Author Topic: Audio of Lancaster under nightfighter attack (Read 6662 times)

TigerStolly · « **Reply #60 on:** September 28, 2003, 06:55:14 AM »

The IWM seems to have a sound archive. Some guys on rec.aviation.military have given me the contact details.

I'm going to get in touch and see if they have the full recording.

Furball · « **Reply #61 on:** September 28, 2003, 07:12:29 AM »

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/hendon/research/contact.cfm

could try here too tigerstolly

TigerStolly · « **Reply #62 on:** September 28, 2003, 07:43:20 AM »

Thanks, i've sent an enquiry in.

It would be cool to hear the whole thing.

Suave · « **Reply #63 on:** September 28, 2003, 08:40:10 AM »

I'd just like to bring to everyones attention that Replicant has the best avatar in the universe.. ever .

F4i · « **Reply #64 on:** September 28, 2003, 09:12:20 AM »

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Originally posted by Suave
I'd just like to bring to everyones attention that Replicant has the best avatar in the universe.. ever .

I've had nightmares because of Furball's avatar. I can't help but watch it over and over again with a gaping mouth in anticipation that - JUST ONCE - the poor guy will be able to keep the cork in the pipe and survive.

F4i

Furball · « **Reply #65 on:** September 28, 2003, 12:59:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Suave
I'd just like to bring to everyones attention that Replicant has the best avatar in the universe.. ever .

what is it from? or am i just really stupid?

GScholz · « **Reply #66 on:** September 28, 2003, 01:50:39 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
what is it from? or am i just really stupid?

Replicant, Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young ... any of these hints ring a bell? If not here's another one "... gone, like tears ... in the rain ...".

Furious · « **Reply #67 on:** September 28, 2003, 02:27:02 PM »

Ridley Scott's best, IMO.

Replicant · « **Reply #68 on:** September 28, 2003, 04:00:41 PM »

Come on Furball!

Nexus 6... soundtrack by Vangelis... made in 1982... Daryl Hannah, plus the woman out of 240 Robert (forget her name!)

Ford's character Decker was thought to have been a Replicant too!

yowser · « **Reply #69 on:** September 28, 2003, 08:38:03 PM »

"....if the side gunner is firing why do you hear the guns firing while the "skipper" is talking. The side gunner sits right behind 2 engines. If you here 303s firing you damn sure would hear the eng. You arent in an enclosed insolated space. ...".

You're assuming we're hearing the sound of the guns themselves, picked up by a microphone. If you listen closely, it sounds more like "interference" or "noise" introduced into the intercom system, caused by the guns firing.

I'm sure an audio expert could explain it better.

yowser

Karnak · « **Reply #70 on:** September 28, 2003, 09:34:04 PM »

It sounds more like an audio of a Lancaster attacking a nightfighter. They never talk about being hit. It sounds like the nightfighter flew close over the Lancaster without ever being aware of it (or at least of the Lanc's actual location) and got shot down before being able to take action.

Blue Mako · « **Reply #71 on:** September 28, 2003, 10:38:50 PM »

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Originally posted by Replicant
Come on Furball! Nexus 6... soundtrack by Vangelis... made in 1982... Daryl Hannah, plus the woman out of 240 Robert (forget her name!) Ford's character Decker was thought to have been a Replicant too!

Remember the dream about the unicorn...

MRPLUTO · « **Reply #72 on:** September 29, 2003, 07:15:20 AM »

GScholz, thank you very much for investigating this.

*******

There's one issue from above that hasn't been discussed:

Why can the guns be heard so well, and not the engines?

Directional microphones is one reason. Some mics can screen out most sound from all but a few degrees. I don't know what the level of directional mic technology was in 1943, but as someone said above, "it wasn't the stone-ages then".

Also, by plugging into the intercom system background noise would be screened out.

MRPLUTO

Furball · « **Reply #73 on:** September 29, 2003, 10:49:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Replicant
Come on Furball! Nexus 6... soundtrack by Vangelis... made in 1982... Daryl Hannah, plus the woman out of 240 Robert (forget her name!) Ford's character Decker was thought to have been a Replicant too!

ahhh no wonder, thats a year before i was born!

leitwolf · « **Reply #74 on:** September 29, 2003, 11:25:26 AM »

If you ever have the chance to see this movie on a big screen - don't miss it. If you like movies in general - this one will catch you.
It's not utter trash like most 20 year old sci-fi movies, this one is a work of art.
Easily Ridley Scott's best work ever.