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Gordon wrote:
BTW,
Has anyone seen those German films of the U-Boats during World War II
in the North Atlantic pitching and rolling? I start getting seasick
just watching it. I saw one where a German Officer was taking a noon
sight on a sub like that. They may have been the enemy, but they
sure had guts. (It took guts to stand up to them too)
Yes, Das Boot was a great movie in more ways than 1. That scene where the
exec is attempting to take the noon sight was pretty real as far as I could
see.
On another tack there are some real goofy portrayals of seamanship in many
movies. Most viewers haven't a clue so nothing is subtracted from the movie.
However, there is one WW II naval movie (can't remember the title) where
John Wayne is shown taking a cut with a sextant while standing on the bridge
wing. After the cut is taken he turns the sextant to its side and looks at
the sextant's arc and calls out the lat and lon. Pretty funny.
