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Author: Jack LinthicumJack Linthicum Date: May 4, 2008 15:59
4:15 AM Pursuit Of The Graf Spee (1957)
The British navy fights to trap a deadly German battleship during
World War II. Cast: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch. Dir:
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. C-114 mins, TV-PG
and for those of you who are unaware that in addition to John Wayne
Frank Sinatra was critical in the winning of WWII, this is FS month on
TCM, Wednesday May 7 and every Sunday and Wednesday.
8:00 PM From Here To Eternity (1953)
Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World
War II. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra. Dir:
Fred Zinnemann. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:15 PM Kings Go Forth (1958)
Two American soldiers vie for the same woman in World War II
France. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood. Dir: Delmer
Daves. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:15 AM Never So Few (1959)
A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas
during World War II. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Steve
McQueen. Dir: John Sturges. C-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Author: David LesherDavid Lesher Date: May 4, 2008 18:27
Jack Linthicum earthlink.net> writes:
>4:15 AM Pursuit Of The Graf Spee (1957)
> The British navy fights to trap a deadly German battleship during
>World War II. Cast: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch. Dir:
>Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. C-114 mins, TV-PG
It's interesting to read what's only recently come out; the captain
scuttled the ship because he lacked the fuel to escape the British.
Why he did is the kicker...
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Author: Matt WiserMatt Wiser Date: May 5, 2008 07:13
Didn't one of the British cruisers that fought at River Plate participate in the movie? I
saw the movie some time back when it was on TNT, and it was strange to see U.S.S.
Salem (CA-139) painted up like she was in the Kreigsmarine, and USN sailors dressed up
as Germans.
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Author: Andrew Robert BreenAndrew Robert Breen Date: May 5, 2008 11:20
>Didn't one of the British cruisers that fought at River Plate participate in the movie? I
>saw the movie some time back when it was on TNT, and it was strange to see U.S.S.
>Salem (CA-139) painted up like she was in the Kreigsmarine, and USN sailors dressed up
>as Germans.
--
Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting
money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair)
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Author: Andrew Robert BreenAndrew Robert Breen Date: May 5, 2008 11:23
In article news.aber.ac.uk>,
Andrew Robert Breen aber.ac.uk> wrote:>>Didn't one of the British cruisers that fought at River Plate participate in the movie? I
>>saw the movie some time back when it was on TNT, and it was strange to see U.S.S.
>>Salem (CA-139) painted up like she was in the Kreigsmarine, and USN sailors dressed up
>>as Germans.
{not sure what went wrong there..}
The part of HMS _Achilles_ was played by INS _Delhi_, formerly HMIS _Delhi_, formerly
HMNZS _Achilles_, formerly HMS _Achilles_.
--
Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales....
Nieveler's law: "Any USENET thread, if sufficiently prolonged and not
Godwinated, will eventually turn into a discussion about
alcoholic drinks."
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Author: JohnJohn Date: May 5, 2008 14:14
On May 5, 5:23 am, a...@ aber.ac.uk (Andrew Robert Breen) wrote: > In article news.aber.ac.uk>,
> Andrew Robert Breen aber.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>Didn't one of the British cruisers that fought at River Plate participate in the movie? I
>>>saw the movie some time back when it was on TNT, and it was strange to see U.S.S.
>>>Salem (CA-139) painted up like she was in the Kreigsmarine, and USN sailors dressed up
>>>as Germans.
>
> {not sure what went wrong there..}
>
> The part of HMS _Achilles_ was played by INS _Delhi_, formerly HMIS _Delhi_, formerly
> HMNZS _Achilles_, formerly HMS _Achilles_.
>
> --
> Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales....
> Nieveler's law: "Any USENET thread, if sufficiently prolonged and not
> Godwinated, will eventually turn into a discussion about ...
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Author: Andrew Robert BreenAndrew Robert Breen Date: May 5, 2008 15:38
In article j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
John aol.com> wrote:>
>For those that are not aware the USS Salem (CA-139) is preserved as a
>museum ship near where she was built in Qunicy, MA USA. I believe she
>is the only all gun heavy cruiser preserved anywhere since USS Des
Think _Georges Averoff_ was classed as a heavy cruiser towards the
end of her service life. She started as an Armoured Cruiser, of
course. Worth a visit, either way (near Athens).
>Moines was scrapped last year. There are a few photogaphs of
>crewmembers in Kreigsmarine uniforms in the CIC. I have never seen
>the film but understand the large number 139 was very prominent on the
>hull in the film. Apparently the USN would not allow it to be painted
>out during the filming.
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Date: May 5, 2008 15:43
>Finessed rather nicely in the film as _Spee_ being disguised as
>a US cruiser (there's a scene in "Langsdorf's cabin" between
>Langsdorf and Dove, in which Dove spots the copy of Janes' open
>at the page for a class of US heavy cruisers (there's also
>a scene where a dummy "B" turret is seen under construction, and
>the bow number is mentioned there as well).
IIRC the movie makers had a lot of trouble with the USN - which
refused to have any Nazi symbols,flags,etc. displayed aboard the
Salem. So whenever one sees the odd swastika it was filmed aboard one
of the British ships. BTW the Cumberland, sadly denuded of its
turrets, also acted itself in the movie.
Eugene L Griessel
Don't worry about the world ending today...
it's already tomorrow in Australia.
- I usually post only from Sci.Military.Naval -
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Author: BF LakeBF Lake Date: May 5, 2008 16:22
"Eugene Griessel" dynagen..co..za> wrote in message
news:481f0e5f.4485724@news.uunet.co.za...>>Finessed rather nicely in the film as _Spee_ being disguised as
>>a US cruiser (there's a scene in "Langsdorf's cabin" between
>>Langsdorf and Dove, in which Dove spots the copy of Janes' open
>>at the page for a class of US heavy cruisers (there's also
>>a scene where a dummy "B" turret is seen under construction, and
>>the bow number is mentioned there as well).
>
> IIRC the movie makers had a lot of trouble with the USN - which
> refused to have any Nazi symbols,flags,etc. displayed aboard the
> Salem. So whenever one sees the odd swastika it was filmed aboard one
> of the British ships. BTW the Cumberland, sadly denuded of its
> turrets, also acted itself in the movie.
>
The movie seems to have changed its name from "The Battle of the River
Plate" JAMAICA played EXETER and SHEFFIELD was AJAX. Captain Bell (the
real EXETER's captain during the battle) was "adviser" to the movie in the ...
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Author: ErrolCErrolC Date: May 5, 2008 23:32
On May 5, 9:23 pm, a...@ aber.ac.uk (Andrew Robert Breen) wrote:
>> The part of HMS _Achilles_ was played by INS _Delhi_, formerly HMIS _Delhi_,
> formerly HMNZS _Achilles_, formerly HMS _Achilles_.
>
Are you sure she wasn't HMS between HMNZS and HMIS? Various vague
sources talk about 'returned to the RN', but was she re-commissioned?
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Errol Cavit | General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence, Aug 1940:
"I wish the people of New Zealand could know the wonderful effect the
presence of our men had upon the people at Home here. I also wish
they
could have seen the fine sight of 6000 bronzed New Zealanders
marching
across the Sussex Weald."
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