Reply With QuoteFascinating video! Nice find. Never really appreciated the amount of inter-war innovation that occurred.Originally Posted by C.Puffs
The Attack Carrier (1969) From USS Langley (CV1) To USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
Fascinating video! Nice find. Never really appreciated the amount of inter-war innovation that occurred.
There are several youtube channels who's mission seems to be digitizing old footage. God knows there are probably hundreds of thousands of pieces like this that need it. I almost want to cry at the thought of how much old film of things like missile tests, aircraft development etc. is sitting out there slowly turning into crap inside metal cans.
"the first steam catapult was installed on the Hanc ock"...Nope, on the HMS Perseus
"The first angled flight deck was installed on the Antietam"..Nope on the HMS Triumph, with the first true deck on the HMS Centaur, with HMS Ark Royal being the first carrier to be built with one. Antietam had a temporary rig for testing only.
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Please don't get too butt-hurt when i tell you that U-571 didn't really happen like you thought and Captain America doesn't really exist.
I was wondering how long it would take some dlckhead to come in and "correct" something nobody gives a fvck about. Kudos. Of course, if I were a Brit I'd be all butt hurt about the state of carrier air too.
The deck markings just got repainted at an angle, where as USS Antietam actually had the angle deck built onto her original hull.
Sheeeit. I was just gonna agree with C.Puffs about the hundreds of thousands of pieces of film that need to see the light of day, and I run into a pissing match about angled flight decks. Well, I agree anyway and who gives a f<ck about who did it first? I want to see, pick and choose and enjoy all this great footage that sites like AIRBOYD and the like keep finding. Recent info about the North Carolina class BB, and the Iowa class BB brought my sail boat and my friends to the USS Iowa as we escorted her out of the Bay Area recently. I was brought to tears just for the awesomeness of the mighty Lady as we sailed beside her under the Golden Gate on her way to San Pedro, but what meant the most to me was my friends afterward telling me that if not for me bringing this history to their attention, and not nudging them out on my boat to see this mightiest of warriors, the event would have gone unnoticed by them. They had never imagined a ship could look so awesome, so intimidating and have such a history. These videos are treasures, and spark emotions in people they never thought they had, to seek out history they had no clue existed. Please keep it up. All of you.
You do realize that the video is about American carriers? Hancock was the first catapult-equipped carrier the US Navy. And you're wrong about Antietam as well - it was the first true angled-deck carrier to be built and enter service. If you care to read more about their development, I suggest Norman Friedman's excellent book which describes both the American and British contributions to carrier aviation in great detail.
Thanks C.Puffs for a great video.
As for the "historical accuracy" debate, I must say that agreeing who invented what when exactly can end with a big mess and lots of trivial semantics. Perhaps there should be a separate thread for historical accuracy of inventions and the like.
As my old boss at Lockeed-Martin used to say "but does it fly" ... so who cares but thanks for a most interesting video.
With regard to the historical inaccuracies
American documentary aimed at an American audience and not a global one. It's the technological version of incest.
As for the movie... It's remains an informative review. I particularly enjoyed the pre WW2 carrier footage and the snippet of information about the target vessel Ost Friesland which was "Globally Significant."
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