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[War at Sea : Battleship Graf Spee Scuttled]

Item number (ISN):

311955

Series title:

The News Parade

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1939/1940

Item number (ISN):

311955

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

SHAW, Hollis and Lillian

Accession:

2000-0035

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1939/1940

Production company:

Castle Films

Production credit:

editing, Eugene W. Castle

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Description:

Film about the hunt for the German battleship Graf Spee. It shows: Atlantic convoy being protected by Royal Navy; Graf Spee carrying out drills; Graf Spee in action, sinking Allied ships; Britain's Royal Navy hunting down the Graf Spee, off Montevideo; ship being repaired in the port; in Uruguay, the authorities order the crew ashore, including the captain and then demands that the ship leave port; on 17 December 1939 the ship weighs anchor; British ships wait in international waters to ambush the ship and destroy it. The Nazis scuttle the ship to avoid capture.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Distributed in Canada by Associated Screen News.

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Vault ISN:

351547

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2000-10-0064

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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