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U.S. To Sell Ghost Fleet Seized From WWI Germany

Public Domain Stock Footage U.S. To Sell Ghost Fleet Seized From WWI Germany

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Synopsis: Four aging liners seized from Germany when the U.S. entered WWI and used to send Allied soldiers to France will be sold at auction or broken up for scrap metal...(read more)

  • Date: 1940
  • Duration: 00:00:27
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

U.S. To Sell Ghost Fleet Seized From WWI Germany

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U.S. To Sell Ghost Fleet Seized From WWI Germany

Solomons Island, Maryland. Four aging liners, seized from Germany when the U.S. declared war in 1917 and which took 200,000 "Doughboys" to France, will be sold at auction or broken up for scrap metal.

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Newsreels: 1940 - January 22