The US Navy of 1915

August · 06-09-10, 10:40 AM

This is very good. Lots of submarine footage.

http://www.filmpreservation.org/pres...cumentary-1915

Schroeder · 06-09-10, 12:24 PM

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 · 06-09-10, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 06-09-10, 02:29 PM

I'm sure I recognises Steve @10:55

Nice footage mate

GoldenRivet · 06-09-10, 02:32 PM

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 · 06-09-10, 03:45 PM

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

Platapus · 06-11-10, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

06-09-10, 10:40 AM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The US Navy of 1915 This is very good. Lots of submarine footage. http://www.filmpreservation.org/pres...cumentary-1915 __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-09-10, 12:24 PM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

06-09-10, 02:29 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm sure I recognises Steve @10:55 Nice footage mate __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-09-10, 02:32 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

06-09-10, 03:45 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You know they're travelling at speed when you can see the skipper water skiing at the aft end __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!