German Battleship Raised Scapa Flow Reel (1924)

Duplicate of story in Pathe Gazette issue G 1110 - for other version and rest of issue please see PM0350. AH 2002. Title: “August saw the first of the German Battleships raised after years of unremitting toil.“ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. Panning shot of men with spades clearing debris from a raised ship. Moving shot from a boat as three men raise a British Naval flag on the prow of the German battleship. Cuts (joined directly onto end of last story). C/U of unidentified part of a ship poking out of the water. Low angle shot of a woman worker standing in the crows nest or other high part of the ship which is covered with seaweed. M/S of seaweed covered part of ship - large gun on top of ship. Woman worker emerges from a ship’s doorway - she is presumably part of the clearing up team. M/S of group of men working a winch. Various shots of parts of ships with men at work clearing debris and other men overseeing the work. A woman wearing a dress and wellingtons seems to be having a tour