LUFTWAFFEN-ANGRIFFE IM OSTEN; GNEISENAU UND SCHARNHORST GEGEN DEN FEIND [Main Title]

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  • Title: LUFTWAFFEN-ANGRIFFE IM OSTEN; GNEISENAU UND SCHARNHORST GEGEN DEN FEIND [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1267
  • Other titles: GNEISENAU UND SCHARNHORST GEGEN DEN FEIND; LUFTWAFFEN-ANGRIFFE IM OSTEN; DEUTSCHE SCHNELLBOOTE - DIE STUKAS DER MEERE [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Three films compiled from newsreel items record Heinkel He 111 bomber attacks against Russian targets and Messerschmitt Bf 110s destroying two fighters in 1941, the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst sinking HMS Glorious, Oil Pioneer and the British troopship Orama in the North Sea on 8 June 1940 and the German S-Boats S-8,9,11 and 15 exercising at high speed.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: GNEISENAU UND SCHARNHORST GEGEN DEN FEIND; LUFTWAFFEN-ANGRIFFE IM OSTEN; DEUTSCHE SCHNELLBOOTE - DIE STUKAS DER MEERE [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: GWY 1267
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1267
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: German Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, German naval - battleship: Gneisenau (object name) ships, German naval - battleship: Scharnhorst (object name) ships, British naval - aircraft carrier: HMS Glorious (object name) ships, British auxiliary - transport: Orama (object name) ships, British auxiliary - tanker: oil (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Bf 110 (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 302 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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    GWY 1267

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