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1915 movie for the US Navy
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:27 pm
by Niner
This is a part of a movie made to promote the US Navy in 1915. The rest of the movie is lost.
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserv ... ntary-1915
Re: 1915 movie for the US Navy
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:51 am
by joseyclosey
Interesting film. I'm curious at 7 1/2, minutes during the physical drill, a dog is running around the deck. Wonder what a dog would be doing on a navy ship?
Health and safety obviously wasn't an issue in 1915 neither.
Joe
Re: 1915 movie for the US Navy
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:38 am
by DuncaninFrance
That was a Busby Berkley rehearsal Joe
Animals were kept on ships as mascots, either for the ship or perhaps a mess. The ships cat was a working arrangement -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_cat
Re: 1915 movie for the US Navy
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:24 am
by Niner
What I find interesting are those submarines. The first submarine wasn't owned by the US Navy until April 1900. At the start of WWI Britain had the most submarines at 74 and the Germans only 20 of various classes.
Men who were submariners in those days were pretty daring just to get on board one of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_submarines