U - Boat Prisoners (1939)

Full titles read: “U - BOAT PRISONERS“ Greenock, Scotland. Various M/S’s of the German crew of a sunken submarine leaving destroyer and being taken off to prisoner of war camp in a charbanc, the U-boat captain, Werner Lott is last to leave destroyer HMS Kingston, and he shakes hands with the British captain before leaving. Cataloguer’s note: The German prisoners are survivors of U-35, sunk on 29 November 1939. Prisoners were picked up by HMS Kingston and HMS Kashmir. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content
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