Automobiles at Place Beauvau, Paris. Pedestrians pass in front of the decorative iron gates of the Ministry of Interior and Hotel de Beauvau. Several men enter the building. Several uniformed policemen stand guard and direct traffic. Cars and a bicycle pass by. View of a train station from afar, and then view from inside the train station. Steam locomotive positioned at platform in train station. Crowd at the railway platform. Passengers move about in the train station. A train arrives and stops in the station. Passengers get out and others get into the train. Arriving passengers enter the train station hall. A train arrives. Some travelers await it on platform outside the station proper.
Twenty-six students from thirteen countries have come to visit England under auspices of Council for Education in World Citizenship, organized by the United Nations Association. Scenes show the group visiting notable landmarks including: Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, and other sites. Pedestrians,,cars, and double-decker buses seen on streets of London, England. The students also go Paris, where they see the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
French Admiral (Platon?) is interviewed by journalist, with microphone. The Admiral is in the company of high ranking German and French officers associated with the LVF (Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism) French and German military officers stand, in ceremony honoring LVF fallen, at the eternal flame by the Arc de Triomphe. Troops, of French Legion Tricolore, form honor guard at tomb of unknown soldier, adorned with wreaths. Crowds on Champs Elysees. German and French officers and officials leaving Cathedral of Notre Dame, following religious ceremony in honor of the LVF (newly renamed the Legion Tricolore). French Republican Honor Guard, seen in shiny helmets, carrying swords. High ranking military and officials getting into their chauffered automobiles, in midst of crowds. Two soldiers of the La Legion Tricolore, in plaza, surrounded by onlookers. (World War II period).
People strolling through a park. Some sit on benches. Three women walk along a path in a park. They are fashionably attired in Edwardian style. A girl seated on a park bench looks at them as they walk past. A structure extends above the path, in the background. It contains two uprights and a straight roof. One upright is topped by a fleur de lis. A large bed of flowers lines the path. In another event, a large crowd runs across an open field to watch something or someone, coming along a road at the left of the scene.
Early slates allude to failed attempts at peaceful resolution of issues between Germany and England, in World War 1, and the Kaiser's consequent decision on February 1, 1917, to intensify German submarine warfare against Britain. Slate refers to Churchill's admitted concerns expressed in the "Sunday Pictorial," about the resulting constraint on England's control of the seas around the British Isles, referring to the U-boats creating a magic girdle (Magischen Gurtel) around England, which becomes the title for the film. In the first part, Captain, Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere of the German U-boat UB-35, stands in a skiff as he is rowed out to his submarine. He exchanges salutes with his officers, as he boards the U-35, nestled against a German ship. He gives the order to cast off the lines and proceed half power in reverse. The crew scrambles to get underway. German sailors on the nearby ship watch from her railings. Sailors use a long pole to help move the submarine away from the ship. Officers and men on the ship wave as the U-boat pulls away. Views from the submarine deck as it moves on the surface of the water heading toward the Mediterranean Sea. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The British armed steamer "Parkgate" is seen from the deck of the German U-35, U-Boat, under command of Captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Periereon, on April 4, 1917, during World War 1. The Parkgate has been forced to heave to in the Mediterranean Sea, between Malta and Gibraltar, following a gun battle with the U-boat. Members of the Parkgate crew come alongside the U-boat in lifeboats. An officer of the Parkgate presents the ship's papers to the U-35 Captain, on the conning tower of the U-boat. Next, the Captain of the Parkgate is seen being taken captive, and an explosives team from the U-boat rows to the Parkgate to set demolition charges that will help sink her. the U-boat crew fires their deck gun to strike the Parkgate low at the waterline. She begins to take on water and list. Her 7.6 cm gun can be seen on the stern of the Parkgate. In final stages, the Parkgate's bow tilts upwards and she sinks, with a large detonation as her boilers explode. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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