Fullbore Friday
a proper respect for history
BZ to the Royal Navy!
Back in 2014,
Launching at this year's London Film Festival, a new restoration of The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands recreates two of the key naval battles of the first world war. Directed by Walter Summers and originally released in 1927, the BFI's archive gala screening of the restoration will feature a live score performed by 24 members of the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines. The screening takes place on 16 October
Proper respect for her history.
Here is a preview of what they brought back out ten years ago:
If you have Amazon Prime, you can watch the full thing.
I've done FbF on both the Battles of Coronel and Battle of the Falkland Islands from the First World War. Check them out if you have not already.
When I watch or read about things like this or about ships like the old Asiatic Fleet, I can't wonder how much our own future in the Pacific will tell the same sort of stories.
Lot of hard cases in the front rank. And that is without hitting start.