[judywillow]

I'd rather watch old Victory at Sea sequences and similar things taken from military film and newsreels during the 40s and 50s than most war movies. The scale of many of the major operations in WW-II were large enough to make filming more than a little of them nearly impossible. In other words, how are you going to film a group of B25s flying in a wedge formation which is several miles across?

[Cloud William]

I'd rather watch old Victory at Sea sequences and similar things taken from military film and newsreels during the 40s and 50s than most war movies. The scale of many of the major operations in WW-II were large enough to make filming more than a little of them nearly impossible. In other words, how are you going to film a group of B25s flying in a wedge formation which is several miles across?

The History Channel's "WWII In Color" series strikes a pretty good balance; there's one episode that follows the exploits of a P-47 squadron as the Allies push through France.

Going back to the previous "Great War", The Blue Max is a wonderfully detailed film.