WWII French Port & Captured German Freighter by Coast Guard, ca 1940

WWII French Port & Captured German Freighter by Coast Guard, ca 1940 Submarine on surface moving slowly l. to r. Officers & men on deck. Officer talking to others; men into rowboats & rowing. 11:17:54 High angle pan across harbor city. Men on small ship. Officer w/ binoculars & freighter on horizon. Two freighters anchored?. French navy ship fires gun. 11:18:35 Int. w/ officers reading small print newspaper. Naval report. French officer at desk, maps behind; speaks on telephone (MOS) w/ navy officer. Coast Guardsmen (?) run out of building w/ rifles & board small boat w/ steam engine. High angle of harbor & coastguard boat underway. Approaching freighter & alongside to board. Salute officer; check sailors passports & cargo. Sailors on deck. 11:20:43 Freighter docked. Dock w/ crates & goods under tarps. Policemen (?) on top of barge loaded w/ crates. Pan interior of large warehouse. Men inspect burlap bales of cotton, wrapped meat from Hambourg (Hamburg). 11:21:35 Large crane unloading freighter. Timbers loaded into railroad car. CU of inspector. Crane unloading bundles of steel rods View from water of freighter stern. 11:22:15 Crate, bundles w/ German destinations. men moving billets of metal w/ Hamburg stamped. Drums on dock. Stacks of bales. Unloading. Japanese freighter in water. Polish ship Korab II, Gydania tied to another freighter. Men walk on deck. Three sailors posing, others w/ Polish flag. 11:23:40 French military naval convoy from air; from on board. Many ships at anchor. View from behind machine gun & near gun turret. Shots of wake. Ships at anchor from various angles. French sailors w/ binoculars. CU steam whistle. Freighter w/ American Farmer, United States Lions on side. Night shot.GOOD. WWII French Naval Action; 1940 ca;