General English, Documentary, Bringing History To Life, Amazon prime.

MARCUS QUILTER

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Description

Taken from an historical documentary produced for Amazon Prime via TDC. Non-fiction work follows the saga of two of WW2's most infamous Nazi battleships Bismarck & Tirpitz. I researched, sourced materials, wrote & recorded the narrative, edited and produced. I have be commissioned & producing 6 more

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
For all of these reasons. Precious attack time was lost on the 26 of May. But despite the lateness of the day, it was decided to try another airborne assault. A second attack wave of swordfish took off in near darkness at around 2100 hours. Once again, the torpedo bombers found Bismarck with their two radars and this time a hit by a single torpedo jammed Bismarck's rudder and steering gear at an angle of 12 degrees to port. This resulted in her being able to steam only in one large circle repair efforts by the crew to free the rudder failed. Bismarck attempted to steer by alternating the power of her three propeller shafts which in the prevailing force, eight winds and sea state actually resulted in the ship being forced to sail towards British battleships, King George the fifth and Rodney at 23 40 hours on the 26th of May 1941. Admiral Luns realizing the impossible odds he now faced, delivered to group West, the German command base, the signal ship un maneuverable. We will fight to the last shell long live the furor. Now only the end remained