German Naval Light Forces

Amateur footage shot by the Nazi party official, Regierungsbezirkdirektor of Arnsberg (director of the administrative district Arnsberg). German Navy forces leave unknown German port. Ships from the dock. Navy ships head out to sea with sailors visible on deck. Vessels are identified in the IWM catalog record as minesweepers and Raumboote. One ship sails slowly past the camera (filmed from another ship); men on deck salute. Civilians, including a woman, stand on the dock and talk to men in Navy uniform. Different types of ships, many of them with numbers painted on their bows (75, 96, 122, 25).