RAF Sink Tirpitz

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/61

Paramount Issue No.

1432

Date Released

20 Nov 1944

Released by Paramount

20 Nov 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1China Suffers Local Set-Back
2. 2The Other Man’s Job: Panniers for Airborne
3. 3RAF Sink Tirpitz

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Air Chief Marshal Harris leads attack on Tirpitz off the coast of Norway. 12,000 pounder bombs raid ship. Shots of Tirpitz at her launching.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Aviation; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; Launchings

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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