195X Hermes Ambassador #Saving Private Ryan
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Scott O (ScottO)
Created: 09-04-2016 at 07:11AM
Last Edit: 09-04-2016 at 07:16AM
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Description:
Normally I wouldn't include typewriter sightings from movies in my gallery, but I just couldn't let this one go without a mention:
In the award winning WW2 film "Saving Private Ryan," there's a scene set in a typing pool that's sending out death notifications after D-Day. One of the first typewriters you see in the shot - albeit briefly - is a second-generation, mid-1950's Hermes Ambassador. I kid you not. I spotted it immediately because I own two mid-60s Ambassadors.
It's not that hard to see, either. When my wife came home I replayed the scene in slow motion and she said, "Hey! Isn't that a Hermes Ambassador?"
Case closed.
Enjoy! :)
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Hunter: Scott O (ScottO)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 563
Writer, collector and typewriter tinkerer based in the Seattle area, WA State, U.S.A.
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