The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, a 1944 War Department propaganda film directed by William Wyler. Some of the aerial combat footage was personally shot by Wyler. The uncredited musical score is by Gail Kubik:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)
Archives for May 7, 2014
Almanac: Michael Ignatieff on a mother’s love
“She had given him that existential certainty, that confidence in his own judgement, which had allowed him to live his life and not merely inhabit it.”
Michael Ignatieff, Isaiah Berlin: A Life