The Sounds Of War

[happyfilmluvguy]

BOOM, ZOOM, BANG ZING!

Duck and cover!

It's looped, I know.

What do you think the sound was like when you were in the middle of massive gun fire and intense action?

How do you think the soldiers felt? Have you ever been in massive gun fire?

 

[Warden]

While on the subject of wartime sound effects try this one by clicking here.

This track is a 'theatrical' representation of an air raid.

Whilst the sounds are all authentic, they have been put together in a shorter time frame. For example, the gap between the bombs dropping and the alert sounding has been reduced.

Now wheres my tin hat?

Warden

 

[Story]

Warden,
You might find this interesting
http://www.victorysiren.com/x/main.htm

 

[BegintheBeguine]

My husband is in Baghdad and he says he hears BOOMs all the time. And he hasn't gotten used to it. He's afraid he will freak when he hears loud noises once stateside.
My dad was in WWII but like many veterans rarely talked about the fighting part, just the friends and places parts, so no answer there. He didn't carry a weapon but he was amidst the action.
My house is on the edge of the inner city and I hear gunshots a few times a week, even in the daytime, and no, I don't go to the window or outside to see what it is, I already know! I have been where there was a gunfight between thugs, nothing heroic or war-related, and it was very loud popping. Sounded silly, thought it would be a beefier sound.

 

[Parallel Guy]

Can't speak first hand, fortunately, but my father who was in seven campaigns in Europe in WWII said the noise during the Battle of the Bulge was just a constant series of explosions and concussions. He talks about the Germans who surrendered white with fear, shaking and teeth chattering. You learn quickly to discern the enemy from the friendly fire on lone mortar and incoming, he said.

 

[Story]

The shopkeeper who sounds a WWII air-raid siren when a traffic warden is spotted
Last updated at 11:22am on 1st August 2007
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472317&in_page_id=1770

When traffic wardens started to blitz a quiet corner of suburban London, one shopkeeper decided it was his duty to fight back.

Martin Herdman put up a 1,000-watt public address system outside his shop near Twickenham and recruited a network of "spies" to alert him the instant they spotted a parking attendant in the area.

 

[Jerekson]

Great thread. :eusa_clap

 

[Harp]

Surreal, and the earth shudders upon impact.

 

[LizzieMaine]

There's a famous recording of a broadcast made by radio journalist George Hicks from the deck of a US Navy destroyer during the D-Day invasion, where the blasts of gunfire, the roar of aircraft, and the shouts of the men are frequently audible. Hicks had a portable film-recording unit, which he used to make his report just as H-Hour arrived, and when the recording was broadcast later, it created quite a stir as perhaps the most realistic slice of combat reporting done up to that point.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

http://www.otr.com/hicks.html

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

What's interesting is that real gunfire/explosions sound nothing like they do in most movies or video games.