TIL that when the US Navy refused to provide footage for the film Crimson Tide, the producers waited at the Pearl Harbor submarine base until a submarine left port, which they then pursued with a boat and a helicopter, filming as they went, until the submarine submerged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Tide_%28film%29#Production?whoosh



Submitted February 19, 2015 at 04:48AM by Puppier http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wd98b/til_that_when_the_us_navy_refused_to_provide/