Submission + - Russia never went to the northpole?
Maomao writes: "We all know America was the first nation to set foot on the Moon. Some say it was with the help of
Hollywood.
Now Russia seems to be following in the same footsteps, but this time beneath the north pole. Recently video images, broadcast by russian broadcasting company PTR, showed how one of the two submarines placed a russian flag at the bottom of the ocean, deep beaneath the Arctic ice. Another clip shows both submarines cruising through the dark and cold waters. This is where Hollywood comes in. According to this article in finish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet PTR used a sequence from James Camerons blockbuster movie Titanic. This is troublesome on so many levels. Even if Russia did reach the bottom their credability is now severely damaged. And maybe this will be the first case where Hollywood sues a nation for copyright violation?
The article is in Swedish but here my translation of the article.
Russian newsphotage stolen from movie Titanic
It was a grand political show as the two Mir-submarines placed the russian flag at the bottom of the ocean beneath the north pole one week ago. One part of the show was even of Hollywood class.
The russian state controlled broadcasting company PTR used a sequence from James Camerons Academy Award winning blockbuster Titanic as "photo proof" for submarines Mir-1 and Mir-2 landing on 4261 meters depth beneath the North Pole. News photage was even distributed by reliable news bereau Reuters. The sequence showed how the two submarines were lowered into the sea by the northpole and was followed by a clip from Camerons movie. A reader tipped newspaper Ilta-Sanomat about the images similarity and Ilta-Sanomat could today reveal that it was in fact a stole image sequence.
The russian broadcasting company has not answered any requests.
On the image from the film both of the deep diving submarines are visible, silly enough, since there wasn't a third deep diving submarine where the camera should have been. Apart from that the theft wasn't too bad: James Cameron used made Mir-1 and Mir-2, made in Finland by Rauma-Repola Oceanics, when he filmed the wreck of Titanic in the mid 90's.
The false propaganda images are embarassing for Russia since the media circus around the expedition was part of the russian attempt to lay hands on the part of the arctic wich is located on the russian continetal shelf. It is supposed to contain large amounts of oil and gas. Link to article in Ilsa-Sanomat (In finish) http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/ulkomaat/uutinen .asp?id=1418793
Link to article in Hufvudstadsbladet (In swedish) http://www.hbl.fi/text/utrikes/2007/8/9/d4792.php"
Now Russia seems to be following in the same footsteps, but this time beneath the north pole. Recently video images, broadcast by russian broadcasting company PTR, showed how one of the two submarines placed a russian flag at the bottom of the ocean, deep beaneath the Arctic ice. Another clip shows both submarines cruising through the dark and cold waters. This is where Hollywood comes in. According to this article in finish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet PTR used a sequence from James Camerons blockbuster movie Titanic. This is troublesome on so many levels. Even if Russia did reach the bottom their credability is now severely damaged. And maybe this will be the first case where Hollywood sues a nation for copyright violation?
The article is in Swedish but here my translation of the article.
Russian newsphotage stolen from movie Titanic
It was a grand political show as the two Mir-submarines placed the russian flag at the bottom of the ocean beneath the north pole one week ago. One part of the show was even of Hollywood class.
The russian state controlled broadcasting company PTR used a sequence from James Camerons Academy Award winning blockbuster Titanic as "photo proof" for submarines Mir-1 and Mir-2 landing on 4261 meters depth beneath the North Pole. News photage was even distributed by reliable news bereau Reuters. The sequence showed how the two submarines were lowered into the sea by the northpole and was followed by a clip from Camerons movie. A reader tipped newspaper Ilta-Sanomat about the images similarity and Ilta-Sanomat could today reveal that it was in fact a stole image sequence.
The russian broadcasting company has not answered any requests.
On the image from the film both of the deep diving submarines are visible, silly enough, since there wasn't a third deep diving submarine where the camera should have been. Apart from that the theft wasn't too bad: James Cameron used made Mir-1 and Mir-2, made in Finland by Rauma-Repola Oceanics, when he filmed the wreck of Titanic in the mid 90's.
The false propaganda images are embarassing for Russia since the media circus around the expedition was part of the russian attempt to lay hands on the part of the arctic wich is located on the russian continetal shelf. It is supposed to contain large amounts of oil and gas. Link to article in Ilsa-Sanomat (In finish) http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/ulkomaat/uutine
Link to article in Hufvudstadsbladet (In swedish) http://www.hbl.fi/text/utrikes/2007/8/9/d4792.php"
