WWII GERMAN NEWSREEL UBOAT U-29 CREW AWARDED FOR SINKING HMS COURAGEOUS TYPE IX U-BOAT 2035a (1943)
1943 · Short film · 4 min
- War
Synopsis
This German newsreel was sold for the home market to civilians who wanted to track the progress of WWII. This particular film celebrates the German U-boats, and especially the sinking of the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous by submarine-launched torpedo on 17 September 1939. Footage of the crew and Captain Otto Schuhart of the U-29, which sunk the ship, being congratulated by the fleet and Adolf HItler at the port of Wilhelmshaven at 2:19. The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, is shown at 1:19, regarded the sinking of HMS Courageous as "a wonderful success". Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class. Featured submarines: Type IX (9) U-boats U-38 and U-37. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k.
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Details
- Running time
- 4 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · U-37 · tenterfoot · 2010-08-22
There is more on this submarine's previous career on the Collecting History site. She was a top 'scorer' and survived to the end of the war.
★★ · wrong fim/description · CapnPugwash · 2010-05-06
Hi sorry but this is the wrong film - it should be "Graf Spee" but is "The bombing of the USS..." And now it has added it it to the wrong film page ... gets worse and worse lol
★ · the whole archive · Bahama Billy · 2011-04-03
I would not use this archive again, as they use time code on all the film. Was this their intention that no one else could use the video? I suggest taking all the videos down because they are useless