DER STAPELLAUF UNSERES ERSTEN FLUGZEUGTRÄGERS [Main Title]

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  • Title: DER STAPELLAUF UNSERES ERSTEN FLUGZEUGTRÄGERS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1156
  • Other titles: THE LAUNCHING OF OUR FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER [Translation]
  • Summary: German Fox newsreel of the launching of the Graf Zeppelin by Hitler on 8 December 1938.
  • Description: This German newsreel shows huge crowds at the Kiel dockyards, decked out very ceremoniously, awaiting the launching of the Graf Zeppelin', the first aircraft carrier of the German Navy - 19,250 tons. Hitler's party arrives and after a brief speech the ship is launched and slides into the water amidst cheering and Nazi salutes.
  • Alternative Title: THE LAUNCHING OF OUR FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1156
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1156
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1938-12-08
  • Production Country: Germany
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  • Keywords: ships, German naval - aircraft carrier: Graf Zeppelin (object name) Germany & Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: German Title language: German Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 160 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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