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RE: "Eyes On Singapore" - 2/3/2008 10:34:48 PM

Joe D.

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But wasn't there a one-seater fighter version of the Wirraway that was very fast?

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RE: "Eyes On Singapore" - 2/3/2008 10:42:42 PM

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... The showpiece was a movie called "Brainstorm" - plot of which involved the invention of a process to record experiences and play them back (to someone else). Most of the movie was shot normally. The "playback" of the thought recording sequences were shot in Showscan. However, the whole thing floundered when the movie got into serious financial difficulties when when of its stars (Natalie Wood) got drunk and walked off the deck of her boat and drowned. With the serious financial difficulties, the movie was barely able to be finished based on a completion bond and what footage they had shot (the film was substantially changed.) Showscan floundered with this ...

I haven't seen Brainstorm in years; it had well-known stars and an interesting premise, but the film did seem a bit uneven, even taking into account Wood's untimely demise -- apparently she tried to get into a dingy in the middle of the night, slipped and drowned as her flowing nightgown was no Mae West.

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RE: "Eyes On Singapore" - 2/3/2008 11:10:27 PM

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Sorry for the necro but, did anyone save that newsreel? The link's gone down.

Anyone? :)

If you're interested in watching stiff-upper lipped commentators speaking about how the Japs will get a damned good thrashing (circa November 1941), then the British Pathe online newsreel archive is a goldmine. Downloading the first clip is a little cumbersome but it gets easier and it's worth the effort IMO

http://www.britishpathe.com/

Thankyou, that link was very helpful

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