WWII In HD

[DallasCowpoke]

On The History Channel. 5 night, 10 part special that premiered Sunday.

Really some incredible, unseen footage and 99% of it in color. If y'all haven't been watching it, you're really missing some good TV.

I know what I'm getting for Christmas!

 

[Doomsday101]

On The History Channel. 5 night, 10 part special that premiered Sunday.

Really some incredible, unseen footage and 99% of it in color. If y'all haven't been watching it, you're really missing some good TV.

I know what I'm getting for Christmas!

I watched it last night it was great, looking forward to seeing the other parts. I had family members who served in WWII and always took great pride in their sacrifice. Then again I bleed Red, White and Blue. :laugh2:

 

[Duane]

If you like history this is must see TV. Those men truely were the greatest generation.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

anybody who likes this, I encourage you to take a gander at this

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/

 

[Dallas]

I watched it last night it was great, looking forward to seeing the other parts. I had family members who served in WWII and always took great pride in their sacrifice. Then again I bleed Red, White and Blue. :laugh2:

Ditto. I watched it last night too. It's fantastic.

 

[CATCH17]

I liked it.

The picture quality with that footage was really cool.

When you watch it you dont feel like your just watching some show on TV but you're actually old footage.

Sometimes when the picture clarity is bad it just seems generic and you cant get a true appreciation for what you're watching.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Been watching it and have it Tivo'd. It's been great.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Anyone ever see the documentary about the USS Indianapolis? Very good stuff.

 

[Chief]

Anyone ever see the documentary about the USS Indianapolis? Very good stuff.

I just finished reading, "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors."

A guy named Doug Stanton wrote the book and he did an amazing job of using oral histories to tell this story in dramatic detail. I highly recommend this book. I would like to watch a documentary on it.

I watched the History Channel's WWII in HD last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Like Duane said, this was truly the greatest generation.

Whether you enjoy history or not, every American should watch this.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I just finished reading, "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors."

A guy named Doug Stanton wrote the book and he did an amazing job of using oral histories to tell this story in dramatic detail. I highly recommend this book. I would like to watch a documentary on it.

I watched the History Channel's WWII in HD last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Like Duane said, this was truly the greatest generation.

Whether you enjoy history or not, every American should watch this.

I got to watch part of it a two days ago, but lately I've been really busy (not getting home till after 10PM) or wiped out tired (asleep before 8pm) after work.

It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon

 

[big dog cowboy]

If you like history this is must see TV. Those men truely were the greatest generation.

+1

I totally agree.

 

[Concord]

WWII History is one of my most favorite things.

WWII in HD is fantastic.


Check out Hunt for the Samurai Subs on National Geographic.

 

[Concord]

Anyone ever see the documentary about the USS Indianapolis? Very good stuff.

"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes.

Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups. It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away.

Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces.

You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour. Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boson's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist.

At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.

Anyway, we delivered the bomb."

 

[Doomsday101]

"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes.

Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups. It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away.

Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces.

You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour. Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boson's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist.

At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.

Anyway, we delivered the bomb."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg

 

[Concord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg

One of the best scenes in film history.

 

[MetalHead]

Been watching it and have it Tivo'd. It's been great.

Same here...the Saipan footage of the people jumping off that cliff is bone chilling.

 

[MetalHead]

One of the best scenes in film history.

I will not argue with that statement.
I recall watching that documentary,when it went to commercials,I turned the channel to see what else was on...turns out TBS was airing Jaws and I caught it on that exact scene.

Weird.

 

[DallasFanSince86]

I just finished reading, "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors."

A guy named Doug Stanton wrote the book and he did an amazing job of using oral histories to tell this story in dramatic detail. I highly recommend this book. I would like to watch a documentary on it.

I watched the History Channel's WWII in HD last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Like Duane said, this was truly the greatest generation.

Whether you enjoy history or not, every American should watch this.

Agreed.

I have really enjoyed the special this week.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I will not argue with that statement.
I recall watching that documentary,when it went to commercials,I turned the channel to see what else was on...turns out TBS was airing Jaws and I caught it on that exact scene.

Weird.

what's funny about Jaws is that many believe the fisherman who got eaten in the 1st movie, was based off of a WWII sailor who survived the sinking of the Indianapolis, and his post-WWII travails as a fisherman

he ultimately disappeared at sea

 

[MetalHead]

what's funny about Jaws is that many believe the fisherman who got eaten in the 1st movie, was based off of a WWII sailor who survived the sinking of the Indianapolis, and his post-WWII travails as a fisherman

he ultimately disappeared at sea

One of the two was a movie,and there was no fisherman in the Village People,Bob...just adding clarity to the equation...