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'Assault on a Queen' with Frank Sinatra - The Queen Mary liner is the object of an attempted hijack by a restored U boat post-war.

I think I'll have to throw in a vote here for "P.T. 109". They did a pretty darned good job of making those Vosper MTB's look like Elco 80 footers.

Bob

[quote="Cliffy B"]Just saw that one on TCM; great film![/quote]

Me too. DVR'd it and watched it yesterday.

If you were paying REALLY close attention to the Panama Canal transit scenes, a couple of the shots were of Lex, not Sara.

Bob

What was interesting was that in the early 30s, Hollywood used the names of real ships, i.e.., Saratoga in "Hell Diver" and Arizona in "Here Comes the Navy." In the latter part of the 30s, Hollywood began to use fictitious names of ships. Except that they slipped up in "Navy Blues." The movie takes place on the fictional cruiser Cleveland not knowing that a few months after it release, there would be a real USS Cleveland.

[quote="Doug"]"Hell Diver" was filmed aboard the Saratoga in the early 30s. Most interesting was that they censored the arresting gear during the landing sequences.[/quote]

Just saw that one on TCM; great film! It was shot in 1932 aboard CV-3 alright and has a ton of great footage of her. Air ops, a trip through the Panama Canal, and even re-fueling a USN Zeppelin. There is also some great footage of the BBs steaming in a nice battle line letting lose full broadsides at a target ship. The planes staring as members of VF-1 are Curtis F8C-4 Helldiver. There are also some shots of BG-1 Torpedo Bombers landing aboard CV-3 when the air wing is reporting aboard during the trip to Panama. Great movie all around :thumbs_up_1:

Titanic is my all time favorite movie on Ship.

LCS2 USS Independence in [i]Cars 2[/i] :big_grin:
http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2011/07/austal_ship_shines_on_silver_s.html

[quote="G-Rider"]DE 181, USS Straub, was a Cannon-class DE. However, she portrayed a Buckley class DE in The Enemy Below[/quote]

While 181 was the hull number painted on the ship, that wasn't the actual ship in the movie.

DE-634 USS Whitehurst played the part of the DE-181, USS Haynes in the movie. 634 was painted over and 181 painted in it's place for the movie.

Bob

Being a great fan of the Elco 80' P.T. Boats, I'll second "They Were Expendable". Not really accurate for the P.T.s used at the time, but nice eye candy for us Elco lovers.

Bob

The Caine Mutiny,
They were Expendable,
and, In Which We Serve

[quote="Elvis965"]T'was a Buckley class in The Enemy Below:

[url]http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/634.htm[/url]

At least they got that right in the movie!

Bob[/quote]

Elvis, thanks for that link. I'm actually building Revell's old 1/249 Buckely right now. Not a bad little kit, especially considering its age. The PE set for it really sets it off. I'm hung up right now slowly scratch building the weapons, which are the kit's weak point (unfortunately, scratch building is my weak point, at least one of them). The molded on bulkhead detail is really nice, but those weapons are just gawd awful.

Bob

[quote="Elvis965"]T'was a Buckley class in The Enemy Below:

[url]http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/634.htm[/url]

At least they got that right in the movie!

Bob[/quote]


DE 181, USS Straub, was a Cannon-class DE. However, she portrayed a Buckley class DE in [i]The Enemy Below[/i].

GR

T'was a Buckley class in The Enemy Below:

[url]http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/634.htm[/url]

At least they got that right in the movie!

Bob

Its been ages since I've seen it, but a movie called "The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum paying the captain of a USN DE was not only a great move, but as I remember had some good shots of what I recall may have been an Evarts Class DE. Haven't seen it in years, but I remember it as a great movie with the ship figuring prominently in the shots.

Bob

wrong thread

[quote="Doug"]Flight Command," 1940[/quote]

THAT'S the movie I was trying to think of!

Bob

"Hell Diver" was filmed aboard the Saratoga in the early 30s. Most interesting was that they censored the arresting gear during the landing sequences.

One of the best scenes in "Away All Boats" was a Fletcher steaming by the "Belinda" with all guns blazing

"Flight Command," 1940, had a few sequences aboard the Enterprise. And great views of the F3F.

"Baby and the Battleship," the only other movie filmed aboard the Vanguard. Let's you see parts of the ship other than the inside of the turret.

[i]"Flight of the Intruder"[/i] has a very nice revolving shot of CV-62 at the end as well as other shots through out. As the credits role the camera angle switches to one from a helo that circles the ship from a shallow angle. Makes a full circle before it fades to black. Many nice details can be seen since the helo was very close and/or the zoom lens was used. It was filmed in 1990 so it might help those wishing ot build her during the Gulf.

[i]"Operation Petticoat"[/i] had some nice shots of a [i]Gato[/i] type sub minus all deck guns (save for an air cooled .30 or .50cal in one scene). The end features some shots of a FRAM [i]Fletcher[/i] launching a depth charge attack and firing its 5"/38s.

"Task Force" with Gary Cooper has many shots of all types of ships, but mostly carriers.

Those I can remember are Langley, Saratoga, and Yorktown, along with an Essex, but I'm not sure which one. Tracy probably knows.

I know the Essex at the end of the movie is Franklin, but I doubt the one earlier in the movie is.

There's also an old movie (1930's - and for the life of me I can't remember the name), that filmed quite a bit on Enterprise. All I remember is at the end a pilot was lost in the fog. All I can think of is "Dive Bomber" with Errol Flynn, but I know that's not right. :scratch:

Also can't forget Oriskany in "Bridges at Toko Ri", or some nice shots of Kearsarge in "The Caine Mutiny", or the 3 escort carriers at the end of "Magnum Force". :big_grin:

Bob

[quote="Dan Thompson"]Thanks, Brad, for the thumbs-up. I'm glad you enjoyed the models. There are ship models on that page if you go down far enough but it is mostly sci-fi.

I've been too busy with other projects lately to look at any more maritime movies, but I have been collecting them. Off the top of my head, I can recommend [i]Battle of the River Plate[/i] which features film of three British cruisers and one American heavy cruiser. Also, [i]Yangtse Incident[/i] which features the British frigate HMS [i]Amethyst[/i]. Both are excellent movies as well as using real ships. Both are also interesting for using actual ships that were involved in the incidents portrayed.[/quote]
[url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3312spee.html]Battle of the River Plate enhanced DVD[/url]
Looking into getting this enhanced DVD from Hens Tooth.
a matter of finding a broker.
Picked up Waterloo on DVD from a broker in Virginia back in Sept.
Local HMV ordered it...no prepay either....in less than 30 days.

Was chatting on a WW-2 webforum on Graf Spee,
the question was...could she have broken out.
Mentioned that this being the first gunship naval battle of WW-2,
you do not give the enemy a trophy...as Langsdorff did.....that photo of a burned and twisted
Graf Spee was propaganda win..... bet chairs were kicked around the room after that pic made the rounds.
Although Graf Spee's fuel cleaning system was wrecked,....she had fuel to break out,
her main armament...and the aft torpedo tubes.
Considering she had shot up several British cruisers.....Langsdorff should have shown confidence
in his gunnery.
In my opinion....you do breakout,....and if you fail,..at least the ship sinks in the ocean,..
No trophy propaganda photo.