Reel Number: 221107-08
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1939
Country: Uruguay
Location: Montevideo
TC Begins: 16:06:46
TC Ends: 16:08:24
Duration: 00:01:38
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Graf Spee Scuttled! German battleship Admiral Graf Spee sunk by crew near Montevideo harbour to avoid further sea battle w/ British cruisers which forced it into port in Uruguay. Shots of ship in dock. Aerial views of Graf Spee making its way out of harbour to be scuttled & ship listing in pall of smoke as charges detonate. Closer shots burning wreckage beginning to sink. Also shows German crewmen sleeping on deck of tugboat. WWII. Battle of the River Plate. German Navy / Nazi Kreigsmarine. South America.