The Cold Blue

Jim K

Jim K

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I remember watching the 90's film "Memphis Belle" as a kid. It fascinated me then, and I was excited to see the real Memphis Belle at the USAF museum in Dayton recently. I wanted to watch it again, and when I searched the library I discovered that it was somewhat inspired by a 1944 film of the same name. I also found out that there was a project in 2018 to restore that film, during which they found a bunch of footage that wasn't used. They restored that as well and put it together with interviews of of the original air crews. That's "The Cold Blue"

Well worth your time if you're at all interested in WWII, particularly the bombing raids. The footage is incredible. I have no idea how they restore this stuff, but it looks like it was shot in 2020, not 1943.

On a slightly sadder note, one of the special features is video of nine-o-nine.
 
Yep, I’ve got it on Blu-ray. Excellent documentary.
 
Timbeck2 said:
Where did you find it? Cold Blue that is?
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My local library was able to get it. They have a sharing agreement with probably 50 other libraries and one of them had it. It includes the restored version of the 1944 film as well.
 
Another good documentary from the guys who did Cold Blue, Apocalypse 45. Great WWII footage.
 
Jim K said:
I remember watching the 90's film "Memphis Belle" as a kid. It fascinated me then, and I was excited to see the real Memphis Belle at the USAF museum in Dayton recently. I wanted to watch it again, and when I searched the library I discovered that it was somewhat inspired by a 1944 film of the same name. I also found out that there was a project in 2018 to restore that film, during which they found a bunch of footage that wasn't used. They restored that as well and put it together with interviews of of the original air crews. That's "The Cold Blue"

Well worth your time if you're at all interested in WWII, particularly the bombing raids. The footage is incredible. I have no idea how they restore this stuff, but it looks like it was shot in 2020, not 1943.

On a slightly sadder note, one of the special features is video of nine-o-nine.
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nine-o-nine ???
 
Yeah I thought this was fantastic. I also liked "Thud Pilots". When I was a kid, we had a copy of "Thud Ridge" in the school library, and I must have read it a dozen times. Also remember watching Memphis Belle a few times.
 
35 AoA said:
Yeah I thought this was fantastic. I also liked "Thud Pilots". When I was a kid, we had a copy of "Thud Ridge" in the school library, and I must have read it a dozen times. Also remember watching Memphis Belle a few times.
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Thud Ridge is excellent. I enjoyed his second book Rupert Red Two just as much. Covers Jack Broughton’s entire flying career.
 
Velocity173 said:
Thud Ridge is excellent. I enjoyed his second book Rupert Red Two just as much. Covers Jack Broughton’s entire flying career.
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I also enjoyed Ed Rasimus' pair of books ("When Thunder Rolled" and "Palace Cobra") in more recent years. Great description of what those guys went through. My generation of fighter pilot has nothing on them, balls of steel.
 
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