The True Story The Hunt For Red October 

A show about history on the History channel? Those were the days.

I find myself watching the movie Hunt For Red October at least once a year. Usually around the time the weather becomes cold and hard.

Ah yes, back when History Channel was awesome...

I wish the history channel would still make shows about 'the history behind X or Y''. Very interesting and a good balance between history, education, and entertainment.

The Hunt for Red October is my favorite Tom Clancy novel, and in my top five of favorite novels ever. Learning about the true history and facts about it is amazing and I appreciate the book more now

R.i.p. tom clancy great novels from a good novelist.

A long long time ago I can still remember when the history channel used to make me smile, I knew when I needed my history fix that channel was what I missed now all I see is pawn fking stars

When the "History Channel" actually produced actual history topics.

"Give me a ping Vasili, one ping only please." RIP Sean, RIP Dead (Sean’s unknown Twin)

The "HUNT" is one of Sean Connery's best works. Its a suspenseful film - that I can watch over and over.

I was lucky enough to take a few of Professor Young's courses in college. Excellent teacher. Very knowledgeable, extremely engaging, and very fair.

The Hunt For Red October has long been one of my favorite books and movies. I loved Clancy's vision of cold war maneuvers between Russia and the US. To find out that there is an actual event the mirrors so many of the events in the movie is completely crazy. I also kind of wonder if there isn't still more we don't know of, or maybe another event that wasn't ever publicized. When the book came out Clancy was supposedly interviewed by government agents to determine exactly what information he was privy to in writing the book which makes me wonder if they were nervous that he knew about something else not in the existing details of this event. I do prefer the ending of Clancy's version however, which may not have been as good for the USSR but were to me far less tragic than the real one.

Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan.

"Trust the fact that history will judge events honestly and you will never have to be embarrassed for what your father did. On no account ever be one of those people who criticise but do not follow through their actions. Such people are hypocrites-weak, people who do not have the power to reconcile their beliefs with their actions. I wish you courage, my dear. Be strong in the belief that life is wonderful. Be positive and believe that the Revolution will always win." Valery Sablin's last letter to his son before his execution.

Remember when The History Channel actually show documentaries about history? Good times...

In the movie _The Hunt for Red October_ (I have never read the book) Captain Ramius was an idealist, too. He hoped for new lives for his officers in the US, but his REASON for defecting was to deliver the Red October to the US. As he put it, there was only one reason for a nuclear missile submarine with such stealth technology, and that was as a first strike weapon. He felt it would totally destabilize the balance of power, and he intended to keep it equal. BTW if you like true stories like this, read _The Red Orchestra_. It is the well researched story of the Soviet spy network in Europe during WW2. In those days "red" of course stood for the Soviets, and "orchestra" stood for a spy network. The Germans had an entire departmen of the gestapo dedicated to hunting them. That Soviet spy master was a truly ground breaking man that knew his craft. In fact he pioneered... no, I decided to remove those spoilers and let you read this very interesting, and at times gripping, story for yourselves. The book even has a surprise ending like any good spy thriller.

I can’t believe these guys thought this would work. Just amazing.

What an amazing story! I watch hundreds of military shows, and this is one of the most interesting, and incredible stories of them all! I think about what kind of a man he was to have the guts to not only think up something like this, but to actually commence carrying it out! He must've had some intense personality to convince enough others to go along with his plan... the movie was great, but the real story is MUCH better! Thanks for posting this one...

I was aboard a ship in the US Navy from 1966 to 1968 in the Med. LOTS of Soviet activity during that time, mostly destroyers.

when history channel is about history

A true patriot. Today information is even more powerful. Kudos to whistleblowers in all nations. We need governments. Transparent governments. At heart most people in the world want the same things. Food, shelter, security, a decent job. All of us have more in common then we realize. It is by fear and obfuscation we are led astray.

I remember buying "Hunt For Red October" the first time l saw it in the bookstore so many years ago. Read the description on the jacket sleeve and though "who doesn't like a good submarine story?" And boy was it! But this is the first I've ever heard of The Sentry and her story! Wow!

That was one of the best movies ever, if u ask me! Never gets old. “I will marry a big round American woman” lol

You can read the true story, the name of the book is "Mutiny" and it is the story of the Russian Guided Missile cruiser Storozhevoy. The authors are David Hagberg & Boris Gindin. Tom Clancy read a Navy report about this story and came up with Red October from it. Interesting point is the ship was actually taken by the political officer, won't say anything else for those who want to read it.

Back when the history channel had history on it🤓🇺🇸🎣

I miss this history channel. When they did good documentaries and not fluff about making knives and buying up eclectic junk.

Thanks for posting this video ! love these stories

Hunt for Red October came out while I was in the middle of training for Naval Nuclear Power.

I served in the Navy at the height of the cold war in 1975. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

What a great man he was/is.RIP Pappy

Amazing video!! Never new this really happened !! Thanks for sharing!!

The good Ole days of the Soviet Era. Hunt for Red October and Firefox are two of my favorite movies.

Love the James Bond "Golden eye" sound effects.

Very intresting. Congratulations excellent production.

Omg! Actual history! Warms my heart.

We can’t have enough history. Young people have not learned much of our country’s past

curiosity in the bit between 13:08 and 13:14 the ship you see is the HMS"Belfast"that is presently a museum ship docked near the London Bridge.

Red October was a fun movie to watch...Connery and Baldwin were quite good. This is an interesting documentary.

Very well done. Thanks

What a super story. Thank you

I never knew... And I am from Riga. i will have to look it up!

"The hunt for Red October" is my favorite Sean Connery movie. I'm able to watch at least a few movies on my mobile fone. I wanted to see if I can watch it one day. I couldn't. Amongst a few various scenes from the move there was also this documentary. So I viewed the video. It's one of my favorite documentaries.

Watching + learning from NSW Australia. Thank you Raywollesen Fortes for the upload 😉.

I love the huge model of RMS Aquitania behind the Professor...it's beautiful.

This is a better story than Red October. Should make this into a film. Although its unlikely to be made because it didn't feature any American involvement.

And now the instigator of the Mutiny, Valery Sablin, is remember recently as the guy from the Hearts of Iron 4 mod, The New Order

Enjoyed it, thanks.

thank you for posted this Document.......

I can’t remember where I heard it but I had heard that there were some details in Clancy’s book that were published, but not really public knowledge, so both sides demanded to know where he got some of his info because they thought there had been a leak of some sort. Turns out he was just a really good researcher and found the right combination of materials and put all the pieces together himself

Yah, but the mutiny was because he thought that the Soviet leaders were discarding communism aside. He wanted to restore true Leninist communism.

This was absolutely fascinating! I never heard of this!

I honestly wish this had been sucessful

Long live Valery Sablin a man with real virtuosity....Rest in peace my dear fellow....and to hell with those who did evil to you...

I really like this . great.

It will still be my favourite movie of all time :)

Super interesting documentary excelent qualityt

Great documentary! Love the Red October film & the original book by Tom Clancy. Technically this was a barratry and not a mutiny, right? Anyway, at least in the fictional story it was a barratry. To quote the book: " Mutiny is when the crew rebels against lawful authority. Gross misconduct of the officers is called barratry."

I' m eagerly waiting for History channel to entertain me, with similar episodes happening on the Western side, during the Cold War.

Love this program

Wow, this was way better than the movie! They should make a MOVIE for "Mutiny". I've just got read that book now.

To attempt this mutiny Valery Sablin had huge brass balls but a '9mm' sized brain...

Very interesting story but I differ with Gregory young. THFRO is a real classic and well thought out. The actors did a fantastic job in each role. I love this movie. However, the real story should be turned into a movie also.

Amazing...Oh the wicked webs of intrigue we weave.

Thank you!

Too bad 'bout the History Channel. It used to b cool

Its interesting because my dad who was a captain of a ship in the soviet navy told me he was discharged because a submarine was attempting to defect to America and he was ordered to sink it and refused, this was in the 80s

Today on The History Channel: Ancient Aliens, Foods That Built America, The Curse of Oak Island, Some Assembly Required, and of course The Unexplained.

Should be a Hollywood movie! Even though Tom Clancy's version is out there

Just say "no" to stealing Russian frigates kids.

I always found the idea, that a Soviet U-Boot Captain defects to the West utterly ridiculous. Now it makes sense.

Interesting. I thought since I read the book in the 1980s that it was inspired by the K-19 incident. I had gotten the story in a security briefing as a Navy nuclear engineer, and it seemed to fit.

Great video.

Valeri Sablin is true hero.What he wanted is return to the ideals of October. I knew this story and I knew that book was based on this mutiny. But its large unknown among academics.

What?? The History channel used to show historical stuff???! What wonderful time this must've been!

a better story. I believe your format was better than a movie....

This was way better than the book!!

In many states of our country, it is considered heretical to view our history, discuss it in depth from a variety of angles and possibly learn from that analysis. The denial of the past is a step towards the fall of a culture.

Oh yeah and Tom Clancy lived not far from NAS Patuxent River MD...that Czech boat could be seen on the way to his house...Clancy had a lot of Naval Aviators as friends

I still miss the old History Channel. ;o(

I knew Tom Clancy ... I knew where he lived in Maryland .. I had no idea who he was when I was handed the blueprints for his house on The Chesapeake Bay .. They said he was a #1 author and had a movie in production ?? and everyone in that week was bringing in piles of books for him to sign ... I knew him only as .. " How the hell are you doing Tom " ..

14:30 He who controls the air controls the battlefield. He who controls the sea controls the world.

Damn, how have I never heard of this story before? Amazing.

These old History Channel docs are great

So many comments about how much better the History Channel used to be; so little energy to give thumbs-ups.

I get nostalgic for the movie, but the real life story is even more interesting. Like they say, truth is often stranger (or more interesting) than fiction ;)

All hail Sablin. Has my respect till I die

Gotta luv and respect such men of courage and sacrifice,regardless of race or faith..

Why i used to watch history channel

I met a guy in Bulgaria.. he told me he had been involved in the theft of plans for concord. He also said that the west knew those plans were going to be stolen.. so the west changed the plans just enough so that the soviets did not think anything was amiss. The change was just enough to upset the balance of the aircraft if its basic design was copied -which it was. Then the west sat back and waited for the inevitable crash.. which happened at the Paris air show. He also told me that when he was teaching westerners to ski.. he was gifted a ski jacket.. one of his colleagues told on him as they were not allowed to accept gifts.. and he ended up in prison for a year. I met a woman in a bar there and her English was perfect. I asked why it was so good and she told me that her job had been transcribing technical documents stolen from the west into Russian. Bulgaria.. just after the wall came down.. very interesting place to be…

The 70’s were not the height of the Cold War.

Incredible tale...

Alas you are all correct, the History Channel just sucks right now, but this Doc is excellent as all of the History Channel programming was then, and is better than the the Hollywood twist on the story, there are so many stories in history that are way more interesting than the same story portrayed in the movies, anyway an excellent Doc, I want to watch it again to pick up more info......keep on......and a happy and peaceful holiday season.........justasinger54

I moved out to Colorado Springs, Co in 1979 with my girlfriend and soon-to-be wife. She was a registered nurse working in the city hospital, while I was working in a factory plating Craftsmen tools. We were invited over to dinner by a coworker at the hospital. As my girlfriend was helping her friend, I began talking to her boyfriend who had just been discharged from the navy. The navy being of great interest to me made conversation easy and productive with this new civilian. My ex-brother-in-law some years before had been a lieutenant on a nuclear sub out of Holy Loch, Scotland, when he was dating my older sister and who I was living with at the time. I would pepper him with questions most of which he couldn't answer due to secrecy. However, he did relate instances of our ships and Soviet ships playing chicken as well as sneaking into protected areas to snatch photographs of sensitive military instillations. I laid these stories on this guy who then told me that 4 years before, some Russians had stolen a ship and were defecting but ended up being sunk/or caught. It was a fascinating story, and I had asked him where he had gotten his account. He told me that he had read about it in a military journal of some sort. Of course when The movie, "The Hunt for Red October, " came out, I made the connection between it and what I had been told. However, it was not until today that I heard the real account.

I think the reason for making Ramius a defector, is because the film was made for a western audience... And a "soviet" defecting to the West for reason of a "better life" perfectly fits.. Who would be interested in a "patriotic" soviet, that wants to preserve a shunned system, that is not stuff for a western audience... Not even for a "soviet" audience... Well the truth is something most did not like to hear, if it does not fit into their way of thinking...

hey which cruiser is that in the back ground of your picture, is it the Anzio?

The true patriot isn't the one that serves the ruler, but his own motherland.

I think The hunt of Red October is more based on another story. In 1961 a capitan of a ship called Smolnyj disobeyed orders to sail the ship to Tallinn and insted sailed to Gotland. Then he was granted assylum in USA, while ship was returned to the USSR. Capitan's name was Jonas Pleškys whose nationality was lithuanian and in the movie they also mention that. Although it is only my opinion :)

He said “ it couldn’t go on for much longer. The stupidity in our country” that’s exactly how the world feels about Putin right now

it's kewl how a British narrator makes it all sound so much smarter.

thank you