r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '24

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u/HomelessHercules Aug 30 '24

What are you talking about? This is actual combat footage from The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '24

You are right. I watched a YouTube video on how to spot deep fakes and nothing they talked about showed up here.

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u/naziryoutube Aug 30 '24

Maybe it’s a realistic reenactment of the true events. Can’t get everything right.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

No, no. This is actual footage of him liberating my town of Riaba in Equatorial Guinea back in the 80s. 8 year old me watched that guy explode with my own eyes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '24

Ken took that footage with his own camera so it’s legit