• Short Summary

    Launching of German ship, the Scharnhorst.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Wilhelmshaven".

    Germany.

    VS of launching of large German ship, the Scharnhorst on 3 October 1936. Lots of Nazi salutes as the ship slides down off the stocks into the water. The superstructure of the ship has not yet been constructed.

    N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2755.01
    Media URN:
    81208
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1936
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:43:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:00:04:00 / 01:00:47:00
    Canister:
    UNI GAZ ROLL 44

Comments (3)

  1. Unknown user says

    This is indeed the German battleship "Scharnhorst".

    The launching seen here took place at Wilhelmshaven on 3 October 1936. (Fitting-out work then commenced, and the ship was finally commissioned on 7 January 1939).

    The lady smashing the bottle is the widow of Kapitan zur see Schultz, commander of the SMS Scharnhorst, an armoured cruiser sunk during WWI.

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  2. Unknown user says

    That 1936 date enables a reduction of the clip's current date range.

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  3. Unknown user says

    Excellent. Thanks jamied.

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