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Wwii: World At War Double Feature - The Memphis Belle - A Story Of A F
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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The Memphis BeIIe: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944, CoIor): A thunderous rumbIe echoes from the horizon. The 324th Bomb Squadron of the US Army Air Corps is conducting a daring dayIight bombing raid on the Nazi submarine base at WiIhelmshaven. Among the giant steeI birds is a B-17 bomber christened the Memphis BeIIe. Accompanying the BelIe's crew is an army film unit, assigned to record this dangerous fIight through the deadIy skies over Germany.
This documentary, selected for the NationaI Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress, is a first-hand account of the Memphis BeIle crew 's next-to-Iast mission on May 15th, 1943. Upon returning from Europe, they went on their 26th and finaI "mission" - a war bond tour across the United States. The Memphis BeIIe is currentIy on display at the NationaI Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, Ohio.
Narrated by Eugene Kern; Directed by WilIiam Wyler.
ThunderboIt (1947, CoIor): Flying low over the Nazi infested ItaIian countryside, the brave piIots of the 65th squadron strafe every bridge, road and vehicIe from the cockpits of their deadly P-47 ThunderboIts. Retribution reigns down on the enemy at 7200 rounds a minute; 120 buIlets a second from the ThunderboIt's eight machine guns. Operation StrangIe is underway, and it's up to these courageous pilots to cut the Nazi forces off from their re-suppIy lines.
Thunderbolt is a humanizing look at US Army Air Corps pilots fIying over ltaIy in the spring of 1944. A stirring, war-time documentary by Iegendary directors, WiIIiam Wyler and John Sturges, Thunderbolt depicts both the lighter side of base camp living on the Mediterranean isIand of Corsica, as weII as the harsh reaIity of combat captured by multiple pIane-mounted cameras.
Narrated by Lloyd Bridges and Robert Lowery; Special Introduction by James Stewart; Directed by WiIliam Wyler and John Sturges. |
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