1939 german fleet review (old footage videos released by British Pathé, april 2014)

[holakc]

before all i recomend to all of you to search at the youtube channel of British Pathé, more than 80,000 historic films, all SEARCHABLE on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/britishpathe also some more at https://www.youtube.com/WarArchives

you just go to the channel and at the right of "about" button/link you have the "Magnifying glass" button option to search just on that channel, try lots of words since their videos titles and descriptions are not the best on all videos so be creative when choseing words to search for.

 

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Adolf Hitler Reviews The Fleet (1939)

acording to the source (british pathe) the material is from Unused / Unissued Material - specific date unclear or unknown

 

 

also from british pathé

 

Review Of The Year - 1939 (1939)

 

0:30 ship HMS King George V (41) - launch (ship at wikipedia)

3:18 unknow  ships at port

4:43 unknow aircraft carrier ships launch (my english isnt good enough get the name)

7:52 Aircraft carrier HMS Courageous (formely HMS Courageous cruiser later converted to aircraft carrier) ( ship at wikipedia )

8:27 a sea convoy

8:45 polish warships at port

9:29 rescue of survivors from lifeboats from a sunk ship

[Guest]

Excellent videos, I've always liked the channel, so +1. 

[holakc]

nother video of review wher you can see some german warships

 

Admiral Horthy And Hitler - Navy Review At Kiel (1938)

description by British Pathé: "Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown)"

 

 

also some footage of the wwii aircraftcarrier HMS Courageous (1939)

 

 

 

HMS Barham Explodes and Sinks (1941)

 

Newsreel footage captured the sinking of the Queen Elizabeth Battleship. A salvo of torpedoes from a German submarine struck from close range on HMS Barham on November 25, 1941 in the Mediterranean. Within four minutes, the battleship had listed over to Port and the ships magazines had exploded, sinking the battleship and killing 863 men. Was caught on film by Pathé cameraman John Turner who was on an adjacent ship

 

[tcofield]

I always cringe when I see that Barnham footage.  I realize that at that point several hundred young men just lost their lives.  Amazing, but really sickening footage to watch.