Bismarck Battle Film Analysis
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B-17engineer
Colonel
Very cool stuff thanks for sharing!
renrich
Chief Master Sergeant
Very good stuff. Thanks much!
Nice find, thanks for sharing.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent find Beau! Thank you.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Awesome find man!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Great find, BP!
I don't recall seeing this one before...gotta love those hidden gems.
Speaking of which, after the vid ends, there's a link to the sinking of the HMS Glorious by the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau...definately a must-see:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CdjAvvLOFU
I don't recall seeing this one before...gotta love those hidden gems.
Speaking of which, after the vid ends, there's a link to the sinking of the HMS Glorious by the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau...definately a must-see:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CdjAvvLOFU
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I know the sub and carrier are kings now, but there is something about a broadside from a battleship that is so "manly"
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I totally agree about the broadsides and a surface slugfest...you see where the incoming long shorts were landing around the Bismark as she was throwing down the hurt?
Completely and thoroughly badass!
Completely and thoroughly badass!
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Crimea_River
Marshal
I did skim the whole analysis but not in detail. Seems they didn't analyze where the sun would have been at 0600 on that date to figure out conclusively whether or not the film was reversed. With the Bismarck seeming to be backlit through the whole sequence, I would have thought it would be a slam dunk to confirm without a doubt whether she was on the port or starboard side.
Interesting film. First time I've seen it.
Interesting film. First time I've seen it.
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beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
A very intresting film indeed.
Crimea,
I dont think the video has been reversed at all, as the way the Bismarcks guns appear to be trained to the direction the Hood and Prince of Whales was comming from, which if I remember it was East South East of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen position.
GG, seeing the Bismarck battle it out, even in this short bit of film, is very impressive, especially as rounds are landing all around her and PE.
Crimea,
I dont think the video has been reversed at all, as the way the Bismarcks guns appear to be trained to the direction the Hood and Prince of Whales was comming from, which if I remember it was East South East of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen position.
GG, seeing the Bismarck battle it out, even in this short bit of film, is very impressive, especially as rounds are landing all around her and PE.
Crimea_River
Marshal
BP, I did read the conclusion:
"The images in the battle film and associated still photographs show port quarter views of the Bismarck firing to starboard. Since the British force was always on the port side of the German squadron, the battle film and associated still photographs must have been processed in reverse.
The battle film and associated still photographs, when properly oriented, conform to the other documentary evidence relative to the battle. The battle film supports the revised concept of the battle that envisions the Bismarck sailing in a straight line along the port side of the Prinz Eugen throughout the battle."
It's still possible the Brit ships were still ESE of the KM ships. If the KM ships' course was ~200 degrees or so as stated in the summary, Bismark would have had to be firing to port, as the conclusion states.
"The images in the battle film and associated still photographs show port quarter views of the Bismarck firing to starboard. Since the British force was always on the port side of the German squadron, the battle film and associated still photographs must have been processed in reverse.
The battle film and associated still photographs, when properly oriented, conform to the other documentary evidence relative to the battle. The battle film supports the revised concept of the battle that envisions the Bismarck sailing in a straight line along the port side of the Prinz Eugen throughout the battle."
It's still possible the Brit ships were still ESE of the KM ships. If the KM ships' course was ~200 degrees or so as stated in the summary, Bismark would have had to be firing to port, as the conclusion states.
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beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Glad yall enjoyed this. The Bismarck to me has always been intresting.
missed this one, interesting stuff!
Tangopilot89
Airman 1st Class
I've recently been interested in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, I've wanted to find out more.
I agree with others that the battleship is totally badass. Since reading a book on the subject, it seems true that if you had a battleship in your arsenal, you were a force to be reckoned with, but it was like the main prize of the navy. You would be edgy about using it in battle with fear of losing it, as they were so expensive. The last British battleship was HMS Vanguard I think. Aircraft carriers are virtually the pride of the fleet now, but the awesome power of these machines is just so cool.
I agree with others that the battleship is totally badass. Since reading a book on the subject, it seems true that if you had a battleship in your arsenal, you were a force to be reckoned with, but it was like the main prize of the navy. You would be edgy about using it in battle with fear of losing it, as they were so expensive. The last British battleship was HMS Vanguard I think. Aircraft carriers are virtually the pride of the fleet now, but the awesome power of these machines is just so cool.
wheelsup_cavu
1st Sergeant
Interesting video BP. 
Wheels
Wheels
Coors9
Senior Airman
Great find my man!!!!
