Reel Number: 221251-08
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940s
Country: AT Sea
Location: At Sea
TC Begins: 14:03:29
TC Ends: 14:13:41
Duration: 00:10:12
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Hilfskreuzer auf allen Meeren Pt. 1 of 2 Die Marine-Haupffilm Bildstelle zeigt Marine HQ Presents Documentary on Nazi Kriegsmarine naval cadets training on board an auxiliary cruiser. German track explaining what an auxiliary cruiser is. Title over turning globe. 14:03:47 POV Cruiser at sea. Onboard lookout w/ binoculars - navigator w/ map & compass. Cadets on maintenance duty - painting stairs, funnels & railings - good shot line of cadets suspended on ropes over side of ship painting hull. Captain talks to group of cadets wearing vests & shorts on deck (MOS). Cadets at lesson on deck - officer points to map of ship. 14:05:05 INT crewmen / cadets have medical check-ups - doctor pours shot glass of ?? for crewman w/ Nazi eagle on vest to drink. Cruiser at sea - CU lookout shouts “Alarm!” Cadets rush to their stations, some smirking - engines fired up - heavy gun fired - officer w/ binoculars - crewmen in small motor boat towards enemy ship. ‘King John’ seen on ship through binoculars. Germans board English tanker, crew into lifeboats & taken as prisoners. Charges carried onto tanker; explosion in long shot. PoWs in lifeboats to cruiser & wounded Englishmen treated on deck. Tanker sinking as further shots fired into it. 14:08:55 Top shots activity on deck of cruiser. Sailors reading & sunbathing. Singing w/ accordion player. Pigs on deck. Crewmen perform calisthenics on deck - gymnastic exercises - dogs run about getting in way of sailors trying to jump over vault. Cadets lark about in swimming pool on deck - dog jumps about as water splashes over side. Small shark caught w/ bait & hauled over side. 14:11:22 Lookout raises alarm again - action stations. Germans board another English merchant navy vessel - guard crew w/ guns - crew taken prisoner & ship blown up. Piano taken from scuttled ship hoisted & wheeled onto deck, played. Cadets watch as ship sinks. Good dramatic sinking. WW2; Shipping; Atlantic; PoWs; Prisoners of War; German Navy; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.