- Title: VM-1208
- Summary: SCHLACHTSCHIFF IN FAHCT: LIFE ON GERMAN BATTLESHIP -
- Description:00:23:35 - PAN VARIOUS GREAT SHOTS SLEEK GERMAN BATTLESHIP ANCHORED IN FROZEN ICE IN HARBOR. MLS TUG BOATS PUSHING THE BATTLESHIP ALONG IN ICY HARBOR. PAN FROM TUG TO SIDE OF BATTLESHIP AND TO ICE CRUSTED ANCHOR AND FINALLY TO GERMAN EAGLE EMBLEM WITH SWASTIKA ON BOW. 00:24:37 - VARIOUS SHOTS CREWMEN IN COVERALLS, SEATED ON SCAFFOLDS PAINTING SIDE OF SHIP; ABOVE SHOT CREWMEN WASHING AND SCRUBBING VARIOUS PARTS OF SHIP. MLS BUSY CREWMEN WASHING, SCRUBBING, PAINTING AREAS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE AND GUN TURRETS. GROUP CREWMEN USE LONG RAMROD TO CLEAN BARRELS OF CANNONS. 00:25:08 - MS ABOVE SHOTS CREWMEN ON BOAT ALONGSIDE BATTLESHIP LOADING SHIP STORES, INCLUDING BIN FULL SAUSAGES ONTO SHIP VIA WINCH. CREWNEN CARRY SIDES OF BEEF ON SHOULDERS TO FREEZERS ON BOARD SHIP. MS FREEZER WITH BEEF HANGING FROM MEAT HOOKS. SAILOR STACKS BACON SLABS HE IS HANDED IN FREEZER. 00:25:42 - ABOVE VIEW BOW OF SHIP CUTTING THROUGH THE ICE AND DECK CANNONS, POV BRIDGE MCU SHIPS NAVIGATIONAL GAUGES AND MAN AT HELM. VOICE OVER COMMANDS BEING SHOUTED. SAILOR TURNING LARGE STEERING VALVE. MS HUGE DRIVE SHAFT TURNING. 00:26:05 - MCU ICE PACK CHURNING IN WAKE OF SHIP. CU SAME. LS PAN FREIGHTER IN HARBOR, POV MOVING BATTLESHIP. ABOVE VIEW BOW OF SHIP AS IT HEADS OUT TO SEA. CU MORE CHURNING ICE IN WAKE. ABOVE VIEW BOW CUTTING THROUGH ICY WATERS AND THREE HUGE CANNONS POINTED SKYWARD; POV BRIDGE. MORE OF SAME. 00:27:02 - SQUAD OF SIGNALMEN ON DECK WITH FLAGS PRACTICE SIGNALS TO COMMAND OF OFFICER. OFFICER EXAMINES ENGINE ROOM AS CREW STAND AT ATTENTION. SAILORS AT ATTENTION ARE GIVEN QUIZ BY INSTRUCTOR WHO STANDS WITH POINTER AT DIAGRAM. 00:27:58 - SAILOR ENTERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP WITH PAIR OF SHOES, GIVES IT TI REPAIRMAN WORKING ON SHOE. MS PAN SHOE REPAIRMEN AT WORK. CU HAND OF REPAIRMAN AT MACHINE STITCHING SHOE. MS MAN AT SEWING MACHINE REPAIRING CLOTHING, OTHERS DOING SIMILAR WORK. MS MEN WELDING, WORKING AT LATHE IN MACHINE SHOP. CU WELDER. CU MAN (BLACKSMITH ?) WIPES SWEAT FROM BROW AS HE WORKS WITH HOT STEEL, USES POUNDING MACHINE TO FLATTEN RED HOT METAL. 00:29:30 - SHIP PICKS UP SPEED; DRIVE SHAFT SPINS FASTER, SHIP CUTTING THROUGH ICE. 00:29:46 - BUNDLED UP CREWMAN SCANS SKY WITH TELESCOPE, SHIPS RADAR SCANS. COMMANDER SHOUTS COMMANDS OVER MEGAPHONE. MEN JUMP OUT OF BUNKS, RUN TO THEIR POSTS ON DECK; SOME ALMOST FALL AS THEY SLIP ON ICY DECK. CREW MANS DECK GUNS. ELS SQUADRON ENEMY PLANES IN SKY. SAILORS FIRE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. MORE OF PLANES IN SKY ATTACKING. POV SHIP. LOW FLYING PLANE ZIPS BY. SAILORS FEED SHELLS CONTINUOUSLY AS GUN FIRES. PLANES FLY OFF. 00:31:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS SAILORS IN MESS HALL EATING, CHATTING. ALL LAUGH AS SOMEONE CLUCKS LIKE A CHICKEN. CU SAILOR SMILES AS HE IMITATES CHICKEN. 00:32:00 - MS QUARTERMASTERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, ISSUE GOOD TO SAILORS THROUGH WINDOW. 00:32:15 - PAN BARBERS CUTTING HAIR IN SHIP'S BARBER SHOP. CU SCISSOR IN BARBER'S HAND CUTTING MAN'S HAIR. MORE OF BARBERS AT WORK. 00:32:44 - SHIP'S DOCTOR EXAMINES PATIENTS IN SHIP'S INFIRMARY. SHIRTLESS SAILOR LAYS DOWN ON TABLE FOR X-RAY. CU SAME. SAILOR IN DENTIST'S CHAIR IS PREPARED BY MALE NURSE. CU SAILOR OPENS MOUTH WIDE AS DENTIST BEGINS TO DRILL. 00:33:50 - ABOVE VIEW SHIP SAILING THROUGH SOLID SEA OF ICE. MS CRACKS IN ICE. MORE OF SAME, ICE GETS THICKER. 00:35:00 - MS SAILORS ON ICE COATED DECK, BACK TO CAMERA, LINE RAILING, TO WATCH SHIP CRASHING THROUGH ICE. CU THICK SLABS OF ICE 00:35:30 - CU SNOW COVERED CANNONS MOVING INTO POSITION, SHIP SUPERSTRUCTURE IN B/G. CU PAN HEAVY ANCHOR CHAIN. PAN ICE COVERED RAILING AND OTHER SHIP PARTS. 00:36:18 - VARIOUS SHOTS CREWMEN SHOVELLING ICE AND SNOW OFF DECK, CHOPPING ICE OFF RAILING AND OTHER PARTS OF SHIP, AS BATTLESHIP MOVES INTO ICE FREE WATERS. VARIOUS SHOTS CREWMEN CHECKING OUT OPERATIONS IN GUN TURRETS AND OTHER ENGINE FUNCTIONS. MAN AT HELM BARKS ORDERS IN GERMAN. LS BATTLESHIP AT SEA. WAKE OF SHIP. NAVIGATORS AT MAPS PLOTTING POSITIONS. 00:38:30 - CU VARIOUS SHIP'S GAUGES, MAN AT HELM. SHAFT SPINNING. SEA CHURNING AS SHIP GOES FULL SPEED AHEAD. 00:39:14 - CAPTAIN ON DECK SCANS WITH BINOCULARS. SPOTS ENEMY. POV BINOCULARS. BATTLE FLAGS ARE RAISED. VARIOUS SHOTS CANNONS MOVING INTO POSITION. MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS BATTLESHIP'S CANNONS FIRING HUGE BARRAGES. CU SIGNALMAN WITH EARPHONES ORDERS CEASE FIRE,.BATTLE FLAGS ARE LOWERED. 00:40:54 - MS SAILORS CARRY HUGE SIDES OF BEEF TO BE BUTCHERED. CU SAILOR CUTTING INTO SIDE OF BEEF HANGING FROM HOOK. MEAT GRINDER POURS OU CHOPPED MEAT INTO HUGE PILE. MEAT BEING POURED INTO VATS, COOK FLAVORING IT WITH SALT (?). CHEF PLACES PAN IN OVEN. 00:41:26 - CU MANY HANDS ROLLING MEAT BALLS BY THE HUNDREDS, PLACING THEM IN TRAYS. KITCHEN WORKER OPENING CANS. 00:41:50 - LARGE OAR SIZE WOOD LADLE SCOOPS UP MEATBALLS FROM LARGE COOKING VAT, PLACES THEM IN HUGE PAN. 00:41:58 - SAILORS IN RECREATION ROOM, SEWING ON STRIPES, MENDING SOCKS ETC., AS THEY ARE SERENADED BY ACCORDION PLAYING SAILOR. ALL SING WITH THE MUSIC. PAN SAILORS SEWING AND SINGING. 00:43:01 - END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-1208