Wednesday, May 05, 2021

I just watched the documentary The Cold Blue, it's got the best real footage I've ever seen of WW2 aviation, and it has a lot of footage of the Memphis Belle


The Memphis Belle at Patterson Field, which is in COLOR in this documentary, way cool! 








there were about a dozen planes, like these and the Kickapoo, and Hellzapoppin, that could be identified by name or nose art


I think there was a pin up painted on this propeller blade, and I've never seen that done before, but it's a great idea. There was a B 17 with a pin up on the wheel cover https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-b-17-with-wheel-cover-huh.html 

I've posted about Old Bill's nose art painter https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/03/bruce-bairnsfather-official-cartoonist.html

If you highly recommend a documentary on WW1, WW2, Korean War, Nam, or the 16 years of the Gulf War, or cars, race cars, Bonneville, land speed racing, El Mirage, bikes, cyclists, riding motorcycles, restoring vehicles, bombers, fighter planes, or rock n roll, that can NOT be missed, on Netflix, HBO +, Disney +, or Amazon, please let me know in the comments! 

But not some show that was ok. only the "if you miss this, there's no point in having a tv" level of great documentaries

2 comments:

  1. The BBC used to produce an excellent documentary series, 'Horizon'. Each episode would take a subject, such as time lapse/high speed cinematography, or astronaut John Young, and examine it thoroughly, with the help of a vast archive of film, pictures and interviews. Towards the end it went down market with flashy graphics and irritating 'mood' music. One of the best of the original series was "Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car 1924 - 1939". Enjoy.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCP_GJ8JBOE

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  2. most of the "footage" in this documentary is from the original Documentary film " Memphis Bell "

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