Twelve O'Clock High (DVD, 2006, Widescreen; Sensormatic)

Outstanding actual air warfare footage is used which historians and militaria collectors appreciate. Probably one of the best DVD films (2006 issue) on this topic available. Romanticized ideas intermixed with stark realism makes this a unique movie about WWII air warfare over Europe. Many of the actors were veterans of WWII which adds to this movies credibility. Definately belongs in a DVD video collection. I'd suggest that adults review the film before allowing their small children to see it but I personally don't see a problem, it's just directed toward an adult audience. It's interesting, now that I live in Germany, to see the targets mentioned in this movie and the absolute devastation created by these raids in spite of heavy ground and air defences.

Twelve O'Clock High is a black-and-white movie about a B-17 bomber group in England during WWII that was having serious morale problems because of its high casualty-rate, and the efforts of its new commander, BGen Frank Savage (played by Gregory Peck) and his adjutant (played by Dean Jagger) to get the group back on track. In fact, the Eighth Air Force (which this movie is about) had one of the highest casualty-rates of any major US military-command during that war--equaled only by that of the Submarine Service.

I could identify with the movie to some extent because I served in the Eighth Air Force during the Korean War era, riding around in bombers of a slightly-later vintage. Almost all of the people I flew with had been in the battles that this movie describes.

I particularly like this movie because to me the storyline is believable and gripping, and was written for adults; it is not the typical cliche-ridden slice-of-life or buddy movie about WWII. Gregory Peck plays an entirely-credible Air Force(s) general. I am not a cinephile; I just go to movies to watch the movies and don't care who the director is, etc.; but in this case I was struck by the quality of the screenplay, and of the acting, and the appeal of the cinematography (in addition to the WWII gun-camera footage used to depict the air battles), and the crispness of the editing.

I wanted one WWII Air Force film on DVD for home viewing; this is the one I chose; and I am quite content with that choice.

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