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Watched part of a movie last night on TCM called TODAY WE LIVE. It was made in the 30's and has some kinda neat (by movie standards) shots of CMB-type boats making a torpedo attack on a freighter. The boats sort of look like Thornycrofts or something similar. Single forward-facing fish, stern launched from a center trough.

Worth a look.

Will

Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: Jul 21, 2014 - 2:30pm
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Good catch Will! I love the little surprises you sometimes find on those old movies!

Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR

Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: Jul 22, 2014 - 5:32am
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Pretty interesting to see those mini-torpedo boats from WWI in this film, and fairly decent process shots of the guys on the boats at speed at sea.

Those scenes reminded me of the full and complete original name of naval destroyers -- "torpedo-boat destroyers."

Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: Jul 25, 2014 - 6:52am
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