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Jul 3, 2018 · The incident took place on Dec. 12, 1862 as the Cairo was clearing mines on the Yazoo River near Haynes Bluff, Mississippi about 12 miles north of Vicksburg. The Cairo suffered catastrophic damage when a controlled underwater mine was detonated from shore.
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Dreams of a Life is a 2011 drama- documentary film, released by Dogwoof Pictures, directed by Carol Morley and starring Zawe Ashton as Joyce Carol Vincent, a London woman whose remains were discovered in her home in 2006, just over two years after she had died.
On 12 December 1862, while clearing mines from the river, preparatory to the attack on Haines Bluff, Cairo struck a "torpedo" [2] (or naval mine) detonated by volunteers hidden behind the river bank and sank in 12 minutes. There were no casualties.
Based in the East End of London Cannon and Morley Productions (CAMP) is run by Writer/Director Carol Morley and Producer Cairo Cannon. They have made award winning shorts, documentaries and features that have played in cinemas, on TV, in galleries and at festivals world wide.
Aug 30, 2006 · Naguib Mahfouz, the Egyptian playwright and screenwriter who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature and was widely regarded as the Arab world’s foremost novelist, died today, Reuters and The...
Cairo Cannon is known for The Falling (2014), Out of Blue (2018) and Typist Artist Pirate King (2022).
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A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century.
