How CRIMSON TIDE Movie Captured Real Navy Footage - #shorts #short

[charlessaint]

Crimson Tide is based on a real incident. Except it happened in the Soviet Navy.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Soviet submarine, B-59, attempted to run the US Navy blockade of Cuba. Being submerged for several days, the sub had been out of contact with the outside world. The US Navy detected the sub and dropped signal depth charges to get it to surface.

Down below, the Soviet reacted to the explosions that war had broken out between the superpowers. The B-59 skipper wanted to fire a nuclear torpedo. To do so, he needed his XO and the on-board political-commissar to agree. The latter approved, but the XO, Vasily Arkipov, did not. It was Arkipov who convinced the skipper to surface. They found themselves surrounded by the US Navy. Communication with Moscow was reestablished, and B-59 was ordered to return to Russia. The XO's refusal prevented a nuclear holocaust.

[FRIENDHORATIO]

Movies like this actually help Navy recruiting efforts, it’s basically a 120 minute Navy commercial. I.e showing the that the navy isn’t just a job, it’s an adventure!

[Tsarbomb]

Never would have seen the boat without the red arrows. Thank you. God's work.

[andraenicholson]

Tony Scott got off scott free because he was one of the biggest drivers of Navy recruitment lol. Top Gun and Crimson Tide were both Navy Badass commercials lol.

[BlackEpyon]

Filming the sub in open water isn't illegal. But that "paid informant" just got in a whole lotta shit!

[Lasvegasnowman]

One of my favorite films Denzel Washington is a goat and RIP James Gandolfini

[rallyhammer]

We were two squads of Marines aboard the U.S.S. Puffer out of Pearl Harbor for Recon Insertion drills. The old movies where you climb down a Rope to the Inflatable is BS. WE were in the Boats with weapons and gear, Oars holding the boats in place on the Subs Deck at Zero dark thirty in a rain storm and the Sub goes out from under you with Decks awash you start paddeling for shore 1, OOO yards away. Any gear NOT lashed down inside the boat is lost when you "Broach" the boat to dump the water. I never met a Marine who volunteered for this duty more than ONCE.

[Thetrackblazers]

Guerilla Cinematography Tactics, we love em😂😂😂

[MarkzOng]

Both the Scott bros are great at military flicks. Sad that one leaves too soon.

[kenshi]

Bro pulled a 200 IQ move on the USS Alabama

[Blackout]

So long as they didn't try to board the boat or redirect it in any way they did nothing wrong. The inside guy is in deep shit tho.

[rbrick]

The filming of the sub, no.

The leaking of movements of a Class Alpha asset, which is the most protected asset in the US Navy? *very* illegal.

[pandidogtrainingpetservice]

First of all most of those are not the USS Alabama. The boat that’s running on the surface is an attack sub not a ballistic missile sub.

[andreslinares]

We are talking about the same guy that offered a million bucks to an aircraft carrier Captain to change the direction of the ship in order to get his perfect shot in Top Gun 😅

[darrelllovett]

The sub in the movie that dives is a 637 class attack boat; not an Ohio class SSBN.

[EricDaMAJ]

Unless a Hollywood movie is explicitly anti-Navy or anti-America, the studio can coordinate considerable support from the Navy to display all gear and ops not actually classified. This comes with some editorial control of the writing to make the Navy look cool. So something like this would be small potatoes for the Navy to deal with.

[rannyacernese]

The Navy wasn’t supportive of the film given the storyline.

[sherwooddudley]

Not potentially illegal, it IS illegal. Maybe not to Scott but to his insider informant. Insider threats yall

[gatalawanzo]

Please correct me if I’m wrong. But that looks like a Los Angeles class sub in the first few shots. Unless I’m seeing phantom moorings and sailfin shaped differently.

[Borgforce]

Good clip - loved this film, watched it many times and never knew that about the filming… Glad you put those bright orange arrows on the clip, wouldn’t know where the submarine was…