whartung wrote:
cbmeeks wrote:
During the segment about the Eisenhower, and the invasion of Italy (1943), showing, you know, "wartime footage", they have film of a B-52 over Vietnam dropping bombs.
History Channel is "famous" for that. This the same channel that had a program about the development of railroads in the USA, complete with archival footage of British steam locomotives in action.
Now, don't think I am dismissive of British motive power. It can be argued that Great Britain was where the steam locomotive was invented. And GB was home to
Big Bertha, arguably the most powerful steam locomotive of its time on the east side of the Atlantic. Furthermore, our English friends also built the legendary
Mallard, which to this day, holds the title of the world's fastest steam locomotive (126 MPH, which in my mind, would be a frightening speed in one of those contraptions).
That said, about all British and contemporary American steam locomotives had in common was a boiler, some wheels, rods, and smoke.
Even my wife, who knows almost nothing about locomotives of any kind, noticed that in a couple of scenes in the History Channel program the locos didn't "look right." Her suspicions were subsequently confirmed when she saw footage of the Union Pacific's
Challenger in action.
Now, if my wife could tell the difference, why couldn't the History Channel folks?