From the National World War II Museum blog: On April 13, 1944, Paramount Pictures released The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress in theaters. Directed by Hollywood legend William Wyler while he was serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the film tells the story of the crew of our favorite home town B-17, The Memphis Belle. As the blog notes, the footage is actually from several different B-17's over the course of many missions, and Wyler and his crew were right there with them, apparently to the extent that Wyler lost much of his hearing due to anti-aircraft artillery. The movie was a big hit, is preserved in the National Film Registry, and is available for viewing and download here at the Internet Archive.
Monday, April 14, 2014
The Memphis Belle Premieres
From the National World War II Museum blog: On April 13, 1944, Paramount Pictures released The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress in theaters. Directed by Hollywood legend William Wyler while he was serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the film tells the story of the crew of our favorite home town B-17, The Memphis Belle. As the blog notes, the footage is actually from several different B-17's over the course of many missions, and Wyler and his crew were right there with them, apparently to the extent that Wyler lost much of his hearing due to anti-aircraft artillery. The movie was a big hit, is preserved in the National Film Registry, and is available for viewing and download here at the Internet Archive.
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