The US Navy of 1915

[August]

This is very good. Lots of submarine footage.

http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/u-s-navy-documentary-1915

[Schroeder]

Interesting.
To me it is always strange when I realise that each and every person I see in a video is already dead. Makes you think about how short life actually is.:-?

[mako88sb]

Interesting.
To me it is always strange when I realise that each and every person I see in a video is already dead. Makes you think about how short life actually is.:-?

Yeah, I feel the same way when I watch old war footage. The one that really gets to me is the one showing thousands of German prisoners straggling off into the distance after they surrendered at Stalingrad. Hard to imagine what kind of horrible journey they endured and how so few eventually made it back to Germany.


Rob

[Jimbuna]

I'm sure I recognises Steve @10:55 :DL

Nice footage mate :up:

[GoldenRivet]

LOL

when i first watched the first couple of minutes i thought "Damn! those WW1 boats had some serious speed!"

then i remembered

Films back then were shot at higher rates of speed... so everything moves fast in them.

[Jimbuna]

You know they're travelling at speed when you can see the skipper water skiing at the aft end :DL

[Tchocky]

You know they're travelling at speed when you can see the skipper water skiing at the aft end :DL

XO: All back full! It's quicker than a mutiny!

[nikimcbee]

Now where have I seen those 5 inch guns before?


:hmmm:

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7858/subsim2008013xg1.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8460/bdaytexas011jw0.jpg

here!:yeah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKlss30BW3M

Great find August:salute:

[August]

Great find August:salute:

:salute:

[Platapus]

LOL

when i first watched the first couple of minutes i thought "Damn! those WW1 boats had some serious speed!"

then i remembered

Films back then were shot at higher rates of speed... so everything moves fast in them.

It is the other way around. They were shot at a slower speed (16-18 frames per second). When played on modern equipment (24 frames per second) the movement seems faster.

http://stason.org/TULARC/movies/past-films/10-Why-are-clips-of-old-films-always-fast.html

[Jimbuna]

Now where have I seen those 5 inch guns before?


:hmmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKlss30BW3M

Great find August:salute:

Beauty (the tall one) and the beast :DL

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7342/p1000088i.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/p1000088i.jpg/)