@@rottingravensblood9106 This is WW2. The enemy is Germany. It's said by one of the Sgts. or the older guy. He uses the term Krauts which is what GI's called the Germans.
Given the tech non-linear editors have at our fingertips, I am surprised that Periscope Films doesn’t restore the telecine digital files. I’ve done my share of restorations, and appreciate how lengthy a process this used to be (and still can be, given excessively poor quality source material). While AVID is overkill (we’re not editing LOTR), there are a whole host of plugins dedicated to film and photo restoration, most of which are available for both FCP (X) and Adobe™ Premiere Pro (as well as Photoshop) that greatly speed up the process. Many newer plugins use AI to handle the basic cleanup. Being a bit more careful and wanting a better outcome, I limit the use of full-on AI, and do much of the work manually. After ridding the video copy of annoying damage and audio dropouts, it’s not terribly difficult to do some minor corrections. For archive quality video, many frames make a round trip to and from Photoshop. The goal (for me) isn’t to go all Ted Turner and make a 1940s B&W film look as if it were shot on an ARRI Alexa… I like to see how the film looked the first time it was played, which requires a few proprietary tricks to pull out as much dynamic range as is possible. Though I have more experience in Premiere Pro, I find that FCP (X), using the same plugins, is a far better choice when excellent results and fast turnaround is a must. Its real-time (non-proxy) correction and insanely fast render times allow me to repair, clean and render three or four 15- to 20-minute films in the time it takes Premiere to finish a single 15-minute project. Mac only FCP (X) doesn’t operate like the 40+ year-old AVID software or the similarly developed Premiere Pro. Timelines, plugins and edits are much more intuitive. It took me two weeks to learn to clean, edit, transcode and render an FCP (X) film that is equal to what I can do with AVID or Premiere Pro. I typically use Logic Pro for audio clean-up. Most well shot 8mm and super 8 films can be output at 1080p, but unless they’re razor sharp and in excellent condition, 720p works best for me. 16mm is easy 2K material, with 35mm capable of true 4K, given with ample space on fast SSD NvME m.2 drives. Great library!
My first question is how are soldiers deployed so far from friendly forces to begin with? Why are they not in contact with them on flanks at zones or responsibility? Is a retreat just a disorganized rout? Or can it be done in good order, maintaining equipment and unit cohesion? So many failures of command here. Of course, the abysmal mistakes in Korea are evidence of that. Isolated outposts easily overrun and with no intention of being reinforced. You don't unfortunately get to pick your generals and battalion commanders...
It's been 11 months, but i was curious about the differences you noticed here in organization and cohesion between 1959 and the current year. What do you see here with your military eyes that I'm not likely to notice?
