https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/c75950d5-f768-4d34-a6ee-bfbfadb823eb Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1964 black and white documentary is sponsored by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation about German submarine warfare. This is part of the Forum Edition of “They Sank the Lusitania”, an episode in the World War I series produced by CBS News, and narrated by actor Robert Ryan. Photos show Winston Churchill with Sir John Fisher (1:05-1:20). Germany’s Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz is shown and a cartoon depicts him holding a submarine (1:21-1:45). Germany is shown building submarines (1:46-2:27). September 22, 1914, footage is shown from a German SM U-9 U-boat. It ambushes three Royal Navy cruisers and a torpedo is launched. Sunk are the Hogue, Cressy, and Aboukir, killing 1,450 sailors (2:28-3:05). The periscope of a submarine can be seen (3:03-3:06). Footage is shown from the SM U-35 in the Mediterranean. It surfaces and gives fair warning for the ship to be abandoned. Sailors take to lifeboats and the Merchant captain is taken aboard. The submarine uses a deck gun to sink the ship and continues back to port (3:15-4:54). 1915, trawlers and produce boats flying neutral flags are allowed through the English Channel, which is under blockade to Germany (5:25-6:40). People wait in food lines in Berlin due to soaring prices (6:41-7:09). In retaliation, U-boats strike back, violating the Hague Convention with no advanced warning given. Footage aboard the U-boat shows crew loading the deck gun and sinking a British ship (7:10-7:42). Shown is the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania docked and the extravagant inside (7:43-8:29). A photo is shown of Bridge Captain William H. Turner and his unsinkable ship (8:30-8:49). May 1, 1915, sailing date, New York City. Shown are print advertisements, including one for the Lusitania. Next to that ad is a ship warning posted by the Imperial German Embassy (8:50-9:35). At Pier 54, passengers are dropped off by car (9:36-10:23). Trunks are loaded and the decks are full of waving people (10:24-11:03). The periscope of the U-20 can be seen. Photos are shown from within the sub and of the periscope moving swiftly through the water (11:04-11:34). The Lusitania is shown in a photograph (11:45). At 2 P.M, May 7, 1915, a torpedo is shown headed for the ship. It smashes into the boiler room, sinking the ship within 18 minutes and killing 1,198 people. Footage is shown of debris in the water (11:55-12:28). Photos show giant lists of survivor’s names and a crowd trying to read them (12:29-12:58). Survivors are brought in by other ships (12:59-13:20). Photos show caskets in a common grave and mourners (13:21-13:52). Cartoons declare murder in the New York Sun and Brooklyn Eagle (13:53-14:12). A funeral procession is held for the ship (14:13-14:25). Violence erupts against German businesses in Britain (14:26-14:40). Theodore Roosevelt is shown talking and President Wilson is shown writing notes to Germany (14:41-15:15). The press continues publishing political cartoons (15:16-15:30). Pictured, Roosevelt calls the notes too weak and Secretary of State Bryan too strong (15:31-15:42). 1917, the periscope of a U-boat moves quickly through water (15:56-16:07). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbRSos1IcI Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:31:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/c75950d5-f768-4d34-a6ee-bfbfadb823eb All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.