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German Submarine Warfare WWI Reel-1
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keywords: wwi, german u-boats, submarine warfare, sinking merchant shipping, british armed steamer parkgate, spanish steamer asuarca
Synopsis: During WWI Germany places a "magic belt" of U-Boats around England where their mission is to intercept all merchant shipping and try to isolate the UK from all war materiel and resources with scenes of the destruction of the British armed steamer Parkgate, boarding the Spanish steamer Asuarca and more...(read more)
- Date: 1917-1918
- Duration: 00:10:29
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: German
- Location: Atlantic Ocean
German Submarine Warfare WWI Reel-1
During WWI Germany places a "magic belt" of U-Boats around England where their mission is to intercept all merchant shipping and try to isolate the UK from all war materiel and resources with scenes of the destruction of the British armed steamer Parkgate, boarding the Spanish steamer Asuarca and more.
Shot List:
00:00:01;00
Title Card Reads "Der Magische Gurtel"
Shows German Captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere in a skiff as he is rowed out to and boards the U-Boat (U-35). The German submarine is docked adjacent to a German passenger liner. Orders are given to cast off and the U-Boat pulls away and head out to the North Sea.
00:02:52;03
Title Card reads The British Armed Steamer Parkgate forced to stop after skirmish
During WWI the British armed steamer "Parkgate" is seen from the deck of the German U-Boat, U-35, under command of Captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Periereon, on April 4, 1917. Members of the Parkgate crew come alongside the U-boat in lifeboats.
00:04:14;20
Title card reads the Captain of the Parkgate is captured
An explosives team from the U-boat rows to the Parkgate to set demolition charges that will help sink the ship. The U-boat crew fires deck gun to strike the Parkgate at the waterline. The Parkgate begins to take on water and list. A 7.6 cm gun can be seen on the stern of the Parkgate. The Parkgate's bow tilts upwards and the ship sinks, with a large explosion as the ship boilers explode.
00:07:37;03
Title cards reads encounter with homecoming submarine
Shows two German U-Boats on surface in WWI.
00:07:53;03
Title Card mimics The British Daily Mail newspaper, Tuesday, November 21, 1917, declaring that England must break the German U-boat blockade or be broken by it
Shows a statement by British MP Gibson Bowles to the effect that Britain's food supply is being controlled by German submarines.
00:08:08;06
Title Card reads good weather
Crew of a surfaced German submarine in WWI is seen on deck taking advantage of good weather to clean the deck gun.Officers in conning tower scan horizon with binoculars.
00:09:02;16
Title Card reads outside the restricted area the neutral Spanish Asuraca steamer is sighted
The Imperial German Navy war ensign is displayed on U-Boat conning tower along with a nautical pennant bearing a white cross on red background, indicating the numeral "4." The crew is also raising a bicolor nautical flag for the letter "H". The German U-Boat signals for the Spanish steamer to send over a boat with an officer and ship papers. View of the single-stack Spanish steamer Asuarca. The officer is seen leaving the submarine and boarding the ships dinghy, to return to the Asuarca. The Asuarca carried no contraband and was therefore allowed to proceed unhindered.
