SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET [Main]
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Jahr: 1918
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Dauer: 10 mins
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Beschreibung: The German fleet "comes out": battleships in line ahead; medium shot as Kaiser Class battleship passes below; medium shots and medium close-ups of battle cruisers - SMS Von der Tann, Derfflinger, Moltke and Seydlitz; additional shots of Von der Tann. Ships of US 6th Battle Squadron are part of the Allied escort: medium shots of New York and Texas. Surrendered light cruisers: two Koenigsberg (II) Class (SMS Nürnberg and Emden ?), SMS Frankfurt, and a Bremse Class vessel. The German flagship: medium close-up of SMS Friedrich der Grosse flying Rear-Admiral Reuter's flag - airship pylon obscures the view in latter part of the sequence. Medium shot off the port beam of Seydlitz - she passes off screen left. "An idea of German armament": medium close-up of after turrets and port echelon turret of Friedrich der Grosse. "Hun Torpedo Boat Destroyers": S.131 Class vessels, S.53 Class, destroyer B.98 and companion. Medium shot of SMS Seydlitz with airship engine pylon in foreground. "An aerial escort": medium long shot of German battleships in line ahead with Astre-Torres type airship above them - a second airship is visible in far distance. Medium shot of New York Class battleship - partially obscured by pylon. Medium shot of SMS Derfflinger. "Nearing May Island": long shot of Seydlitz holding station astern of HMS Cardiff. Long shot of Cardiff with Royal Sovereign Class battleship in the background.
Film taken from a naval airship showing the surrender of the German fleet, 21 November 1918.
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Schlüsselwörter: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Navy, CARDIFF (HMS), destroyer / United States Navy, NEW YORK (USS), battleship (1912) / United States Navy, TEXAS (USS) / German Imperial Navy, Von der Tann / German Imperial Navy, Derfflinger / German Imperial Navy, Moltke / German Imperial Navy, Seydlitz / German Imperial Navy, Friedrich der Grosse / German Imperial Navy, Frankfurt / ships, British naval - cruiser: Cardiff / ships, United States naval - battleship: New York / ships, United States naval - battleship: Texas / ships, German naval - battleship: Von der Tann & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Derfflinger & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Moltke & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Seydlitz & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Friedrich der Grosse & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - cruiser: Frankfurt & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - cruiser: Koenigsberg (II) Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - cruiser: Bremse Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: S131 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: S53 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: B98 Class & [surrendered] / aircraft, British naval - airship: C Type / First World War, Armistice & German Navy, Internment of & 21/11/1918
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Anbieter: Imperial War Museums
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Rechte: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Produktionsfirma: Royal Air Force
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Farbe: Black & White
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Ton: Without sound
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