Object description
A record of a voyage by the U-35 from 31 March to 5 May 1917, sinking merchant ships in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic. Titles identify the ships and their cargoes and emphasise the bloodless nature of the submarine's victories.
Full description
(Reel 1) U-35 leaves Cattaro. Armed steamer Parkgate shelled and sunk, then boilers explode. Meeting another U-Boat. Maplewood surrenders before being torpedoed. Cleaning guns. Checking papers of neutral Spanish Asuarca, allowed to proceed. India boarded by destruction party and sunk. (Reel 2) Schooner Miss Morris sinking after crew have abandoned her. Lifting large turtles aboard the U-35. Armed steamer Stromboli boarded by destruction party, Shelled and sunk. Sunrise off Algiers; bearings taken from sun. Patagonia sinks. U-Boat crew on deck. Through heavy seas. Corfu shelled and sunk. (Reel 3) Sinking of Brisbane River. Kapitänleutnant de la Perière examines Lloyd's Register. Crew of U-35 bathe in Atlantic. View of rocky coastline and sinking ship. Five captured English captains taking morning stroll on deck of U-35. Nentmoor armed with dummy gun shelled and sunk. Wireless message to Admiralty announcing return and ships sunk. Meeting cruiser Helgoland. Entering Bay of Cattaro with a pennant flying for each victory. Officer of Austro-Hungarian Navy offers congratulations. Kapitänleutnant de la Perière off U-35. Crew open letters from home. Closing images of submarine sailing into the sunset [sunrise ?] and of the naval ensign.
Physical description
35mm
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