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Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
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Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
Nice find; I could say there's no denying it now but I guess not... 
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
Oh, you'll never know...
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
Look how pale the yellow was. Very muted.
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
Looks almost a light buff or tan colour.
Do we know that the footage was shot in colour and has not been colourised?
Do we know that the footage was shot in colour and has not been colourised?
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
For me, and maybe just for me ... ... the "unpainted" rangefinder hoods and areas beneath are dead giveaways. If this had been b/w footage, the "faker" presumably would have never made the decision to leave these areas in light grey. The reason is, that the RAL 7001 and the RAL 1003 are indistinguishable in greyscale. Never wondered why Prinz Eugen in Gotenhafen b/w photos featured "light grey" horizontal turret tops with dark sloped turret tops?
Even smallest details in the Gneisenau footage appears in colour, and this would have been a heck of work to fake, just for the sake of fooling us? And wouldn't it been wiser to fake Bismarck footage?
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... the "unpainted" rangefinder hoods and areas beneath are dead giveaways. If this had been b/w footage, the "faker" presumably would have never made the decision to leave these areas in light grey. The reason is, that the RAL 7001 and the RAL 1003 are indistinguishable in greyscale. Never wondered why Prinz Eugen in Gotenhafen b/w photos featured "light grey" horizontal turret tops with dark sloped turret tops?Even smallest details in the Gneisenau footage appears in colour, and this would have been a heck of work to fake, just for the sake of fooling us? And wouldn't it been wiser to fake Bismarck footage?
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
Bismarck footage of the final battle from the RN perspective is under embargo until 2017... so just wait a bit and new info may appear soon. Then start coloring 
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
Why did they put an embargo on it? Didn't they win the battle? Or because they kept on pumping shells into that burning and blood-sodden wreck?EJFoeth wrote:Bismarck footage of the final battle from the RN perspective is under embargo until 2017... so just wait a bit and new info may appear soon. Then start coloring
Anyway, do you expect colour footage from the battle/battles/hunt?
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Re: Yellow turret tops on Gneisenau
It's just what I heard, so heresay 
A few pics were released, no color... so probably B&W, if any
A few pics were released, no color... so probably B&W, if any