# "History Rocks" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641 "2007-06-27T15:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/21 "2007-07-04T15:41:03Z")
[QUOTE=Idlewild] Ice Road Truckers is my new favourite thing in the world. [/QUOTE] Time to start planning for a road trip. [http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/nordev/wroads/default\_e.asp](http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/nordev/wroads/default_e.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/22 "2007-07-04T16:49:27Z")
Aren’t history shows gonna need stock footage by definition? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/23 "2007-07-04T17:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Aren’t history shows gonna need stock footage by definition? [/QUOTE] That would place strict limits on the time periods that they could make shows about. Unless Napoleon had a Handycam I don’t know about. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/24 "2007-07-09T15:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] Has anyone done a study comparing the total amount of stock footage from WWII to how much of it the History Channel has shown? Any bets on how close to 100% it is? [/QUOTE] Do you think the Hitler Channel has filled more hours with WWII stock footage than there were hours in WWII? ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/25 "2007-07-09T17:04:33Z")
Awww and I was gonna rant how those bastards screwed up my early childhood with the propaganda song “No More Kings!!” Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/26 "2007-07-09T17:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] Do you think the Hitler Channel has filled more hours with WWII stock footage than there were hours in WWII? [/QUOTE] I think that’s pretty much guaranteed. But I’m not complaining. Why yes, I am that person that always will stop and watch _The Secrets of Hitler’s Love Life and Cheese Choices._ ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/27 "2007-07-10T04:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] Has anyone done a study comparing the total amount of stock footage from WWII to how much of it the History Channel has shown? Any bets on how close to 100% it is? [/QUOTE] Heh. Which is great for me, since I work for one of the companies that provides The History Channel & “History Rocks” with their stock footage. And you may be interested to know that “History Rocks” is about to start work on a new season of clips. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641/28 "2007-07-10T04:58:46Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] … Unless Napoleon had a Handycam I don’t know about. [/QUOTE] Wait, you mean some of the video isn’t real? I thought that William Wallace looking exactly like Mel Gibson :eek: the other night wasn’t a simple coincidence! [QUOTE=CynicalGabe] … Any bets on how close to 100% it is? [/QUOTE] They hit 100% in their first month. I know I’ve seen that color footage of [del]History[/del] Hitler at the “Eagle’s Nest” at least 10 or 15 times! CMC fnord! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-rocks/409641.md?page=1)