| HELIGOLAND BLOWN UP Footage of plumes of smoke billowing from what was once Heligoland. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 56 |
| Catalog #: | 312544 | |
| Clip Number: | 312544-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1728 D | |
| Timecode: | 10:35:09 - 10:38:15 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMOLITION: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) | |
| Description: | Master 56 Part 1 Same as catalog # 113094 The destruction of Heligoland (heavily fortifed German island) by the British Navy, 1947. Starts with shots of smoke/ash/dust rising from the sea, shot from a boat. The explosion itself. British naval officers watching, one with binoculars, one with his fingers in his ears. Aerial of smoke rising from the island. Sailors on boat watch explosion in the distance, newsreel cameraman films smoke clouds (nice shot). More shots of clouds with parts of ship in foreground. CU officer inside ship, tilt to CU of electronic equipment he is operating. More aerials of island. | |
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