[SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET] [Allocated]


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  • Other title(s): [SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET] [Allocated]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 18 mins
  • Description: I. SMS Prinz Regent Luitpold and Friedrich der Grosse pass camera. Medium shot of Friedrich der Grosse with pan to German battleships in line ahead. SMS Bayern and Kronprinz Wilhelm pass camera. Medium shot off port bow of HMS Cardiff with German battle cruisers in line astern - SMS Seydlitz passes off screen, camera holding on Moltke. II. German destroyers underway - V.43 Class, S.131 (with B.169 Class in background), H.145 (a G.101 in background), and V.125 Class vessels. Medium shot, passing to starboard of HMS Anzac (G.70). III. King George V shakes hands with ship's officers before leaving British battleship (three K Class submarines in background). IV. Ship's boat attempts to get a line to nearly submerged aircraft. V. Medium shot of V.100 Class destroyer. VI. Continuation of IV. Onboard scenes as destroyer recovers a ditched Avro 504K. VII. Anchorage at sunset - moored V/W Class destroyers. Light cruisers in the background. VIII. Close-ups, aft the bridge of moored G.101 Class destroyer. Medium close-up, starboard amidships, S.131 Class destroyer. IX. Various shots showing Queen Mary and King George V with Beatty onboard HMS Canada (HMS Oak and RS Class battleships in background), X. Long shot of Seydlitz at Scapa - aircraft goes over anchorage - pan left to show ML hove to. Medium shot off port beam of Seydlitz, and medium close-up of forebody as port anchor is let slip and ensign hauled down from foremast. Long shot as Felixstowe flying boat goes over.
    Elements of the German High Seas Fleet surrender to the British in 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / George V, King / Mary, Queen / Beatty, David Richard / Royal Navy, ANZAC (HMS), destroyer / Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth / Royal Navy, CANADA (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, Oak / Royal Navy, CARDIFF (HMS), destroyer / German Imperial Navy, Prinz Regent Luitpold / German Imperial Navy, Friedrich der Grosse / German Imperial Navy, Bayern / German Imperial Navy, Kronprinz Wilhelm / German Imperial Navy, Seydlitz / German Imperial Navy, Moltke / ships, British naval - battleship: Canada / ships, British naval - battleship: Royal Sovereign Class / ships, British naval - cruiser: Cardiff / ships, British naval - destroyer: Anzac (G.70) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Oak (92) / ships, British naval - destroyer: V/W Class / ships, British naval - submarine: K Class / ships, German naval - battleship: Prinz Regent Luitpold & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Friedrich der Grosse & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Bayern & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Kronprinz Wilhelm & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Seydlitz & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - battleship: Moltke & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: V43 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: S131 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: H145 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: V125 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: V100 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: G101 Class & [surrendered] / ships, German naval - destroyer: B169 Class & [surrendered] / aircraft, British naval - combat: Avro 504K & [wrecked] / aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe flying boat / operations, British naval air - salvage: recovery of ditched aircraft / 12/3(261.2).9 / First World War, Armistice & German Navy, Internment of & 21/11/1918 / GB, Scotland & Scapa Flow, Orkney
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Engholm, F W
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound