A couple of miniature ships in a storm sequences can be seen in this movie found on Youtube.
They are actually quite competently done with no credit for the miniature effects. Possibly lifted from some other production.
The technique of miniature ship visual effects.
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Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Two Years Before the Mast 1946
Photographic effects supervised by Gordon Jennings, photographed by his brother Devereaux and assisted with the miniatures by Ivyl Burks.
Some solid work typical of the period by some of the legends of visual effects.
Some solid work typical of the period by some of the legends of visual effects.
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Whiskey galore 1949
This Alexander Mackendrick Ealing comedy has a few shots of a miniature ship and what looks to be a glass shot of the stranded ship stuck on the rocks. The first shot of the bow of the ship suffers greatly from too small a depth of field. Most of the shots do not show any interaction with water except the final sinking shot. Some of the shots combine the miniature with rear projected live action plates. Miniatures are likely the work of one of the two credited special effects personnel, Sydney (Syd) Pearson.
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