Battle at sea between Britain's Royal Navy and the German Graf Spree

Record ID: 246801

  • Title: Battle at sea between Britain's Royal Navy and the German Graf Spree
  • Date: 18th December 1939
  • Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: Graf Spee Trapped by the Royal Navy SOUTH ATLANTIC: EXT "AJAX" H.M.S. Shots from ditto used when she attacks the "Admiral Graf Spee "HOOD" H.M.S.Hood at sea with the Navy enlarged from 16mm - must not be supplies to anyone on any Account - v.g. NAVAL The Navy at Sea - Including H.M.S.Hood - enlargement from 16mm - must not be supplied to anyone on any account. Very Roughh Sea. Navy - Active World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, ships, battles, guns, Kriegsmarine, Royal Navy, RN, Montevideo, Battle of the River Plate, heavy cruiser, Kapitn zur See Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff
  • Embargoed: 2nd January 1940 12:00
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  • Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Country: Uruguay
  • Topics: War / Fighting
  • Reuters ID: LVA6LRW3BNSAZHSO6CA2WRF3GXQG
  • Story Text: In England's first naval battle of WWII, the German pocket battleship, Graf Spree, is chased into a neutral harbor by the Royal Navy cruisers Ajax, Exeter, and Achilles under the command of Commodore Harwood
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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