| TRUCULENT RETURNS TO PORT. The sunk submarine HMS Truculent is salvaged by 2 German lifting ships. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5679 |
| Catalog #: | 217392 | |
| Clip Number: | 217392-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/23 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:33 - 01:26:17 | |
| Location: | Off Sheerness, Kent, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Salvage TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Submarines | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 291036 "Truculent Returns To Port." The sunk submarine HMS Truculent is salvaged by 2 German lifting ships. Off Sheerness, Kent. SV Wreck buoy. LV salvage ships clustered over spot where 'HMS Truculent' was sunk. SV The salvage ship 'Ausdauer'. SV Lines being thrown from salvage vessel to diver's launch. MV Steel hawsers from end of lifting ships into sea. MV Sir Henry Moore, Commander in Chief of The Nore, aboard a salvage vessel. CU Sir Henry Moore giving order to start salvage operations. MV Mate on salvage vessel ordering winches to start. SV Winches under way. MV Hawsers from salvage ships straining under lift. SV Turbulent water. SV Seaman pulling cable on salvage ship. SV Deck man signaling to winch pan to mate looking into water. MV Periscope emerging from sea. MV Seaman pulling on hawsers. MV Periscope and conning tower above water. MV Winch at work. MV Bows of submarine visible. CU Name - 'Truculent'. MV Whole of submarine now on surface. LV Salvage ships with lights. Truculent lying on surface in foreground. CU Smoke pouring from funnel. MV Truculent being beached on sandy shelf. MV Truculent, still supported by hawsers from lift ships. lying on surface. MV Salvage workers looking at damage. CU Pan damage. MV Flag flying from mast. MV Salvage workers entering hull. LV Truculent lying alongside salvage vessels. | |
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