Duci, thanks for that really awsome link:
http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/794.cfm
I immediately registered and, being a history buff, straight on spent some hours there.
Those Fleetboat flicks also give some nice reference on the look of the water surface/waves at 0 wind, which is currently discussed over in this thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=134599.