I think “Flyboys” might be the one - yes it has the red baron, but the characters were all composites. But they had him in a black plane, and all the rest of the german planes were red!
I picked these off a war forum and FReepers should have a go (All of them were argued about to some extent, with qualifiers - accurate “except for” type stuff. They all were mentioned as “Parts of this one” or Technologically this one was very accurate”:
Battle of Algiers
The Cruel Sea
Twelve O’Clock High
BattleGround
Master And Commander
The Lost Battalion
Das Boot
All Quiet on the Western Front
Band of Brothers
BlackHawkDown
DownFall
These were all war films, of course.
A lot of great historical films will have great commentary if you buy a version with that added. For instance, the commentary on WTC is done by the original cops and it’s incredible. They also point out all the original participants doing bit parts.
The blu-ray longest day had a TERRIBLE historical female commentator, though. She was obsessed with the film needing to be full of “macho men”.
I will add also my pet peeve (but of course I don’t expect any different). All modern films are made with modern sensibilities; people don’t smoke, they swear too much, and certainly they don’t talk about God, which even fifty years ago they did a lot more. Older films do get inherent racism more correct - for instance, they will call a black person “boy”, without being an evil Nazi hater.
***for instance, they will call a black person “boy”, without being an evil Nazi hater.***
What was the name of the dog in THE DAM BUSTERS? I can’t remember! It is right on the tip of my tongue! Afro-American? No. Blackie? No. Negro? NO. Man this is tough!
Kind of like the cat in THE RATS IN THE WALLS by H P lovecraft.