RLM
Familiar Face
- Messages
- 69
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
I watched this movie yesterday evening. I'd never heard of it until I ran across it on NetFlix. It came out in 1943 and had lots of vintage aircraft footage of early WWII US airplanes. When is the last time you saw a "shark tail" B-17 or a P-39? They are abundant in this picture. Also, the planes used to portray Japanese fighters appear to be P-35's, P-43s or possibly P-64s. There were also a few shots of Devastators, Dauntlesses and Wildcats, along with the ubiquitous P-40. The movie wasn't anything great, but did win an Oscar for the editing of the airplane footage. I'm going to see if I can find this for sale just for the rare airplane footage.