Thanks again Patryk for another piece of fantastic pneumatic post!
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
messages at sea
Happy 2017! As we look to the year ahead, a message from the past, from my pre-Christmas inbox, thanks to Patryk. This time he takes me to 1960, to the classic war film Sink the Bismark! Central to the action and the quest to sink that ship, prominently positioned in the headquarters of the British Admiralty, is a large as life Lamson tube system.
Messages come and go, arriving in the background as characters plot and strategise. Apparently the tubes play an important role in catching the Bismark. I am only halfway through the movie so far, so I am yet to find out how, but you can see for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFWwPYB74ac
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I love this aspect of large ships, thanks for the video of this fine film.
ReplyDeleteThis movie takes you back to the older times when the ships were operated manually. Thanks for sharing the movie clip. Its quite reminiscent.
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