- Title: VM-1203
- Summary: AUF GROSSE FAHRT:
- Description:01:01:46 - GERMAN WARSHIP (CRUISER?) 01:02:00 - ABOVE VIEW GERMAN NAVYMEN LINED UP ALONG PIER BEING REVIEWED BY OFFICERS. SAILORS AT ATTENTION ON DECK OF WARSHIP. 01:02:10 - SAILORS RAISING FLAGS ON SHIP AS HUGE CROWD OF FAMILIES & GIRLFRIENDS WATCH FROM DOCK. GERMAN HIGH RANKING OFFICERS GIVING NAZI SALUTE AS FLAG IS RAISED. 01:02:20 - CU NAZI FLAGS WAVE IN WIND. ONE WITH SWASTIKA & ANOTHER WITH GERMAN CROSS 01:02:30 - WARSHIP PULLS AWAY FROM DOCK & TRAVELS ON OPEN SEA. 01:02:40 - CU BOW CUTTING THROUGH SEA. WAKE AND WAVES. VARIOUS SHOTS SWELLING WAVES AND WHITE CAPS. 01:03:09 - WARSHIP AS SEEN FROM AFT SECTION OF ANOTHER WARSHIP. WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER IN ENGLAND SEEN IN DISTANCE. 01:03:19 - MONTAGE SWELLING SEA POV WARSHIPS 01:03:25 - CU VARIOUS VIEWS SEAMEN DOING VARIETY TASKS: COMMUNICATING ON PHONE, MAKING CHART ENTRIES 01:04:14 - SEAMAN IN SLEEVELESS SHIRT CLIMBS DOWN INTO ENGINE ROOM. STOKES & FIRES UP BOILERS, TURNES VALVES, CHECKS GAUGES. CU GAUGES & OTHER ENGINE ROOM INDICATORS. 01:05:16 - SEAGULLS IN FLIGHT. CALM TROPICAL SEA AND HORIZON. 01:05:25 - WORLD MAP SHOWING PORT OF CALL AND ROUTES AROUND EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES. 01:05:35 - SHORE OF TROPICAL COUNTRY (SOUTH AMERICA, CRETE, GREECE?) AS SEEN FROM WARSHIP OFF SHORE. VARIOUS SHOTS WAVES ROLLING INTO BEACH AND POUNDING OFF SHORE ROCKS. 01:05:56 - STREET SCENE WITH GERMAN NAVY OFFICER. DONKEY DRIVEN CART FULL OF FIRE WOOD, CHILDREN IN STREET. 01:06:06 - GROUP OF YOUNG MEN PLAYING SOME SORT OF CARD GAME ON GROUND. 01:06:11 - CROWD OF GERMAN SAILORS & CIVILIANS WATCHING SOCCER GAME BETWEEN LOCALS AND GERMAN SAILORS. SMALL NATIVE BOY PRESENTS FLOWERS TO GERMAN TEAM 01:06:11 - SMALL NATIVE BOY KICKS OUT FIRST BALL. CROWD OF TOWNSPEOPLE WATCH GAME IN PROGRESS. 01:06:45 - TEAMS POSE FOR GROUP PHOTO. 01:06:54 - GERMAN SAILORS ON DECK OF WARSHIP STAND AT ATTENTION WITH RIFLES DURING INSPECTION. 01:07:04 - YOUNG GERMAN GUNNERY CREW PRACTICE LOADING AND FIRING CANNON: ONE MAN LIFTS & LOADS SHELL, ANOTHER LOADS CHARGE, TWO MEN PLUNGE RAMROD INTO BARREL. EXERCISE IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER. 01:08:02 - SAILOR HOLDS SMALL HAMMERHEAD SHARK ON DECK OF SHIP. OPENS MOUTH OF DEAD SHARK & PULLS OUT HALF-EATEN FISH. 01:08:17 - WARSHIPS OFF BEACH AS SEEN THROUGH PALM TREES OF TROPICAL COUNTRY. 01:08:22 - SAILORS ON SHORE LEAVE WALK UP HILL, UNDER PALM TREE 01:08:40 - SAILORS IN SWIM TRUNKS TAKE RUNNING DIVES INTO LAKE FED BY WATERFALL IN BKGD. GROUP SWIMMERS SWIM & EXIT WATER. 01:08:58 - YOUNG SAILORS IN WHITE SHORTS & T-SHIRTS PUT ON KNOT TYING DEMONSTRATION. CU VARIETY KNOTS ON ROPE INCLUDING CHAIN KNOTS AND FIGURE EIGHT. 01:10:36 - GERMAN COMMANDANT WITH KAISER-TYPE WAXED HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE JOINS MEN AS THEY PUT ON COSTUME SHOW. KING NEPTUNE TRADITION FOLLOWING CROSSING OF EQUATOR. YOUNG SAILOR WITH BODY PAINTED IN BLACK GREASE IMPERSONATES BLACK NATIVE OF ISLAND. OTHERS DRESSED AS KING NEPTUNE, CLOWN, MERMAID AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS AS THEY PUT ON SHOW ON DECK. COMMANDANT READS SCRIPT AS BRASS BAND DRESSED IN GRASS SKIRTS PLAYS. 01:12:03 - RAUCOUS SAILOR WITH BLACK SIDEBURNS EXTENDING UNDER CHIN TAKES SWIG FROM BOTTLE OF LIQUOR. FORCED TO DRINK MEDICINE. 01:12:11 - SAILORS MOUTHS ARE FORCED OPEN AS FOOD AND DRINK POURED IN. DOUSED IN BUTTER 01:12:25 - FOOTHERS ARE DUNKED IN WATER. 01:12:57 - VARIOUS SHOTS ROCKY SHORES OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. 01:13:12 - GERMAN SAILORS & MARCHING BAND PARADE DOWN AVENUE IN RIO FOLLOWED BY CROWD OF BRAZILIANS. 01:13:22 - CROWD WATCH AS MILITARY BAND WITH SNAPPY HATS PLAY GERMAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. 01:13:27 - MAN HOLDS ONTO OLD BELL AS IT IS LOWERED BY ROPE. 01:13:32 - MAN GIVES NAZI SALUTE AS MANY MEN AND WOMEN IN CROWD DO SAME. 01:14:07 - GERMAN SAILORS ENTERTAIN YOUNG GIRLS & CHILDREN ON BOARD WARSHIP. 01:14:12 - CU YOUNG SAILOR FILLS MUGS OF JUICE & GIVES IT TO YOUNG GIRL WHO BALANCES THEM IN TWO HANDS. 01:14:17 - KIDS DRINKING JUICE. 01:14:22 - CHILDREN SEATED AT LONG TABLE ON DECK ARE FED BOWLS OF SOUP. KIDS CHAT IN GERMAN. 01:14:32 - SAILORS & GERMAN NATIONALS PROUDLY MARCH DOWN VILLAGE STREETS. 01:16:03 - CHILDREN INCLUDING DARK SKINNED NATIVES ON BOTH SIDES OF DIRT ROAD GIVE STIFF-ARMED NAZI SALUTE TO BUSES WITH GERMAN SAILORS 01:16:08 - CIVILIANS AND SAILORS CLIMB OUT OF BUS. 01:16:13 - CIVILIAN MAN FACES CROWD OF SALUTING CHILDREN IN VILLAGE. 01:16:35 - PICTURESQUE QUAINT VILLAGE ALONG RIVER. 01:16:40 - SAILORS MARCH INTO VILLAGE ARE GREETED BY GERMAN POPULATION. CHILDREN IN SCOUT-TYPE UNIFORMS STAND IN LINE AS SAILORS MARCH IN. 01:16:45 - MEN IN BUND UNIFORMS WITH NAZI FLAG STAND ATTENTION AS THEY GREET SAILORS. OFFICER SPEAKS TO ELDERS OF VILLAGE. 01:17:42 - CHILDREN IN UNIFORMS & TEACHERS, BURST OUT OF SCHOOLHOUSE 01:17:47 - SAILORS & CROWD FOLLOWING MARCH THROUGH TOWN CARRYING NAZI FLAGS. 01:18:31 - ABOVE VIEW YOUNG LADIES DOING RING AROUND A ROSY-LIKE DANCE IN OPEN FIELD. SAILORS DANCE WITH THE LADIES AS NAZI FLAG FLIES OVERHEAD. 01:18:36 - VILLAGE MEN PLAY HARMONICA & TRUMPET AS WOMEN ARM-IN-ARM SWAY BACK AND FORTH TO MUSIC. 01:18:41 - CU YOUNG SAILOR AND GIRL DANCE 01:19:08 - MEN IN BLACK SHIRTS &, NAZI ARMBAND MARCH IN TOWN. HUGE CROWD MARCH DOWN STREET ALONGSIDE MARCHING SAILORS 01:19:35 - PEOPLE SAYING GOODBYE TO SAILORS WHOSE HEADS STICK OUT OF TRAIN WINDOWS AT STATION. 01:19:40 - PAN CROWD WAVING, POV TRAIN. 01:19:50 - TUG BOATS & FREIGHTERS IN HARBOR AS MEN WITH SUPER-LONG FISHING POLES SIT ALONG SHORE FISHING 01:20:00 - AERIAL VIEWS CITYSCAPE OF BUSTLING MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY. 01:20:05 - BEAUTIFUL BEACH WITH PEOPLE SUNBATHING & SWIMMING. 01:20:18 - CROWD OF CHILDREN PLAYING ON SWINGS & OTHER PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ON BEACH. 01:20:22 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SAILORS CARRYING LARGE BUNDLES ON THEIR SHOULDERS ON DOCK ALONGSIDE SHIP. STOCKING SHIP FOR JOURNEY 01:20:27 - SEVERAL SAILORS UNLOAD HUGE CRATE & MOVE IT END OVER END DOWN PIER. 01:20:32 - SAILORS CARRYING LARGE BUNDLES. THREE SAILORS CARRY TWO EXOTIC PLANTS BETWEEN THEM 01:20:37 - SAILORS ON DECK WATCH BUNCH OF SAILORS CARRYING LARGE BUNDLES ABOARD. 01:20:42 - DOZENS OF CRATES LIFTED ON BOARD IN LARGE NET VIA WINCH. 01:20:47 - SHIRTLESS SAILORS UNLOAD KEGS OF GERMAN BEER FROM HOLD. 01:21:33 - SAILORS SIT IN MESS HALL ON SHIP EATING EXOTIC FOODS TAKEN OUT OF BOXES. 01:21:38 - CU SAILORS OPENING BOXES & HAPPILY EATING CONTENTS AS COMMANDER JOINS THEM. EATING, SMOKING, CHATTING. 01:23:03 - LARGE GROUP OF GERMAN YOUTH IN BOY SCOUT OUTFITS MARCH ONTO WARSHIP TO VISIT. 01:23:18 - GERMAN SANTA CLAUS GIVES OUT GIFTS TO CHILDREN OF GERMAN NATIONALS. 01:23:34 - SAILORS PLAYING WITH CHILDREN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1203