Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Launch of the first UGM-27 Polaris Ballistic Missile from the ballistic missile submarine USS George Washington (SSBN-598) 20 July 1960

Launch of the first UGM-27 Polaris Ballistic Missile

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Original – Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.

Reason: On 20 July 1960 the United States Navy made history by demonstrating the first dedicated ballistic missile designed to be fired while submerged from the world's first dedicated ballistic missile submarine. The missile in question, designated the UGM-27 Polaris, proved to be a success, and would usher in the age of the ballistic missile submarine as part of the nuclear triad used by both of the superpowers during the Cold War in accordance with the mutually assured destruction policy.
Articles in which this image appears: UGM-27 Polaris, USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
FP category for this image: Probably War
Creator: Universal International

Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 05:56, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ This is not a picture... Tortle (talk) 06:10, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Tortle: This is the venue through which video clips such as this one obtain featured status. As such, I do not understand your opposition here. Can you clarify please? TomStar81 (Talk) 06:17, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@TomStar81: At the top of the page, it says featured pictures, I looked through the criteria and the already featured pictures and there are no video clips or references to them. At the top of the page, it says featured pictures as well. Tortle (talk) 06:19, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tortle- Video clips (i.e., moving pictures) are permitted here in FPC. Please see 1, 2, 3 as a few basic examples. All are Featured Pictures. Thanks.--Godot13 (talk) 06:39, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok then I didnt know that. I dant play the clip though anyway so Ill just redact my vote. Thanks Tortle (talk) 06:55, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Looks good, I got it playing. Tortle (talk) 21:29, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - While I don't have a great deal of knowledge about the technical side of video clips, this has great EV in both articles. There is an identical version here which is nearly twice the file size, but watching them side by side there was very little difference.--Godot13 (talk) 08:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:57, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support I love the narration; imagine him at home commenting on everyday domestic tasks. Belle (talk) 14:27, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Why are we / they calling it a U-boat? This is a U.S. submarine, not a German one. Sca (talk) 14:36, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- That is an outstanding question, and the honest answer is that I have no idea why the company titled the ballistic missile submarine as a U-boat. I suppose it doesn't effect the video any, but it is an interesting observation. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:31, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - There is no reason we should be featuring a Theora encoded video when we can re-encode the source as WebM. Either it will be the same quality at a smaller size, or the same size at higher quality. - hahnchen 10:09, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- @Hahnchen: I'm a little confused here sine the video says WebM in the lower left hand corner and the page over at the commons says it was uploaded as a WebM video as well. Is this not a WebM video, or did I miss something that needs to be present for it to play as a WebM video? TomStar81 (Talk) 20:05, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - It is a Theora file. Commons automatically transcodes video into lower quality WebM/Theora versions for lower bandwidth and thumbnail usage. - hahnchen 22:17, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - Oh. And here I went through the trouble of actually looking to make sure it read WebM before nominating since I thought that would solve the problem. Don't I look foolish? :) Anyway, thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:19, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:1960-07-21 First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat.ogv --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:30, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Weaponry instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:30, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]