A Movie Treat:The Sea Lion Story

[Doolittle81]

I like to contribute to the SH4 Community, in some small way, whenever I can....

...Here's something which I think the Old Salts (Born in the 40's) might appreciate. You youngsters also...if you can possibly overlook the bad acting from TV in the 1950's.....

This one is especially for those of you familiar with the USS Sea Lion story.....

Here is the short "Intro" version.... http://files.filefront.com/MiniTrailerIntroSeaLionwmv/;9455543;/fileinfo.html
....and, if you are interested in seeing/hearing the whole story, here you can see and/or download the Full Episode/Show/Video: http://files.filefront.com/SilentServiceSeaLionFinalVwmv/;9455325;/fileinfo.html


[Sorry I messed up the Aspect Ratio....I stretched out 1950 TV into 21st Century Widescreen.....Dumb!]

[Doolittle81]

Some actual recordings, made as depicted in the Video: http://www.hnsa.org/sound/index.htm#sealion

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

I had added the USS-Sealion aspect in my first custom mission during the Japanese air raid on Cavite Naval Base. Nice link.:up:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Thanks Doolittle :up:


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[Von Hinten]

Thanks for this one, downloading now. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

I watched The Silent Service as a kid and loved it. Thanks for letting me see an episode again.:sunny:

[shoot-kill-win]

Where did you find this, that is sure a rare find.

[Deerdiver]

Excellent. Just back from the pub and watched Silent Service. How much better can a Friday night get! Please.... No suggestions

[Mush Martin]

Wow are there more episodes somewhere?
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[Donner]

John Clear of usssealion.com has 18 episodes available. 70+ were produced in the series run.

http://www.usssealion.com/sealion/silent_service_tapes1.htm

Unfortunately, rights are still up in the air for the complete original series. So it may be awhile before we ever see this series on the DVD market. :damn:

[Doolittle81]

Here's another episode.
Intro/Trailer (http://files.filefront.com/D+and+G+IntroTrailerwmv/;9486486;/fileinfo.html)

Full Episode (http://files.filefront.com/Davids+and+Gwmv/;9486872;/fileinfo.html)

Visual quality is very poor, but a good story. I'm sure many of the SH4 community members, especially the "senior" submariners, will recognize Gunsmoke's Chester (Dennis Weaver) in this episode...

One thing I note/like about these shows is that they seem Very authentic in terms of terminology and sub procedures...My guess is that they had more than a few WWII vets/submariners as tech advisors. Movies made more recently, say in the past decade (few and far between), have not faired so well in this respect.
Also, the stories don't seem to have been "Hollywood-ized"/glamourized....they seem to stick to the basic facts of each patrol's story.


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[ReallyDedPoet]

John Clear of usssealion.com has 18 episodes available. 70+ were produced in the series run.

http://www.usssealion.com/sealion/silent_service_tapes1.htm

Unfortunately, rights are still up in the air for the complete original series. So it may be awhile before we ever see this series on the DVD market. :damn:

Very nice :up:


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[SS-18rider]

This is great :up:

Thanks 4 sharing!

[Nuc]

I have all 18 on VHS from John Clear. He took some significant heat from NBC with a cease and desist order for his sales, but is still distributing for donations. They vary in quality but are all watchable (you just want to get up and adjust the rabbit ears:lol: ). Some interesting actors including Dennis Weaver and DeForest Kelly

[shoot-kill-win]

The Batfish museum has the Batfish episode, and it has great quality on vhs. These shows were in my opinion, the most accurately portrayed sub shows. It appears as though they filmed them on actual subs.

[FIREWALL]

THX Doolittle Those were great. :up:

I'm deffinatly going to order all 18.

[Sailor Steve]

Just watched the second one, and I noticed one funny glitch: when the two subs are observing the Japanese fleet near the beginning, you see a periscope view...looking down the deck of a carrier!:rotfl:

All in all, just as good as I remember them. And I say, if NBC is upset over somebody distributing these, when are THEY going to release them?:x

[Doolittle81]

Here is another Silent Service episode...(Once again, visual quality is poor). I've seen a number of threads on the Forums in which some SH4 captains have expressed frustration over long patrols with little 'action' occurring...finding it difficult or impossible to find target ships/convoys. Some have questioned the accuracy/realism of some of the campaign Mods, such as RSRDC.
This episode is especially for them:
The Archerfish (http://files.filefront.com/ArcherSmallFilewmv/;9601616;/fileinfo.html)

P.S. DeForest Kelley (Doctor "Bones" McCoy of Star Trek Fame) stars in this episode.




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