Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bombing of Hamburg.ogg

Bombing of Hamburg in World War II[edit]

Original - During World War II, and especially in 1943, Hamburg, Germany was severely damaged by aerial bombardment, with some 55,000 people killed. Clip from the Motion Picture Division of the U.S. National Archives.

Reason: Another wartime propaganda film, with combat footage and some scans of the damaged city and damaged aircraft.
Articles this image appears in: Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
Creator: Motion Picture Division of the U.S. National Archives.

Support as nominator Spikebrennan (talk) 14:13, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's amazing to me that these videos were released sincerely during the war. They seem so ironic now. de Bivort 18:42, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Such pictures are per se featured due to the colossal encyclopedic value. —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Now that's some encyclopedic stuff. bibliomaniac 1 5 00:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I just do not think all encyclopedic war videos and images are worth being featured. Sorry. H92110 (talk) 15:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Which criterion is that?--Svetovid (talk) 15:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - # 3 says "...among the best examples of a given subject that the encyclopedia has to offer..." now how can all war videos be the best wiki has to offer? H92110 (talk) 17:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- How does your objection relate specifically to the nominated film? Spikebrennan (talk) 21:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Oh yeah, this clip is definitely FP material. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As a piece of propaganda it's not very interesting. As archival footage, it's overly dramatic, and not very informative. The quality also isn't very impressive. I'm sure better could be found. —Pengo 05:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Support Per above --Fir0002 23:19, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Bombing of Hamburg.ogv MER-C 03:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]