Every sunday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern here on American History tv. Wed like to hear from you. Follow us on twitter cspan history. Connect on facebook at facebook. Com cspan history where you can leave comments and check out our upcoming programs at our website, cspan. Org history. In the fourth of a fivepart look at hollywood directors who made films for the u. S. Government during world war ii we feature director William Wyler and thunderbolt, a 42minute documentary he made for the u. S. Army air force about a squadron of p47 fighter planes stationed in italy. Mr. Wyler also directed the popular world war ii documentary the Memphis Belle filled inside b17 flying fortress bombers on missions over nazi germany. First, to provide context, we speak to author and film historian mark harris. A new book out by author mark harris five came back a story of hollywood and the second world war, and among the directors featured is William Wyler. Mark harris is joining us to explain his b
Archival speeches. Every sunday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern here on American History tv. Wed like to hear from you. Follow us on twitter cspan history. Connect on facebook at facebook. Com cspan history where you can leave comments and check out our upcoming programs at our website, cspan. Org history. In the fourth of a fivepart look at hollywood directors who made films for the u. S. Government during world war ii we feature director William Wyler and thunderbolt, a 42minute documentary he made for the u. S. Army air force about a squadron of p47 fighter planes stationed in italy. Mr. Wyler also directed the popular world war ii documentary the Memphis Belle filled inside b17 flying fortress bombers on missions over nazi germany. First, to provide context, we speak to author and film historian mark harris. A new book out by author mark harris five came back a story of hollywood and the second world war, and among the directors featured is William Wyler. Mark harris is joining
The Memphis Belle filled inside b17 flying fortress bombers on missions over nazi germany. First, to provide context, we speak to author and film historian mark harris. A new book out by author mark harris five came back a story of hollywood and the second world war, and among the directors featured is William Wyler. Mark harris is joining us to explain this book and this director during world war ii. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Who was William Wyler . Whats his background . Of the five directors about whom i write, wyler was the only jew. He was an immigrant from a small town called malouse which was in a region of france that when he was a boy and a teenager had been at various times either french, or under german occupation. So when he came to hollywood and worked his way up and eventually before the war became known as one of the most sophisticated and meticulous and mature craftsman in hollywood with movies like jezebel and the letter and the little foxes and d