Posted on 08/01/2015 6:58:09 PM PDT by lowbridge
Someone found in an attic old 16 mm home movies from the 1930s -- labeled Kodachrome experiment.
"Yeah, I was intrigued. So I took the projector, I took the films and I started to watch," Bill said. "And I loved what I saw. I saw scenes of our community and they were in color!"
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He found out the photographer, a guy named Bob Kramer, went to work for Kodak labs right out of high school -- and that girl was his high school sweetheart, Leona Sharp. She would be 96 years old if she were alive.
He found an address and went there.
"A woman came to the door. She opened the door 3 inches. And I told her we had these films. And the door opened a little wider. And then she said wait and she disappeared," Bill said. "She came back about a minute later holding her wedding picture. And she said come in."
Here's what Bill learned: Bob and Leona got married right after Bob joined the Air Force. A few days after the wedding, he left to learn how to fly a B-17 and then got sent to Europe to fight in World War II. On the way, he actually flew his plane over Leona's house. There is a picture of it.
"And then he wiggled the wings to salute us and then he was off," Leona said.
Leona never saw him again.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
An astonishing history
Thank you.
WOW1
What a beautiful story... Thanks!
Ping
I saw it. Swell story. Glad she could recover those memories.
So this color film was experimental when it was made??
Lt. Robert P. Kramer from New York state was KIA on Oct 10, 1943 when his B17 was shot down by flak near Castle Lembeck west of Munster.
He was flying out of Thorpes Abbott with the 350th Bomb Squadron of the 100 th Bomb Group. Aircraft LN-W #42-3433. named “Lena”.
He is now buried in the Netherlands.
I think this may be the right guy. This info came from the 100 th BG website.
To have a picture of the B-17 that he flew over her house, the last time she ever saw him, is tear jerking.
She got a little bit of her Husband back. That’s wonderful!
Scott Pelley what a jerk!
What are you referring to?
Watch the youtube video. At the end the anchor praises the reporter.
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