Bismarck show

Started by besilarius, September 08, 2019, 06:32:04 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmm22DYp-xY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR24NCsAo4CDSmtMDISbghGxaeebc4cUYv3lHLcTu0Ap9KUJAfGP9AdqDWs

BBC show from 1996.  Lots of good pictures and videos.
Surprising that John Hillerman (Higgins from Magnum, PI) did the narration.
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Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

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"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

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WallysWorld

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Actually it's an A&E production and not BBC as I remember watching that show on A&E. Great show and definitely worth watching.

A&E's "Sink the Bismarck" VHS
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