Title:DANZIG VOYAGE THROUGH KIEL CANAL BY HENLEY-ON-THAMES VET REGINALD MACHIN IN 1938 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 4375
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY REGINALD MACHIN [Alternative Title]
Summary:Amateur film record of a voyage by Reginald Machin, a veterinary surgeon of Henley-on-Thames, by cargo vessel from London to Danzig in 1938. Machin passes through the Kiel Canal, then films the architecture of Danzig, partly adorned by German swastika flags.
Description:London's Tower Bridge opens to allow ship to pass down Thames at start of Reginald Machin's voyage to Danzig accompanying cattle (unseen) to the Free City under Polish suzerainty. Tower of London filmed from Thames. Machin's fellow veterinary surgeon Mrs Everett stands on deck. Sunset at sea. Sailing barge. Machin's cargo vessel approaches western entrance to Kiel Canal, past Customs House flying German swastika flag and sign "Burg". Barge flying Dutch flag passes. Vessel passes beneath several bridges before reaching Baltic. Machin poses for camera. Deck cricket. Sunset at sea through rigging. Vessel enters port (presumably Gdynia rather than demilitarised Danzig), where Polish soldiers wearing distinctive czapka caps are visible on quayside. Extensive shore coverage of Danzig's ancient architecture, including views of buildings flying German swastika flags, presumably to indicate inhabitants' support for Hitler's Germany.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY REGINALD MACHIN [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 4375
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1919-1939
Production Date:1938-1938
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Machin, Reginald (Production individual)
