Japanese Film Clip

[Coog]

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]

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

[Capt P]

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]

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]

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]

The coastal guns also didn't have a tendency to sink ;)
Karl

[Berthier]

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....

[Killick]

Good clip none the less!