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Action Stations Part 6 of 6

Reel Number: 221195-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943

Country: Canada

Location: At Sea,Atlantic

TC Begins: 10:18:13

TC Ends: 10:26:40

Duration: 00:08:27

Continued... Officer recalls time he went after German submarine, U-15. Officer on deck, radar signal on screen; warning bell as crew drinking coffee. “Action Stations!” etc. Crew up ladders. convoy seen. Officer. Long gun readied; black flag raised. Crew preparing gun. Shots of engines cranking in engine room. Ship in convoy burning in distance. Depth charges released, CU. Surface charges explode, explosions in water. CU faces. 10:20:41 Submarine surfaces under fire, LS crew onto deck of sub, surrendering. Tattooed sailor strafes sub as a warning. CU barrels firing. Boarding party rows across to sub, prisoners w/ hands up taken; first officer goes inside sub, man seen calling down. Sub starts to sink, sailors swim for it; German crewman punched into water. First officer dives as sub explodes. 10:24:23 Explosion of sub. Boarding party returns w/ five prisoners. Celebrations as good news transmitted. CU writing message. Montage heavy guns firing & various Canadian ships at sea. End titles. WWII; Shipping; Wartime Propaganda;

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