Nato Ally: Re-armed Germany Gets First U-Boat
Nato Ally: Re-armed Germany Gets First U-Boat
Clip: 355034_1_1
Year Shot: 1957
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1637
Original Film: 030-068-01
HD: N/A
Location: West Germany
Timecode: 00:40:20 - 00:41:11
West Germany commissions the first U-Boat for her new naval forces. One of the last built in World War II, it was settled at war's end, and just now raised and refitted. Establishing shot - German navy standing on top of their first U-Boat. MS - Two German sailors standing on the top deck of the U-Boat. MCUS - Dock workers, maybe old soldiers standing and watching the new U-Boat. MS - Raising of the new West Germany flag on the U-Boat. MCUS - A once sunken U-Boat being towed in to port, and it was one of the last submarines built by the Nazi's. MS - Two old sailors as they stand on the top deck of the U-Boat wave to the camera. MS - Sailor walking around on top of the haul of the submarine.