Tirpitz Break-Up

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1058A

Date Released

15 Sep 1949

Date submitted

1 Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hop Festival
2. 2HMS London Home
3. 3Tirpitz Break-Up
4. 4Venice Carnival of Boats
5. 5Cannes Film Festival
6. 6Australia’s Severest Floods
7. 7Massed Tanks Show Firepower
8. *Braemar Gathering

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Breaking Up of Tirpitz. DESCRIPTION: The German battleship Tirpitz is being broken up in the Norwegian fjord where she has laid since 1944 when the RAF block-busted her. A Norwegian company has taken on the job which is estimated to take three years. SHOTLIST: KS Tirpitz lying on her side. Various shots of Tirpitz lying in Tromso Fford. Shots of workmen using welding apparatus to dismantle vessel. Removal of ammunition covered in grease. Further shots of Tirpitz and general activity on board in preparation for breaking up.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Norway; Tromso Fford

Card file number

52510

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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