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Original post by Russian State Archive of photo and movie documents (original and more detailed russian article here http://www.rgakfd.ru/doklady-soobsh...elikoy-otechestvennoy-voyny-v-baltiyskom-more )
Help us solve the riddle from the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
In early summer 2019, Roman Yuryevich Prokhorov, head of the Underwater Archaeology and Restoration Department of the Center for Underwater Research of the Russian Geographical Society , called to our archive. He said that he conducted a diving survey of the destroyed hull of the German minelayer "Roland", lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Rolls of film were found there .
Roland
Roland today
German ship was lost on the night of April 21-22, 1944 in the Narva Bay. The film was found among the wreckage in rusted iron boxes. Roman Yurievich suggested to the archive to see if anything was preserved on these films.
The mere fact that the films had been lying in the water for more than 70 years caused great doubts that we would be able to see anything on them. And add to the doubts the factor of the explosion of the ship.
The restoration department of the RGAKFD managed to obtain several images that allow us to make guesses.
Museum experts have suggested that American actors Hugh Herbert and Donald Woods may have been filmed in the frame. But they did not find similar frames in publicly available online films with these actors. They also expressed doubt that these could be German actors.
But to find an American film on a German warship during the war in 1944 is unlikely, although it is not excluded. It can also be assumed that this is an Italian-made film, a light film of French cinema during the Nazi occupation, or a sample of German totalitarian cinema.
Any suggestions ?
Help us solve the riddle from the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
In early summer 2019, Roman Yuryevich Prokhorov, head of the Underwater Archaeology and Restoration Department of the Center for Underwater Research of the Russian Geographical Society , called to our archive. He said that he conducted a diving survey of the destroyed hull of the German minelayer "Roland", lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Rolls of film were found there .
Roland
Roland today
German ship was lost on the night of April 21-22, 1944 in the Narva Bay. The film was found among the wreckage in rusted iron boxes. Roman Yurievich suggested to the archive to see if anything was preserved on these films.
The mere fact that the films had been lying in the water for more than 70 years caused great doubts that we would be able to see anything on them. And add to the doubts the factor of the explosion of the ship.
The restoration department of the RGAKFD managed to obtain several images that allow us to make guesses.
Museum experts have suggested that American actors Hugh Herbert and Donald Woods may have been filmed in the frame. But they did not find similar frames in publicly available online films with these actors. They also expressed doubt that these could be German actors.
But to find an American film on a German warship during the war in 1944 is unlikely, although it is not excluded. It can also be assumed that this is an Italian-made film, a light film of French cinema during the Nazi occupation, or a sample of German totalitarian cinema.
Any suggestions ?
