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Interview with Altmark Survivors

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

640

NoS ID

060123

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Including RAF Pilots who spied the Altmark.

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The "Altmark" in Josing Fjord

Date released

26 Feb 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/17

NoS ID

097764

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The "Altmark" stays in Norwegian Fjord where she was cornered by the British Navy and particularly HMS Cossack, who rescued all the British prisoners below her decks.

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British Navy Rescues Hell Ship Prisoners

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/16

NoS ID

097761

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

HMS Cossack brings back over three hundred British seamen rescued from the German ship "Altmark". The sailors were the crews of six merchant ships sunk by the Graf Spee and were kept prisoner in the Altmark....

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Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Jail-Ship Terror Ended

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

559A

NoS ID

010635

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cossack Arrives. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Navy pulls off a daring raid to rescue seamen from the German prison ship ‘Altmark’. The destroyer ‘Cossack’ chased the ‘Altmark’...

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Roving Camera Title: Altmark in Norway

Date released

26 Feb 1940

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

641

NoS ID

060138

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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HMS Cossack Brings Back Altmark Survivors

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

640

NoS ID

060122

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Pictures of the Altmark

Date released

26 Feb 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

560

NoS ID

010645

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Altmark in Josing Fjord. DESCRIPTION: The German prison ship is ice bound in a Norwegian fjord. The pictures were taken by a Movietone cameraman at the time of the funeral for dead...

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First Pictures of "Altmark" in Norway

Date released

26 Feb 1940

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

938

NoS ID

037143

Story no

2 / 3

Shots of icebound prison ship, together with funeral of Germans killed in brilliant rescue raid by "Cossack".

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Where There’s a Will There’s a Way

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1002

NoS ID

145582

Story no

1 / 7

The rescue of British seamen from the "hell ship" Altmark after being imprisoned for many weeks.

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Altmark Epic Thrills World

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

937

NoS ID

037141

Story no

5 / 5

Two-hundred and ninety-nine British prisoners released in spectacular fashion from Nazi hell-ship, arrive home in destroyer which saved them, and some tell their stories.

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