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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #30 on: 13 Jun , 2011, 14:36 »
Ah Wink, I seen that movie when I was a kid one Saturday night on the telly and I loved it. I put a question on Yahoo answers a couple of years ago looking for the title of this movie about some guys who raise a U boat and use her to rob a ship. I got my answer and bought the movie on
ebay. I always remeber the scene where they are posing as British customs and one guy says " Lootenant" and the  guy on the ship questions his pronounciation, cos thats one of my pet hates. The british pronounciation is Leftennant, and the American Lootenant, They say Leutnant when its German, so why not keep it right and say Leftennant when its British?
Rant ovah! ;D
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #31 on: 17 Jun , 2011, 03:35 »
Me too. back then I thought it was Great Stuff! Longed to watch it again, FINALLY found it, and "great"? Not so much. That slip of Loot" gave him away! James Franciscus I think.  Funny to watch again!

Like, HOW did 1 guy blow ballast, in the dark, and fit in the hatch with scuba tanks, and...oh well.
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #32 on: 03 Jul , 2011, 06:02 »
Thats it, Im gonna have to dig it out and watch it again tonight, cos its on my mind now!
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #33 on: 04 Jul , 2011, 04:52 »
I'd been searching for it for 5 yrs! Then my wife found it on a TV search, and we recorded it. NOT the same, sad to say, but definitely watch it!
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #34 on: 04 Jul , 2011, 06:35 »
Yeah, it definately didnt have quite the magic that it had when I watched it in the early 70`s. VERY far fetched but good fun if you dont take it to seriously :D
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #35 on: 05 Jul , 2011, 04:31 »
absolutely!
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #36 on: 05 Jul , 2011, 07:13 »
Sorry, TOO seriously, my spelling was poor there :-[
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #37 on: 11 Aug , 2011, 12:55 »
And Wink, dont even get me started on U571! What a pile of...  :-X....  Talk about re-writing history! So many inacurasies!
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #38 on: 13 Aug , 2011, 18:50 »
oh yeah! The worst part is, like the remake a few years ago of Pearl Harbor, there was no need to mess up so bad! There are real stories that would make 100 good films.
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #39 on: 11 Oct , 2011, 21:46 »
There was a program on TVO, (Channel 2, Toronto) tonight , Oct 11, called "Coast".  It's originally a BBC program so might be available through their website also.

This episode was the coast of Ireland from Dublin to Londonderry.

Why I'm mentioning it here is because the last 5 or 10 minutes of the program the host was interviewing a woman who was a WREN at the end of WWII and was sent down to the docks to film the U-boat fleet as it came in to surrender at the end of the war.  She showed photographs of the boats coming in, and of at least one U-boat commander as he tried (unsuccessfully) to shake the hand of the hand of the senior British naval officer.

They also showed some short videos of the boats coming in and then the end of the boats as they were used for target practice by the RCN and RAF, and the last second of the boats with cannon fire, aerial depth charges and naval artillery sending them to the bottom.

There were a few good shots of typical Type VII's, and you could get a good feel of their size with the crew moving about on deck.

It might be worth it for anybody interested to try and find this show online.
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Re: Why did the British scuttle all the captured U-boats?
« Reply #40 on: 14 Oct , 2011, 21:57 »
that sounds like a great resource, love the video for all the reasons you state.
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