Kurs vestover (2000)

In the government council in Tromsø, 3 June 1940, it was decided that resistance in Northern Norway should cease, that the King, the government and Norges Bank's gold reserves would move to Britain, and that the war against Germany would continue from this country. On June 6, the Chief of the Navy received orders that northern Norway be evacuated by the Navy's usable material. For the crews on all vessels the evacuation was ordered. The Chief of the Navy with staff followed the government's orders on Norwegian or British warships. Some of those who experienced evacuation tell their stories, and also tell about the fighting in Northern Norway from the German invasion April 9, until the order was given to leave their country. These personal reports are supplemented with rare recordings and still images from the period.