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05-19-2007, 10:48 AM
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| Glad you Mentioed "Murphy's War" It was very good and realistic also. "Battle of Britain" my favorite. Those Spitfires gave me goosebumps and the soundtrack is good also. "Task Force" is a good film with some good footage of carrier ops on the old Langley. |
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05-19-2007, 01:59 PM
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| Aces High is my choice I could never look at Flyng leather necks without being reminded of the out take as the director shouts "Hey who's walk through my sky" as a shadow walks behind the back projection of a guys cockpit in mid action shot. |
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05-19-2007, 02:14 PM
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| Movies High Road to China has some great scenes. I also liked The Great Waldo Pepper which had a really good final scene. |
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05-19-2007, 05:56 PM
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| "The War Lover" is a pretty decent movie with Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner. Really nice scenes of a B-17 buzzing the airfield. "Wings" the original Academy award winner (I believe) is also a good movie for its time period. Its a silent movie, so turn the piano music down and put on Pink Floyd's double album, "The Wall" for background.
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05-19-2007, 06:14 PM
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| How are the combat scenes in the Tuskegee TV movie? Any FW 190's? How do the flying scenes, say, compare to the 1990 Memphis Belle flying scenes? They are both more recent films about the American Bombing campaigns. Which of the two does the P-51D show off the best? 
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05-20-2007, 01:21 AM
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| Forgot to add Flight of the Phoenix some great acting and Jimmy Stewart was the perfect choice as the pilot, I thought Hardy Kruger was terrific |
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05-20-2007, 09:19 AM
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| Dive Bomber with Errol Flynn has some great colour scenes of pre-war US Navy a/c such as TBD's, Buffaloes, F3F's etc.
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05-20-2007, 09:44 AM
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| Harvards, Finches, Battles ,Ansons, Yales and Hudsons all in colour YouTube - Empire Air Training Scheme |
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05-31-2007, 06:14 PM
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| "Breaking the Sound Barrier" was good "nose heavy, trimming back." |
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06-04-2007, 08:10 PM
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| 12 O Clock High Great Story Great 'collection' of true stories Great acting Great settings and props - real B-17s, real combat film, looked like Bassingbourn but not sure Great Film - Academy Award as I recall. Gives me goose bumps every time when the story starts and he feels and hears the ghosts of past B-17s rumbling to the threshold to start a long day to Germany in 1943... Never has been matched for overall composition, acting, filming for realism and historically significance...Bernie Lay was THERE. Often wrong, never uncertain Bill Never been matched for all the above criteria |
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06-04-2007, 08:39 PM
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| Couldn't agree more, superb movie.
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06-05-2007, 06:34 AM
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| Exactly! The scene drgn described gives me chills also. Ghost bombers on the tarmac!
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06-05-2007, 07:37 AM
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 | 633 Squadron and Mosquito Squadron are good, but the missions are totally unrealistic.
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11-12-2007, 05:57 PM
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| Without a doubt in my mind is Piece of Cake YouTube - Intro to Piece of Cake YouTube - Piece of Cake Finale YouTube - Spitfire Under Bridge it follows a RAF Sqn from sept 39 to france then BoB 10+/- hours long including in the 3rd clip an awesome lo flying display |
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11-12-2007, 06:28 PM
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| meh.. there a litany of WW 2 flics with decent aerial scenes. "BoB" is one of the better ones, with original (Spanish built) Heinkel-111s and such. For WW 1, the film "Wings" (1927) is very good. Nowadays, it makes one cry to see orginal SPADs and Gotha planes being crashed. For jet-age, IMO nothing beats the French film "Knights of the Sky" (Les Chevaliers du Ciel). The story was so-so, good for the adolecents I suppose, but the scenes are fantastic. No CGIs and just totally awesome aerial cinematography. It is available here in the US on DVD.
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