Title:GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS AND BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS (items) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NGB 167
Other titles:SALVAGING OF SMS KOENIG ALBERT AT SCAPA FLOW - GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [Alternative Title]
RAISING THE MOYVA - DEEP WATER OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA - GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [Alternative Title]
SALVAGING OF KOENIG ALBERT AT SCAPA FLOW - BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS [Alternative Title]
Summary: Three inter-war newsreel items concerned with the salvaging of sunken vessels.
Description: I. ("Raising the German Warship 'Koenig Albert' From Scapa Flow" - item title, not on film?) Incomplete item shows descent of frogman from salvage ship, raising of bows and stern of the scuttled German battle cruiser SMS Koenig Albert and the hull turned turtle with airlocks above. The Koenig Albert had been scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919. (GB News Issue No 167, 5/8/1935)
II. "Raising the Russian Trawler 'Moyva' from the Black Sea". Sailors of the Soviet Navy watch salvage operations to raise Russian trawler Moyva, which sank in 200ft of water with all hands lost. (GB News 6328 Issue 167, 5 May 1935)
III. Incomplete and disjointed British Movietone News item on salvaging of the Koenig Albert.
Alternative Title:SALVAGING OF SMS KOENIG ALBERT AT SCAPA FLOW - GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [Alternative Title]
RAISING THE MOYVA - DEEP WATER OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA - GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [Alternative Title]
SALVAGING OF KOENIG ALBERT AT SCAPA FLOW - BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:NGB 167
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1919-1938
Production Date:1935-08-05
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Gaumont British News (Production company)
British Paramount News (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 281 ft; Running time: 3 mins
