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Ice Road Truckers is my new favourite thing in the world.
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Time to start planning for a road trip.
http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/nordev/wroads/default_e.asp
Aren’t history shows gonna need stock footage by definition?
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Aren’t history shows gonna need stock footage by definition?
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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.
[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?
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Do you think the Hitler Channel has filled more hours with WWII stock footage than there were hours in WWII?
Awww and I was gonna rant how those bastards screwed up my early childhood with the propaganda song “No More Kings!!”
Oh well…
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Do you think the Hitler Channel has filled more hours with WWII stock footage than there were hours in WWII?
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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.
[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?
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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. 
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe]
… Unless Napoleon had a Handycam I don’t know about.
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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?
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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!