WWII GERMAN AIR FORCE BOMBER CREW TRAINING FILM MODEL OF A PORT FACILITY LUFTWAFFE XD45584

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Made during WWII to train Luftwaffe pilots and bomber crews, this silent film shows views of a typical port, with attention paid to the critical infrastructure. An elaborate model, with some mechanical parts, was created for the film. The initial part of the movie shows aerial views of different facilities including warehouses, coal storage facilities, cargo loading areas and dry docks and locks (whose operation is described at 2:45). A card at :36 explains that the model was to be used to familiarize bomber crews with what port facilities look like from the air. At 3:00 the film shows locks and explains how they operate. At 5:18 the film discusses tides, noting the tides in London and Hamburg. At 6:18, coal loading and unloading facilities are identified,and at 7:53 live action shots of a coal chute are shown -- including railroad coal cars that are lifted high in