Hello, years ago on Channel 4 I'm sure I saw a filmed version of Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear, I think it was a British film and was made in the mid 1930s, before the Yanks started with the Basil...
A friend of mine says that the Greek's used to beach their Triremer ships stern on, and disembark from the back of the ship, is this true as it seems to me a bit risky when going into battle and...