Combat America (Part IV)
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Follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
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Follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany. It tells the story of the crews and the gunners, showing how they live, how they fight, and how they rest. Produced at the command of General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, as an orientation film for gunners training to serve in the European theater of operations
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- Addeddate
- 2002-07-16 00:00:00
- Ccnum
- asr
- Closed captioning
- no
- Collectionid
- 18985d
- Color
- B&W
- Country
- United States
- External-identifier
- urn:cid:bafybeif7ta3ytmegb4nqbowkufk2t4jzvocbuvcjyo2tji6aqwlsf7iwf4
- Fil-transport
- boost
- Identifier
- CombatAm1945_4
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- baga6ea4seaqp4tvtadv52cepqul5ddpurp46gftcjjvce5ab7q5ermaykdbgabi
- Numeric_id
- 295
- Proddate
- 1945
- Run time
- 16:43
- Sound
- Sd
- Type
- MovingImage
- Whisper_asr_module_version
- 20230731.02
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MDW64
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April 22, 2017
Subject: Cut the Snark
Subject: Cut the Snark
FYI: Clark Gable didn't sit out the war narrating movies. After the death of his wife, actress Carole Lombard, in an air crash in 1943, he enlisted in the Army and flew several missions with the 8th Air Force as a tail gunner on B-17s.
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July 6, 2003
Subject: Write a review for Combat America (Part IV
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April 5, 2003
Subject: Clark Gable stars in the spectacle of a lifetime!
Subject: Clark Gable stars in the spectacle of a lifetime!
In this highly romanticized flick about air bombers, air fighting footage is mixed in with obvious renactments (by the soldiers themselves!) of life at war. Narrated by Clark Gable, who narrated this film as his contribution to the war effort (lucky guy) the hour long film drags a lot, and that's a shame, as it's really cool to look at WWII in color. The whole thing doesnt REALLY get going until the third part, and it's doubtful people would want to stick it out to get to that point.