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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 19, 2011 22:53:27 GMT -8
Okay, so we're not doing Tsingtao this year at Fort Mac. You can still enjoy these clips from "The Siege of Fort Bismarck" a 1968 Japanese movie. They got the planes right and-- OMIGOD, what kind of German uniforms are those?
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Jun 20, 2011 7:43:34 GMT -8
Interesting...to say the least... ;D I like the plastic stahlhelms with the spikes glued down on top. I think the uniforms are some sort of converted WWII thing- probably got the overstocks from Hong Kong Keith or that other dude peddling uniforms out of Hong Kong. The planes were cool but I doubt that the air combat portrayed ever happened. Interesting fantasy piece...  |
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Post by cplcampisi on Jun 20, 2011 8:20:35 GMT -8
bizarre . . .
You almost never seen them get the planes right, especially when they are that early. On the other hand, you almost never see movies get the uniforms so wrong . . . (Or the lewis gun on the Taube, that was just weird)
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 20, 2011 9:49:03 GMT -8
I erred when I said the movie was made in 1968. It was released in Japan in 1963 and saw limited release in the US in '68.
I'd accept a Lewis gun on a Taube since it's not anachronistic just unlikely, but those German uniforms-- some costume designer knew the Germans had spiked helmets, had a bunch of Chinese WW2 helmets (based on the German design) and figured-- what the heck,who's gonna notice...
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Jun 20, 2011 10:40:02 GMT -8
Cheesy is as cheesy does... :-)
It would be interesting to see a movie about this done right. But that's probably asking for too much.
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Post by cplcampisi on Jun 20, 2011 12:51:52 GMT -8
My main problem with the lewis gun on the Taube, is that the gunner appears to be firing through the propeller arc about half the time.
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Jun 20, 2011 14:22:30 GMT -8
Although the British had started production of the Lewis gun in 1914, I seriously doubt if any would have been provided to the Japanese this early on...
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Post by Larry Dunn on Jun 20, 2011 15:09:46 GMT -8
Oddly enough, a couple of the aerial shots showed gun emplacements that were pretty much dead-ringers for the 15cm guns landed from the SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth. I wonder what made them think that the Germans wore white gloves in the trenches?
-Larry
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Post by montythetommy on Jun 20, 2011 15:51:10 GMT -8
Most intresting movie... I laughed at the part where they drop the nails from the plane.  |
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 21, 2011 10:21:01 GMT -8
These are just clips. Imagine the whole movie (well, you won't have to if I can find a copy of it.) It may seem strange the filmmakers can get some details right, then go so wrong on other things. It's not just Hollywood filmmakers who go by the philosophy of "Close enough, good enough-- the audience will never know or care."
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