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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 directe...

He actually came up doing laurel and hardy silent shorts and then once sound came in he did everything from swing time, one of the best fred astaire and Ginger Rogers movies to wochlt year with Katherine Hepburn and spencer tracy. Each of these movies had reasons for directors going in. For stevens, who like all of the directors was old enough so he could have gotten a civilian exemption from the war, really wanted what he called a seat on the 50 yard line of history. He felt that it was a patriotic duty to go. He had been chafing in hollywood because he felt pigeonholed into making these very...

Test test i assume command is set with the best all around team for which a man could ask. Some had already been working for months in england. We adopted first a master plan and then had to coordinate every last detail of the ground, sea, and air plans. While this was going on, we led off with an air show designed to make the landing points as soft as possible to batter the german communications, and to make certain wed have control of the air. It was quite a show. Those airmen did a magnificent job. We had polish, french, czechs all sorts in our outfit. Theyd natter away about what theyd bee...

During world war ii, we feature frank capra who made and supervised dozens of films during the war including the why we fight series. Up next, the 14minute your job in germany, a training film for troops occupying the defeated nation. Later, well show you a fourminute animated private snafu training film. First we talk to journalist and film historian mark harris. The book is titled five came back. A story of hollywood and the Second World War. Joining us from new york on American History tv is author mark harris. Thanks very much for being with us. Thanks for having me. As you put together th...

Archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. In the third of a fivepart look at hollywood directors who made films for the u. S. Government during world war ii we feature director john ford and the 18minute documentary he made for the u. S. Navy about the june 1942 battle of midway. The film presented a victory in vivid color to an American Public eager for some good news in the year following pearl harbor. But, first we speak with author mark harris about john ford. In his book five came back, author mark harris focusing on the story of hollywood and the Second World War and f...