Success At Scapa Flow (1924)

Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. Title: “SUCCESS! First of Germany’s scuttles fleet raised by Messers. Cox & Danks, after months of incessant toil“. M/S of the deck of a salvage vessel, men turn the enormous handles on a row of winches. High angled shot of two salvage vessels moored parallel to each other, on both sides cranes and winches work to lift the sunken battleships / submarines from the seabed. Intertitle: “After 5 years on the Ocean bed“. Various M/Ss on the surfaced wreck, mangled and covered in seaweed, men work to clean the wreck up. Panning shot of a wreck moored next to the salvage vessel - looks like a German U-boat. Note: for further footage of this salvage operation, please refer to records for - DER TAG - 1924 SCAPA FLOW in G 1102. AH 2000. 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