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I stumbled upon this clip of a western naval force attacking a Japanese position. The ships featured are sail and steam powered. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a recreation of an actual event sometime around the mid 1800s. The title translates something like "Choshu clan against the U.S. fleet orchid four countries, Britain and France." It's cheesy but I found it interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj07SrzUkRQ
Blackrose
03-10-2012, 04:04
It looks like a docudrama from the pre-Boshin War period: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War
Probably the naval and landing scenes are from Battles for Shimonoseki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Shimonoseki
Gunboat diplomacy at it's most naked state.
Karl
Good link looked at others that were there. You may want to check out a site Belle & Blade. He has many war movies from all periods. He is at the HMGS East cons. I missed Cold Wars this past weekend but will be at Historicon. Have to save up as his DVD's ar about $30 each. He has a great selection.
Comte de Brueys
03-13-2012, 02:21
Remember the siege of Toulon 1793.
If you compare the firepower of the British ships calibers and the french artillery calibers you may be confused.
Royal Navy: 21 ships of the line 2 x 100, 3 x 98, 12 x 74 and 4 x 64 cannons
But costal artillery was a big danger for the ships of the 18th century.
Berthier
03-13-2012, 04:45
And coastal artillery usually had the advantage of elevation (that is they were on hills) meaning the ships had a difficult time shooting back.
Blackrose
03-13-2012, 05:18
The coastal guns also didn't have a tendency to sink ;)
Karl
Berthier
03-13-2012, 05:37
Good point!
I did notice on the Japanese film clip that not only coastal guns don't sink, they don't seem to recoil either....
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