A Years Hard Labour Rewarded Aka A Years Hard Labour Rewarded (1925)

Item title reads A year s hard labour rewarded Closing days of 1925 sees last of smaller vessels of sunken German Fleet raised and broken up by Messrs. Cox and Danks. Scapa Flow, The Orkneys. L, S as the camera pans across one of the salvaged German ships as men dismantle it. M, S of one man cutting through the metal with a blow torch. L, S as another cuts the gun away from the deck and lifts it into the air, it swings across to the dock. Intertitle miles of valuable copper tubes, weighing tons, have been recovered after nearly 7 years beneath the L, S as the tubes are lifted on a crane and lowered to the ground with some others. Intertitle carved up like A large section of the ship is lifted upwards on the crane, various shots as it is swung across and laid on the dock. Note: this item is orange tinted. There is a black and white version with the same title and footage in G 1255 on PM0442. FILM ID:438. 2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHA