Posted on 12/14/2020 7:34:19 AM PST by Don@VB
Just looking for some of those "Diamonds in the Rough" from the expansive You-Tube lists. I will start the ball rolling. My recommendation is the 1957 film "The One that Got Away" by Roy Ward Baker. The true story of German POW Pilot attempting to escape captivity from North America during World War II. In advance, I thank everyone for there suggestions!
I like the “Forgotten Weapons” videos.
Ok, sounds promising.
My man Godfrey.
Dersu Uzala (foreign film with subtitles).
Calvin Graham enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbor when he was 12 but lied about his age.(Awarded a Purple Heart for saving lives of several sailors from his gun turret-Ed) He would have trouble with some of the officers he served with but his commanding officer thinks he's a good sailor. And when he finds out Graham lied about his age, he chose to keep quiet. But the man was transferred out, the one who succeeded him who doesn't like Graham had it in for him. And when Graham asked for leave so he can attend a funeral he denied it and gave him a pass which didn't give him enough to get back to his ship. When he came he was told to report somewhere which turns out to be a detention center for deserters. He would find himself experiencing all sorts of indignities and no one knows where he is.
Second Hand Lions
Flight World War II | Full Sci-Fi Adventure Movie
This is another good one:
“Comfort And Joy”: offbeat Christmas movie directed by William Forsyth (Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero). No one ever saw this. It was not released in the states and has never been on VHS playable here. It is on Youtube and you can connect it to your TV.
JFYI. Stewart and my late uncle served in the same Air Force unit during World War II and kept in touch until the 1980s.
EXCELLENT.
Best speech ever in that small BBQ place where Huck fought those local boys.
Loving all these titles.
I’m 62 years old. And just this week I finally watched It’s a wonderful life with Jimmy Stewart. And I have to wonder, how is this a Christmas movie? How is this a feel good movie for the holidays?
Alcoholism? Domestic violence? Suicidal themes? It’s a good thing that the talented Jimmy Stewart was in this movie, otherwise I could not imagine it would have been as popular as it was.
I watch that one again and again. One of the favorite feel good movies. The ending is so ... timely.
8~)
We just finished watching “Turn” (American Revolution) and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately it is not on You-Tube (Netflix) but since the topic is movies. I wanted to throw that one in.
These are all talks with some/little displays, but I found them peeling back the layers of B/S about a lot of stuff we believe to be "true" (like the bad Sherman tanks).
‘It’s a Wonderful Life ‘ is probably my Favorite Christmas movie. It Is a Christmas movie because it is set at Christmas time and a Christmas miracle.
George Bailey, and the viewers, get to see how much each life effects others lives. Even when we feel like a failure. We are doing God’s work he put into our paths. And it is indeed Glorious. 💖
Veteran's Reaction to The Pacific
He's a fellow Marine (and fellow POG), and he has some of the most insightful commentary I've seen about the series.
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