From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 07:43:08 PST
Hi John,
Sounds like a good time had by all kinda a thing :-) Reminds me though...
One of the things I did *NOT* like about the Tiger documentary was that
they showed the Tiger mockup (on T34/85 tank) they used for Saving
Private Ryan and made NO indication that this was not the real deal. It
is fine to have footage of John's Stuart driving around without
commentary because it *is* the real deal, and obviously the footage is
reinacting so there can be no confusion between it and real life
historical footage.
I'm just wondering... the production company was already in Europe, so
why couldn't they swing something with the Samuor (sp?) museum in France?
They have a Tiger 1E (not running IIRC) that they could have crawled
inside and out of, not to mention they have the *only* fully restored,
running King Tiger in existance. Plus, Tiger 1E at Bovington is probably
restored enough to do inside shots at the very least and they also have
(the only?) King Tiger with the original Porche turret. Yet they did not
utilize these fine resources. Puzzling!
Steve
>I just had a chance last January to be part of a film session for the
>History Channel...feature on the M5A1 Stuart. Filmed in Kentucky just a few
>miles from Knox...all day session, live fire, on the move, all MGs and main
>gun, patrol-recon, and under attack from some 2nd SS guys from St louis and
>Iowa.......
>
>Also featured will be a all black tanker unit under Patton's command, some
>of the first to capture consentration camps in Europe. The army sent 4 guys
>over from Knox and we outfitted them in WWII tanker garb.......taught them
>to drive the Stuart...they had a blast...fighting, removing a wounded
>comrad under fire, dismounting under fire with smoke filling the interior
>and dismounting MGs and fighting off the Germans.....a beautiful day in
>Kentucky.....film should air in the spring...
>
>Jon
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Sherman documentary on TV tonite
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>
>> Jim etc...
>>
>> >It did have some good shots tho - I particularly liked the american
>> >flotation bag device and the sherman with it fitted sinking :-) The shot
>> >of the early DD dropping its screen was quite interesting as well.
>>
>> I have long since given up hope of high quality research and propper
>> editing in shows like this. Now I just sit back and enjoy the vet
>> interviews and check out the "new" footage being used. One big change in
>> these docos over the past 5 years or so is their attempts to get "fresh"
>> footage instead of the same old tired stuff seen in show after show.
>>
>> I recently saw the show on Tigers. While I learned nothing new (no
>> surprise), I did get to see a few Tiger vets interviews in the flesh that
>> I have read about. There was "new" footage too, so all in all I was
>> quite happy with it.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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