German Count Von zu Donah Schlodien, Captain of the Cruiser SMS Moewe (Seagull) on the bridge with ship's officers . Views of rough seas as they make way in the Atlantic ocean, during World War I. Several Ship's Officers taking navigational readings with sextants. Lookout in foul weather gear climbs rigging, relieving his shipmate. View of the British three-masted Schooner, "Duchess of Cornwall,"carrying salted fish from Newfoundland to Gibraltar. After German prize crew takes over the Schooner, her crew rows to the Moewe. A gun aboard the schooner is fired. Her crew being taken aboard the Möwe.
British steamer "Georgic" bound from Philadelphia to Brest and Liverpool with cargo of munitions, is interdicted at sea by the German cruiser SMS Möwe (or sometimes written SMS Moewe), during World War 1. View of the steamer and members of its crew rowing a lifeboat towards the Möwe. German sailors from the Möwe are seen in a boat, flying the German flag, as they row to take control of the steamer. Explosions in water to Georgic's starboard.
British ships seized by Germany on high seas. View of the English Steamer "Yarrowdale," with cargo of ammunition (5,800 tons) and 100 new trucks. (Note: This ship was later taken to Swinemünde by Lieutenant D.R. Badewitz.) Yarrowdale's occupants are seen crowding her deck. The English Steamer, "St.Theodore," carrying 7366 tons of coal for the Italians, is halted and is commanded to follow the SMS Möwe. (Note: The Germans later refitted this ship as the auxiliary Steamer, "Geier.") View from the Cruiser Moewe, as the St. Theodore follows in fairly rough seas. To ease congestion on the SMS Möwe, British "prisoners" are transferred to the Yarrowdale for the journey. View of them on deck, including three African American crewmen. View of three British ships' captains on board. Group of British "prisoners" rowing to the Yarrowdale, to be take aboard.
View of three-masted French barque "Nantes" carrying 36,723 sacks of saltpeter to England, during World War 1. Some crew members of the ship Nantes being taken aboard the German Cruiser SMS Möwe (sometimes written as Moewe or Seagull), commanded by German Count Von zu Donah Schlodien. Straight-on (bow) view of the Nantes under full sail,. Some of the crew of Nantes on deck. of the Möwe. Slate identifies 24 enemy and 1 neutral.
Sport carnival held aboard the deck of the cruiser SMS Möwe, or Moewe, underway in the Atlantic, on the way back to Germany in World War 1. German sailors engage in gymnastics on horizontal bar. Two sailors compete in a tug-of war pulling a rope from the back of their heads.
Machine guns in action on front line in Europe during World War 1. German machine gun teams fire Maxim belt-fed, water-cooled machine guns from entrenched positions. Then they scramble out of their trenches. Change of scene shows German machine gunners on a hillside close to a bridge. Their leader gives a signal and they pick up and advance to the bridge. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)