Synopsis
This 1930s educational film shows German whaling vessels operating in the North Atlantic or possibly Antarctic, hunting humpback whales. During the 1930s the Nazi government encouraged whaling as a way to achieve further independence from Europe. The Wurttemberg, an old freight liner, was rechristened the Jan Wellem at the Blohm and Voss yards in Hamburg and sent to Antarctic waters in 1936-37 accompanied by six smaller whaling vessels. The trip was highly successful with 30,000 metric tons of…
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- 14 minutes
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