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Old 06-11-10, 11:47 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet View Post
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...ways-fast.html
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