to the Antarctic waters. This tanker was part of the "Oostzee" fleet owned by Vinke & Co. in Amsterdam. Her task was to deliver fuel to the mother vessel "Willem Barendsz", a factory ship in the Antarctic, then take home whale oil. The movie in its original format was a 8 mm film which was later digitized. Because of the "Nostalgia" character the contents of the movie was kept unchanged including the titling. This 62 minutes video covers film clips from both voyages with some supporting clips in order to maintain the story line but remember: All of the participants are truly 100% "Vinke" stars !!!

	This 62 minutes video is available on DVD to all Vinke friends at no charge.
	A mysterious disappearance of a crewmember on the m.v. Willem Barendtz in April 1961 On the voyage home (the Rossum as supply ship was about a month ahead of her) Jan Douma (23) a crewmember from Oostmahorn, Friesland was suddenly reported "missing". One morning under the African Coast they found his wooden shoes and a cap on deck but no Jan Douma. According to his family strange things happened on the mothership but nobody in Anjum, Friesland where many of the sailors live wants to talk about it. They keep their mouths tightly sealed. In trying to get to the truth of what exactly happened the TV program "Vermist" presented a special asking anybody on the globe who has some information which could lead to solving this mystery to give them a call on 0800 2080 TV Program: http://player.omroep.nl/?aflid=6788013

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