Victory (1926)

Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. Title: “VICTORY! with raising of , Messers. Cox & Danks complete record salvage feat, raising 25 Destroyer of total tonnage of 72,600, in less than two years“. Panning shot of a salvaged World War One battleship covered in seaweed and other subterranean gunk, on either side of it are two salvage barges with cranes on. L/S of the salvaged battleship, the hills of Orkney can be seen in the distance. Intertitle: “ - the first one raised - helps salve - the last“. Panning shot of a renovated battleship moored next to the salvage one, two tug boats are anchored on the opposite side. M/S from the of the dilapidated . 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 inc