HMAS Sydney II
NEW VENTURE!
Having for years written scripts and helped devise productions for other people, I decided to join forces with some like-minded friends and colleagues to set up the fledgling outfit 112 Productions.
The main purpose at the moment is to learn on the job and our first effort (see below) provided a fairly steep curve. |
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My friend Peter Hore’s superb book was launched at the Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London in late May and the accompanying DVD by 112 Prods should be out in July. A six-minute short of the main film was shown on some big screens at the Vue.
For more information on the book visit the Seafarer Books web site. www.seafarerbooks.com I am sure details on the forthcoming DVD will be available on request via their contact e-mail: info@seafarerbooks.com
‘Sydney, Cipher and Search: The Inside Story’ provides a fascinating and exclusive insight into how Captain Peter Hore solved the last great naval mystery of the Second World War. Going behind-the-scenes of a ten-year investigation, in this DVD the author himself tells us how he travelled the world to carry out research in dusty archives and museums, as well as interviewing key eye-witnesses to the November 1941 battle in which the cruiser HMAS Sydney II was lost, along with all 645 members of her ship’s company.
Peter Hore reveals how the trail of clues took him from the UK to Germany, South America and Australia, enabling him to clarify vital aspects in the investigation, including breaking a code that had remained a mystery for more than six decades.
Covering some aspects not found in the book, this video companion, by 112 Productions on behalf of Seafarer Books, contains an absorbing main feature outlining Peter’s odyssey to solve the mystery of HMAS Sydney’s loss. The 56-minute DVD also includes five short modules in which Peter Hore provides further insights into how he cleared the fog of myths surrounding Sydney’s loss.
It is a tale worthy of detective fiction, only in this case what we find out in ‘Sydney, Cipher and Search: The Inside Story’ is true.
See our six minute promo, below, with some superb music by my friend and colleague Peter Fellows.
Also, further down, is a clip showing aspects of the DVD presentation.
Aspects of the DVD presentation.