bowen42 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fc9_1264624578 I think there is some very unique stuff here that I have never seen before.The quality is amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Thanks for the great link. I think it shows that we need thicker, longer lasting smoke and dust from explosions in CM:SF/CM:N. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen42 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Full agreement on the smoke and dust. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 The quality is good. the labelling of it as German isn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Stuff like this drives me nuts to an inordinate degree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen42 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 I dont get it.What drives you nuts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Left handed people? Or possibly that the image is mirrored? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryujin Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Probably mirrored as I don't think there are left handed K98s. Not that I know of anyway. Also why is the labeling of it as German footage wrong? except for a few questionable bits it seemed German. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Also why is the labeling of it as German footage wrong? except for a few questionable bits it seemed German. I'm going to assume the "German cameraman" didn't ninja-film Brits receiving artillery fire (0:31). And there are several other bits that are not filmed from a German POV. So except for the bits that aren't German, yeah, it's German. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVulture Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Probably mirrored as I don't think there are left handed K98s. Not that I know of anyway. Also why is the labeling of it as German footage wrong? except for a few questionable bits it seemed German. Some of it I recognised (having recently watched the "World at War" episode on Stalingrad) as footage presented there as Russian footage from the Stalingrad fighting, such as the Russian soldiers pulling a German prisoner from the rubble and giving him a kick for good measure (as the WaW ep had it). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodkin Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Apart from a few sequences that seem new most of this is colourised footage that I've seen seen before in b&w. Unless some forgotten reels are found somewhere I doubt we'll ever see any new WW2 footage. Thanks for the link but Bowen42. I found this site a while back and thought it was quite unique, the pic of the smoke rising from the battle below was an interesting new perspective and made me think about what the defenders of Bastogne must have been going through. Does anyone know what the different parachute colours signify? http://www.506infantry.org/his2ndbnwwiiarticle08.html I found a Dutch site a few years ago that had a sound recording on it of a british correspondant on the ground in the Arnhem area as the paratroops were decending, he was describing the air drop and you could hear the German flak guns in the background. Unfortunately i've never been able to locate that amazing bit of audio again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mies Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 .... I found a Dutch site a few years ago that had a sound recording on it of a british correspondant on the ground in the Arnhem area as the paratroops were decending, he was describing the air drop and you could hear the German flak guns in the background. Unfortunately i've never been able to locate that amazing bit of audio again. I remembered something similar as well, but off course couldn't find a link either (did remove a bunch of dead links in the process ;-)) . I googled a bit and found these sound clips anyway. (You might need to enter a captcha to listen to them). 1944-09-17 BBC Montgomery Addresses His Troops.mp3 1944-09-17 CBS Edward Murrow Counts Parachutes In Holland.mp3 1944-09-20 CAN Stanley Maxted Cut Off With Airborne.mp3 1944-09-20 CAN Stanley Maxted Reports As Supplies Drop Over Hartenstein.mp3 I found these (along with a whole bunch of other sound clips) on this page, now linked only in Google's cache : here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Dave Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Excellent find Mies some would think you were working in IT and had some time on your hands today.... cheers for that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mies Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Excellent find Mies some would think you were working in IT and had some time on your hands today.... cheers for that LOL, you're not allowed to guess anymore . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 And the footage has been Ted Turnerized - ie computer colorized from black and white film. If you want real color checkout these stills - http://www.files.trailblazersww2.org/division_photos_page92.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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