Youtube "D" footage
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Topic: Youtube "D" footage
Posted By: Pioneer
Subject: Youtube "D" footage
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 10:17am
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Some interesting footage of 'D's operating out of Lerwick (HMS Fox) http://www.rn-coastalforcesveterans.com/page68.html - http://www.rn-coastalforcesveterans.com/page68.html
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Posted By: Pioneer
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 5:52pm
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Hello 'Jim'
Yes, it is the same clip. There are other clips related to CF forces within the Veteran's Forum- but there is no need to be a member of the RN-CFV Forum to view their pages (or video clips.)
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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 04 November 2009 at 8:10am
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Hi there,
Great footage, commentary threw me a bit to start but very good, what a site, many thanks,
Johnk
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Posted By: Tim Deacon
Date Posted: 05 December 2009 at 4:15pm
| Great footage! Have seen some of it before on (I think?) a Channel 4 programme about Coastal Forces about 2 years ago, with Len Reynolds doing the commentary; its a shame there is no 'central archive ' of all MTB/Coastal Forces/ASR film clips...there must be enough to make a great video/DVD! (I know that the Coastal Forces Heritage Trust are compiling a DVD at the moment, which should be excellent!). There are some amazing clips on 'The British Movietone News' website which I was looking at the other day! There is some excellent footage on there of the Thornycroft 55' and 70', stepped-hull CMBs/MTBs (similar to MTB 331) in the Philippines in WW2, with boats Q112, Q113 and Q115 (?) being torpedoed-up in Luzon. Q112 was skippered by Ramon Alcarez (who died earlier this year) and who gave a talk at the BMPT some time ago (put his name in Google and there are some excellent photos from 'Life' Magazine from WW2 on the site). Also, on the TV recently was the film 'One of our Aircraft is Missing' with some good footage of ASR 126 (and one other?) near the end of the film. Roland Culver was the actor playing the 'skipper' of ASR 126 rescuing downed British pilots from a Wellington, that had managed to evade capture and get to a German floating 'rescue pod' anchored off the coast of Holland. (Roland Culver also played the 'baddie Major' smuggler in 'The Ship that Died of Shame' for the film buffs amongst you! |
Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 10:11pm
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Hi Tim,
Many thanks for this, I was at the talk by Admiral Alcarez, what a great man and a fascinating story he told, ended it just as he burnt there boats and was about to be captured, one can only imagine what he went through.....intresting re Donald Culver, yes he was running a rival boat wasn't he in the film....
Johnk
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