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How French secretly filmed prison camp life in WWII | |
| smilesun
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21076556  United Kingdom08/01/2013 12:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One of the most extraordinary episodes involving Allied prisoners during World War II was recently remembered in Paris. Quoting: smilesun They had been defeated in the Battle of France and marched to the furthest reaches of the Reich. In 1940, Oflag 17a must have felt a bleak, unforgiving place for the 5,000 French officers who were now prisoners-of-war. Read more [link to www.bbc.co.uk] Saw this story on aljazeera i think it was the other day. Brave guys doing what they did. Not to mention the ingenuity they displayed digging tunnel after tunnel, while half starved! |
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| smilesun
(OP) User ID: 44412977 Italy08/01/2013 12:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dude, that's a hoax. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15913972 Who filmed them filming with their sneaky book camera? The Gestapo? This is very story!!!  VIRTUALBLOGNEWS [link to virtualblognews.altervista.org] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44419048  Hungary08/01/2013 12:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dude, that's a hoax. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15913972 Who filmed them filming with their sneaky book camera? The Gestapo? Right on. Film cameras were complex, precision built devices with a rotating petal shutter. (Look up a schematic). "Reversal" film was used, with complex developing chemicals, complex procedures and specialized equipment; not ANY of this available to prisoners in any shape or form. The smallest was 16mm film back then, shooting at 16 to 24fps. That's a lotta film for POWs to procure. It's a hoax for a generation, that knows nothing about movie filming and its multifaceted complexity at the time. |
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