Online Archive

Photographic Collection 1913-1946
← Back to gallery
102 / 108

German Contraband Control in Action

Unknown


Date
1939, December 22
Location
Unknown
Country
Unknown
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
16,5 (18) x 21,5 (22,9) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: SCH 535021
German Contraband Control in Action
A cutter from a German contraband control boat is lowered into the sea so its crew may board one of the vessels stopped for contraband search. In most cases, the halted ship is taken to a nearby port for thorough check of papers and cargo. Most of the Nazi patrolling is being done in the North Sea.
#1 DJM ON SA LV TOL DFP
Credit Line (ACME) 12/22/39 (WS)

Stamped: ACME Newspictures; REF. DEPT. 12-28'39 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A53191