Amusing History Channel Gaff

panthercules · 04-07-06, 09:14 PM

I was watching the History Channel's special "Sink the Bismarck!" program (for the umpteenth time - it's actually pretty decent) the other day, and I was amused to discover an interesting oddity I had not noticed before. During one of the scenes at the dock before the Bismarck was about to set sail on Exercise Rhine, they were playing some music underneath the narration, and it was Das U-Boot Lied (Die Stunde hat geschlagen...)

I thought that was an interesting choice of music for a show about a big battleship. And they must have known what they were doing, because they had edited it down to the only small part of the song that doesn't actually talk about U-boat-related stuff. At least they got the country and the time period right

STEED · 04-08-06, 05:52 AM

:hmm:

DeepSix · 04-08-06, 06:09 AM

That's A&E Networks for you. I caught that too and thought it was funny - they probably figured nobody would notice.

I've come to think it's not a good idea to expect too much from a network that routinely airs holocaust documentaries followed by stories of alien abduction (as if the two subjects were of equal historical significance)

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Cheers

04-07-06, 09:14 PM	#1
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Amusing History Channel Gaff I was watching the History Channel's special "Sink the Bismarck!" program (for the umpteenth time - it's actually pretty decent) the other day, and I was amused to discover an interesting oddity I had not noticed before. During one of the scenes at the dock before the Bismarck was about to set sail on Exercise Rhine, they were playing some music underneath the narration, and it was Das U-Boot Lied (Die Stunde hat geschlagen...) I thought that was an interesting choice of music for a show about a big battleship. And they must have known what they were doing, because they had edited it down to the only small part of the song that doesn't actually talk about U-boat-related stuff. At least they got the country and the time period right __________________

04-08-06, 05:52 AM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	:hmm: __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-08-06, 06:09 AM	#3
DeepSix Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Music City Posts: 683 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's A&E Networks for you. I caught that too and thought it was funny - they probably figured nobody would notice. I've come to think it's not a good idea to expect too much from a network that routinely airs holocaust documentaries followed by stories of alien abduction (as if the two subjects were of equal historical significance) .... Cheers __________________ Jack's happy days will soon be gone, To return again, oh never! For they've raised his pay five cents a day, But they've stopped his grog forever. For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, But tomorrow we'll be sober. - "Farewell to Grog"