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TITLE: "THESE REMARKABLE PICTURES ARE A TRUE RECORD OF SUBMARINE WARFARE TAKEN DURING ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE GUN AND TORPEDO FIRE AND CONSTITUTE TODAY THE MOST VIVID PAGES OF MODERN HISTORY".
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00:28:23 67 |
TITLE: "ON FEBRURY 1ST, 1917, THE KAISER GAVE INSTRUCTION TO BEGIN UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE".
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00:28:27 71 |
CAPTAIN OF U-BOAT U-35 LT. COMMANDER ARNAULD DE LA PERIERE BEING ROWED TO HIS SUBMARINE, WHICH LIES AT SIDE OF GERMAN WARSHIP, BY SAILOR, AT AUSTRIAN, GERMAN, NAVAL BASE AT TRIESTE. HE SALUTE CREW, GIVES ORDERS TO CAST OFF.
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00:29:09 113 |
OFFICERS AND MEN ON DOCKED WARSHIP. AS SEEN FROM U-35'S DECK.
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00:29:35 139 |
PAN GERMAN FLEET AT ANCHOR IN HARBOR, AS SEEN FROM SUB.
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00:29:52 156 |
TITLE: "THE ADMIRALTY STEAMER S. S. PARKGATE, 3,232 TONS, RETURNING EMPTY FROM MALTA TO GIBRALTA. SHE WAS BADLY HIT AFTER RUNNING FIGHT LASTING SIX HOURS".
S.S. PARKGATE AS SEEN FROM SUB BEFORE SINKING. |
00:30:32 196 |
CREWMEN OF S. S. PARKGATE IN LIFEBOATS ALONGSIDE SUB, ARE GIVEN INSTRUCTION BY SUB COMMANDER TO HAND OVER SHIP PAPERS. ARGUMENT ENSUES BEFORE COMPLIANCE.
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00:31:51 275 |
CAPTAIN OF STEAMER IS HELPED OFF LIFEBOAT ONTO SUB AND CONFERS WITH SUB CAPTAIN ON CONNING TOWER OF SUB.
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00:32:12 296 |
SUB CREWMEN ROW OUT TO STEAMER TO PLANT EXPLOSIVES, OPEN SAFETY VALVES TO SINK HER.
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00:33:01 345 |
STEAMER BEGINING TO SINK, HOLE FROM SHOT WHICH DISABLED SHIP CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN ABOVE WATER LINE AT SHIP'S STERN.
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00:33:10 354 |
SUB'S DECK GUN CREW FIRE AT STEAMER TO HASTEN HER SINKING. EXPLOSIONS AT WATERLINE OF STEAMER FROM DECK GUN SHOTS. STEAMER SLOWLY GOES DOWN. BOILERS EXPLODING AS SHE GOES UNDER.
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00:34:44 448 |
TITLE: "THE S. S. MAPLEWOOD, 3,233 TONS, WITH A CARGO OF 5,175 TONS OF IRON ORE, DUE FROM TUNIS TO ENGLAND".
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00:35:01 465 |
ABANDONED MAPLEWOOD IS HIT BY TORPEDO, SINKS IN ONE AND A HALF MINUTES. AS SEEN FROM SUB.
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00:35:58 522 |
GERMAN GUN CREW, FACING CAMERA, CLEAN DECK GUN DURING FAIR WEATHER. CAPTAIN, MATE ON CONNING TOWER IN BKGD.
ONE SAILOR KEEPS JUMPING UP TO AVOID COLD WATER SPLASHING ON DECK. |
00:36:29 553 |
TITLE: "AFTER LONG ENGAGEMENT ITALIAN STEAMER:
STROMBOLI", 5,466 TONS, BOUND FOR GENOA FROM BALTIMORE, IS FORCED TO SURRENDER". MS U-35, CREWMEN WATCHING FROM CONING TOWER, SAILS ALONGSIDE "STROMBOLI". |
00:36:57 581 |
TITLE: "DANGLING ROPES BEAR WITNESS TO DEPARTED LIFEBOATS." (NOTE GUN ON STERN OF STROMBOLI. PICTURES TAKEN TO BE USED AS EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY HER DESTRUCTION)
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00:37:26 610 |
BOMBING CREW FROM U-35 ROW OUT TO AND BOARD STEAMER.
U-BOAT CREWMAN ON DECK OF STROMBOLI LIGHTING FUSE. |
00:38:20 664 |
SINKING STEAMER "STROMBOLI". SUBS DECK GUN FIRING IN FRGD. STEAMER TAKING FINAL PLUNGE.
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00:39:11 715 |
CAPTAIN, OTHERS, ON CONNING TOWER OPANNING THE OCEAN IN ALL DIRECTIONS WITH BINOCULARS.
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00:39:25 729 |
TITLE: "THE S. S. INDIA, 2,933 TONS, WITH CARGO OF COAL FROM CARDIFF TO ORAN. ON THE SHIP'S SIDES IS PAINTED THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS OF GREECE. THE DESTRUCTION PARTY BOARDS AND PLACES EXPLOSIVE BOMBS IN SHIPS HOLDS".
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00:39:47 751 |
SEVERAL VIEWS S. S. INDIA SINKING AND FINAL PLUNGE.
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00:41:10 834 |
AS PIPE SMOKING OFFICER PEERS THROUGH SEXTON, COMMANDER DE LA PERIERE CHECKS HIS LOG ON DECK OF SUB.
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00:41:23 847 |
OFFICERS ON CONNING TOWER SPOT SPANISH STEAMER "ASUARKA", OUTSIDE THE DANGER ZONE". THEY SIGNAL IT, WITH FLAGS, TO SEND BOAT. ROW BOAT COMES ALONGSIDE SUB. AFTER CHECKING PAPERS THE SHIP IS RELEASED.
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00:42:55 939 |
TILTE: "THE SINKING OF ENGLISH STEAMER "PATAGONIA".
3,832 TONS, BOUND FOR CUBA, LOADED WITH SUGAR". |
00:43:12 956 |
"PANTAGONIA" ROLLING OVER ON ITS SIDE, SINKING.
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00:43:39 983 |
HIGH ANGLE SUBMARINE'S GUN CREWS FIRE AT S. S.
"CORFU", WITH A CARGO OF 5,000 TONS OF IRON AND STEEL BOUND FOR GENOA WHICH THEY SINK ON SIGHT. |
00:44:03 1007 |
S.S. "CORFU" TAKES FINAL PLUNGE.
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00:44:51 1055 |
VIEW OF STORM WAVES CRASHING INTO U-35'S BOW IN F/G.
DURING STORM IN MEDITERRANEAN. |
00:45:16 1080 |
S. S. "NENTMOOR" WITH 5.658 TONS OF WHEAT, BOUND FROM AMERICA TO GENOA IS SUNK. SEVERAL VIEWS SHIP LYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS IT SLOWLY SINKS. GUN CREW FIRING.
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00:46:56 1180 |
COMMANDER PERIERE EXAMINES "LLYOD'S SHIPPING REGISTER", CU CROSSES OUT SHIPS HE SUNK AND PUTS DATE OF SINKING NEXT TO THEM
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00:47:47 1231 |
CAPTAIN'S OF BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY U-35 WALK ON DECK OF SUB FOR FRESH AIR. FILM WAS TAKEN TO DISPROVE ARGUMENT THAT PRISONERS WERE NOR ALLOWED ON DECK OF SUBMARINES.
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00:48:02 1246 |
CREW MEMBERS OF SUBMARINE IN SWIM SUITS, ENJOY SWIM IN OCEAN, TAKE SHOWERS ON DECK. ONE DIVES OFF CONNING TOWER. PAN SWIMMERS IN OCEAN TO MEN SOAPING DOWN, SHOWERING ON DECK.
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00:48:43 1287 |
GERMAN SAILORS HAVING SMOKE AND CHATTING ON DECK OF SUB.
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00:48:55 1299 |
SAILBOAT-SCOONER "MISS MORRIS" WITH CARGO OF TURTLES IS ABANDONED AS BOMB CROW BOARDS HER. SAILORS EXAMINE LARGE TURTLES ON DECK.
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00:49:22 1326 |
COMMANDER PERIERE SITS ON DECK OF SUB, WRITES MESSAGE ON PAD TO HIS BASE, AS RADIOMAN, HEAD STICKING OUT OF HATCH, WAITS FOR MESSAGE.
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00:49:57 1361 |
PAN SUB'S CREW ON DECK WATCH AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CRUISER HELIGOLAND STEAMING BY AS THEY ENTER HARBOR AT BASE IN TRIESTE.
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00:50:54 1418 |
U-35 OFFICERS AND MEN STAND AND SALUTE AS THEY ENTER HARBOR. CREW CHEER AND WAVE HATS.
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00:52:00 1484 |
LT. COMMANDER PERIERE LEAVES SUB TO REPORT TO HIGH COMMAND.
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00:52:49 1533 |
PAN FLOTILLA OF SUBMARINES TIED UP IN HARBOR.
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00:53:27 1571 |
PAN OF U-139, THE MOST POWERFUL GERMAN SUBMARINE EVER BUILT, WAS GIVEN TO PERIERE TO COMMAND ALONG WITH PROMOTION, SURRENDERED AT HARWICH, NOVEMBER 21, 1918.
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