1939 GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE FILM “BATTLESHIPS ON PATROL“ NORTH ATLANTIC CRUISE 21374

This historic German film “Schlachtschiff in Fahrt“ (literally -- “battleship cruise“ or “battleships on patrol“) shows the cruise of the German warships Gneisenau and Blucher in the North Atlantic in 1939 and 1940. It includes (at 8:15) a simulated attack by enemy aircraft. These two new ships were to be part of what Adolph Hitler hoped would be a new German Navy or Kriegsmarine that would challenge Britain’s mastery of the sea. The cruiser Blucher would be sunk just a short time after the film was made,