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1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “An Historical Document from the Archives of a lost empire.” “Presented without malice or prejudice, demonstrating to the world the utter folly of attempting progress by the means of wanton destruction of life and property.” “Officers and crew of the Submarine U-35 on which these pictures were taken have left tangible evidence of the operation on the greatest invention of time, also the attempt to make it the ‘Terror of the Sea.’ But --” “‘He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.’ Proverbs V:XXIII.” “These remarkable pictures are a true record of submarine warfare taken during actual engagements accompanied by intense gun and torpedo fire and constitute today the most vivid pages of modern history.” “German Submarine U-35 under orders to begin unrestricted operations against all Allied shipping on February 1st, 1917 prepares to leave its supply base.” German officers saluting, boarding submarine from rowboat, others on deck, ship tied up at side. “At the command, ‘Let go the lines -- both engines half speed forward’ the U-35 starts out to prey on the Entente and neutral ships.” Men running, shoving off - sailors on ship waving - panorama of bay, ships. “The U-Boat Commander ‘shooting the sun’ takes observations and lays out the course of the --” U-boat Kaptain Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, using sextant, another officer…
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