World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage Germany Wilhelmshaven.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Washington, D.C.
War Activities Committee--Motion Picture Industry.
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Squadron, 324th.
World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage Germany.
World War II. Aerial operations, American.
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Opérations aériennes américaines.
War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry.
The Memphis Belle : a story of a flying fortress
The story of a B-17 bomber on its final mission over Germany. The silent sky and the noise of the plane's engines builds tension as the bomber and its crew drones toward the target. The sky begins to threaten. Flak bursts puff ominously. German interceptors fill the sky.
World at war double feature
Memphis Belle
Nonfiction films
Chronicles the 25th and final combat mission of the Memphis Belle and its crew, shot in 1944 over war-torn Europe.
Two versions of the William Wyler 1944 Memphis Belle documentary are contained on disc one: a widescreen version created through a high-definition transfer of the Smithsonian holding, and a full screen digitally-restored version with color correction. Disc two contains bonus material.
Memphis Belle: a story of a flying fortress
Memphis Belle a story of a flying fortress
The Memphis belle a story of a flying fortress
Tells the remarkable story of the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress that survived 25 bombing runs through the flak and fighter filled skies over the Third Reich during World War II. B-17 crews conducted dangerous daylight raids without fighter escorts. Surviving the loss of a total of nine engines, both wings, both landing gear and two tails, she was the first to complete 25 combat missions and keep her entire crew alive - her trail of invincibility made her famous. Also includes four short films about the B-17 bomber.
DVDs
DVD-Video discs
Documentary about the 25th and last bombing mission of a B17, the Memphis Belle. The Memphis Belle took part in a great bombing raid on sub-pens in Wilhelmshafen, Germany. On their way they encounterd heavy AA fire and interceptors.
Aircraft at war
Follows the Memphis Belle aircraft on an actual combat mission--its 25th and final bombing raid over Germany.
Memphis Belle a story of a flying fortress : [World War II documentary]
The most famous documentary to emerge from WWII, the movie chronicles the 25th and final combat mission of a B-17 crew. A moving and real portrait of courage, it was personally endorsed by President Franklin Roosevelt, and shown in theaters throughout the United States on his order. It's simply the most definitive chronicle of the air war in Europe as fought by American bomber crews.
The Memphis Belle Story of a Flying Fortress
MEMPHIS BELLE
Portrays a bombing mission over Germany during World War II. Follows the "Flying Fortress" (B-17 bomber) Memphis Belle as it leads a squadron of bombers on a daring daylight attack on the submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The entire mission is documented, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the bombing action itself, and the return to base.
This documentary narrative about a Flying Fortress and her crew was made to closely identify the nation with the armed forces. Unlike most other war documentaries of the time the emphasis here is not just on combat but on an intimate and personal approach which gave equal emphasis to the daily work and preparation for combat of each crew member together with the study of a single bombing raid. This film was the specific basis for the dramatised feature, Memphis Belle (1990).
"Memphis Belle": Documentary which follows the crew of the bomber, Memphis Belle, on their last war-time mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base.
The Memphis Belle [videorecording] : a story of a flying fortress
The production of this acclaimed documentary was supervised by Lt. Col. William Wyler, who went on to direct many well-known commercial films. It portrays the final mission of the B-17 flying fortress "Memphis Belle"--A bombing mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base.
Documents a bombing mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base. All aerial combat film was exposed during air battles over enemy territory.
Director William Wyler's film follows the crew of a Flying Fortress on it's final bombing raid over Germany.
The Memphis Belle: a story of the flying fortress
Memphis Belle (Motion picture)
Documentary about the 25th and last bombing mission of a B17, the "Memphis Belle". The "Memphis Belle" took part in a great bombing raid on sub-pens in Wilhemshafen, Germany. On their way they encountered heavy AA fire and interceptors.
Follows the crew of the bomber Memphis Belle on a war-time mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base.
Filmed in color, this documentary assembles footage from several allied bombing missions into one single representative flight of the bomber known as the Memphis Belle.
véritable histoire du B 17 "Memphis Belle"
History
Documentary which follows the crew of the bomber, Memphis Belle on their final mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to the base.
Memphis Belle the remarkable story of Americas invincible B-17
Documentary account of the 25th mission of the 324th Squadron, "photographed by the photographers and combat crew members of the U.S. 8th Air Force."
The Memphis Belle : a story of a flying fortress = Die Memphis Belle
William Wyler's World War II documentary traces a United States bombing mission to Germany by the English based Air Bomber "The Memphis Belle."
Tells the remarkable story of the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress that survived 25 bombing runs through the flak and fighter filled skies over the Third Reich during World War II.
Acknowledged as one of the finest doucmentaries ever put out by the War Department during World War II, this unique film records the final two missions of the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Memphis Belle, as it led a squadron of bombers on daring daylight attacks on Wilhelmshaven and Lorient.
Documentary about the 25th and last bombing mission of a B17, the Memphis Belle. The Memphis Belle took part in a great bombing raid on sub-pens in Wilhelmshafen, Germany. On their way, they encountered heavy AA fire and interceptors.
Flying fortress [videorecording]
Filmed in color, in a tense 43 minutes, the film assembles footage from several allied bombing missions into one single representative flight of the the famed flying fortress known as the Memphis Belle. The Memphis Belle completed 25 successful missions. The danger facing these Flying Fortresses is underlined, but never overemphasized, by brief glimpses of those doomed ships that didn't make it back.
Documentary films
The Memphis Belle: a story of a flying fortress= le Memphis Belle: histoire d'une forteresse volante
Short films
War films
"Thunderbolt": A look at US Army Air Corps pilots flying over Italy in the spring of 1944. The war-time documentary depicts both the lighter side of base camp living on the Mediterranean island of Corsica as well as the harsh reality of combat captured by multiple plane-mounted cameras.
Tells the remarkable story of the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress that survived 25 bombing runs through the flak and fighter filled skies over the Third Reich during World War II. B-17 crews conducted dangerous daylight raids without fighter escorts. Surviving the loss of a total of nine engines, both wings, both landing gear and two tails, she was the first to complete 25 combat missions and keep her entire crew alive - her trail of invincibility made her famous.
Portrays a bombing mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the take-off from England, the fight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base.
Story of a flying fortress
Portrays a bombing mission over Germany during World War II, including preparations for the raid, the takeoff from England, the flight, bombing the submarine base at Wilhelmshaven, and the return to base.
"Filmed in colour, the Memphis Belle has long been held up as a 'model' wartime documentary. In a terse exciting 43 minutes, the film assembles footage from several allied bombing missions into one single representative flight of the famed flying fortress known as the Memphis Belle. Though both the crewmen and the filmmakers take considerable pride in the fact that the Belle has completed 25 successful missions, there is no phony heroism, no grandstanding, no flagwaving. As calm-voiced narrator Ed Kern explains, the Bellehas a job to do, and it does it, and that's all. The danger facing these flying fortresses is underlined, but never overemphasized, by brief glimpses of those doomed ships that didn't make it back. Memphis Belle was directed by William Wyler who also flew several missions with the crew, manning the camera himself at considerable risk. The overall excellence of the Memphis Belle is even more obvious when compared to the hokey fictionalized 1990 movie version of the Belle's 25th mission."--Container.
The Memphis Belle
Digitally remastered classic documentary on the famed Memphis Belle, the "Flying Fortress," the most famous plane of the US Air Force's 8th Bomber Command.
United States. Office of War Information.
World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Cinéma et guerre.