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I sent this out to some friends - including a couple of the usual suspects some of you may know - back in June & forgot to post here for all to enjoy.
Here's something you won't see everyday, a 44 minute propaganda film of U-35, Germany's most successful U-boat in WW1. It comes from the Imperial War Museum archives & was restored by Europa Film Treasures, an EU project devoted to saving old cinema.
Here's something you won't see everyday, a 44 minute propaganda film of U-35, Germany's most successful U-boat in WW1. It comes from the Imperial War Museum archives & was restored by Europa Film Treasures, an EU project devoted to saving old cinema.
March 31, 1917. Belligerents are redoubling their efforts to attract media attention. The submarine U.35, flagship of the German Navy left the submarine base of Kotor (in today's Montenegro) for a mission in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Embedding a camera on board, the commander immortalize his exploits destructive.
During the thirty-six days, the U-35 sank twenty-three enemy or neutral buildings. Ten of these attacks are on film. Like the attacks of submarines present in the collective unconscious, enemy ships are sometimes torpedoed without warning. But in principle the artillery duels on the surface or the warning shots before the attack. Sailors can then jump into the lifeboats, but their captain is often held captive. A cannonball or a torpedo to sink enough then the cruisers. Between attacks, daily life on board resumes.
These images are a key document on the trade war (in German: Handelskrieg) raging in the Mediterranean during the First World War. An idealized view of the submarine warfare in the service of German propaganda.
During the thirty-six days, the U-35 sank twenty-three enemy or neutral buildings. Ten of these attacks are on film. Like the attacks of submarines present in the collective unconscious, enemy ships are sometimes torpedoed without warning. But in principle the artillery duels on the surface or the warning shots before the attack. Sailors can then jump into the lifeboats, but their captain is often held captive. A cannonball or a torpedo to sink enough then the cruisers. Between attacks, daily life on board resumes.
These images are a key document on the trade war (in German: Handelskrieg) raging in the Mediterranean during the First World War. An idealized view of the submarine warfare in the service of German propaganda.
