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From: Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Video - USS Laffey - Kamikaze Attack - 1945
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:31:22 -0500, A Non E Mouse <none.of@the.above.net> wrote:
>On 2014-11-20 12:20:16 +0000, Charles Lindbergh said:
>
>> This is a very poignant 4.5 minute video about the Kamikaze attack on the USS
>> Laffey in 1945.
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zkp7hvrgbcd7gd/D-qPNsG9ym#lh:null-Laffey%20Enhanced%20vo%203.wmv
>>
>
>Errm...
>
>Quite a lot of that video wasn't from LAFFEY. There were sections
>showing the shell and the propellant being loaded separately. 5" 38s
>used cased rounds, with the shell and the propellant in one unit. There
>was a section showing what I'm pretty sure was a kamikaze strike on
>BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, and another showing a torpedo attack on (I think,
>I'm not sure) HORNET. There were also brief sections showing triple
>turrets; that'd be from dreadnoughts or cruisers, not a destroyer. And
>at least one of the sections showing 40-mm quad positions _had_ to have
>been filmed on a dreadnought, possibly WASHINGTON, I can't tell for
>sure, not enough of the ship is in view.
Yes, and there was also a smattering of CGI. The point of the video was to
artistically illustrate the experience, which I felt was presented in a very
effective manner.
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