WORLD WAR II - AIR batch8/20260909_090406

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789 left column

PIECE OF CAKE (1988)
Masterpiece Theatre revisits World War II—and it's no Piece of Cake for the RAF fighter pilots whose exploits are chronicled in this six-parter repeated from 1990: they're outgunned.

790 left column

A PERFECT HERO 5/3/92
w/ James Fox

Masterpiece Theatre. As the four-part "A Perfect Hero" opens, RAF pilot Hugh Fleming (Nigel Havers) is horribly burned when his Spitfire is hit by the Germans in the 1940 Battle of Britain, and suddenly this handsome & privileged young man must come to terms with disfigurement & despair.
CAN BOMBING WIN A WAR? 2/11/93
THE LAST AFRICAN FLYING BOAT 7/12/93
(Documentary)

790B left column

LADIES COURAGEOUS (1944)
w/ Loretta Young as a WAF

(BW)
WOMEN OF COURAGE 5/31/93
Documentary of the WASPs'
VERNA: USO GIRL (1978)
w/ Sissy Spacek. Howard Da Silva.
Wing & a Prayer: The Saga of The UTAH MAN! 8/1/93
633 SQUADRON (1964)
w/ Cliff Robertson, Geo. Chakiris & Maria Perschy.

(Edited, no end)

790C “790c” right column

HUNTERS IN THE SKY
1. DEFENDING THE REALM. 10/11/91
2. SOVIET AIR FORCE OF WW II. 10/18/91
3. FLYING TIGERS. 10/25/91
4. HELL IN THE PACIFIC (Midway) 6/42
5. UNDER ALL FLAGS. (RAF/Luftwaffe)
6. BIG FRIEND, LITTLE FRIEND. 11/14/91
7. STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY. 11/21/91
8. D-DAY. 11/28/91
9. CLOSING THE RING. (Japan) 12/5/91
10. FALL OF THE 3rd REICH. 12/13/91
11. VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC. 12/20/91
12. REFLECTIONS ON WAR. 12/26/91
13. WAR FILE: # 13. KAMIKAZI.
NOVA: THE FASTEST PLANES IN THE SKY

790D right column

TOP FLIGHT. Becoming Fighter Pilot.
1. MEMORIES THEN & NOW: "Top Guns" 2/91
2. AIR STRIKE: DESERT STORM. 2/13/91
3. FAST JETS: Reconnaissance. 5/5/91
4. 1937 NEWSREEL.
5. THUNDER BIRDS.
THUNDER BIRDS (1942)
w/ Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton & Jack Holt.
AFTERBURN (1992)
w/ Lura Dern, Robt. Loggia & M. Baker.
VICTORY AT SEA (1954)
(BW)
1. "Midway is East"
NOVA: DAREDEVILS OF THE SKY 2/1/94
How stunt-flying techniques became the key to aerial combat, beginning with W.W. I.

790E right column

AIR FORCE (1943)
w/ John Garfield, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy & Faye Emerson.

(BW) Tribute to the Flying Fortress "Mary Ann" & her crew.
THE WAR LOVER (1962)
w/ Steve McQueen, Robt. Wagner, Shirley Ann Field & Michael Crawford.

(BW)
WINGS.The ME-321. German Glider 4/10/94
WINGS OVER THE WORLD
Aircraft designs that never got off the ground.
PACIFICA: The Big Death 4/21/94
CHALLENGE: TOP FLIGHT 4/21/94
w/ William Shatner.

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## HEADING: WORLD WAR II - AIR
## LEFT COLUMN
789. PIECE OF CAKE: (1988)
Masterpiece Theatre revisits World
War II—and it's no Piece of Cake for
the RAF fighter pilots whose exploits
are chronicled in this six-parter repeated
from 1990: they're outgunned.

790. A PERFECT HERO: 5/3/92
Masterpiece Theatre. As the four-
part "A Perfect Hero" opens, RAF pilot
Hugh Fleming (Nigel Havers) is horribly
burned when his Spitfire is hit by the
Germans in the 1940 Battle of Britain,
and suddenly this handsome & privileged
young man must come to terms with
disfigurement & despair. w/James Fox.
CAN BOMBING WIN A WAR? 2/11/93
THE LAST AFRICAN FLYING BOAT.
(Documentary) 7/12/93

790B. LADIES COURAGEOUS. (BW)(1944)
w/Loretta Young as a WAF.
WOMEN OF COURAGE. 5/31/93
Documentary of the WASPs'
VERNA: USO GIRL. (1978)
w/Sissy Spacek. Howard Da Silva.
Wing & a Prayer: The Saga of
The UTAH MAN! 8/1/93
633 SQUADRON. (1964)
w/Cliff Robertson, Geo. Chakiris &
Maria Perschy. (Edited, no end)

## RIGHT COLUMN
790c. HUNTERS IN THE SKY:
DEFENDING THE REALM. 10/11/91
SOVIET AIR FORCE OF WW II. 10/18/91
FLYING TIGERS. 10/25/91
HELL IN THE PACIFIC (Midway) 6/42
UNDER ALL FLAGS. (RAF/Luftwaffe)
BIG FRIEND, LITTLE FRIEND. 11/14/91
STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY. 11/21/91
D-DAY. 11/28/91
CLOSING THE RING. (Japan) 12/5/91
FALL OF THE 3rd REICH. 12/13/91
VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC. 12/20/91
REFLECTIONS ON WAR. 12/26/91
WAR FILE: # 13. KAMIKAZI.
NOVA: THE FASTEST PLANES IN THE SKY.(199

790D. TOP FLIGHT. Becoming Fighter Pilot.
MEMORIES THEN & NOW: "Top Guns" 2/91
AIR STRIKE: DESERT STORM. 2/13/91
FAST JETS: Reconnaissance. 5/5/91
1937 NEWSREEL.
THUNDER BIRDS. (1942)
w/Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John
Sutton & Jack Holt.
AFTERBURN. (1992)
w/Lura Dern, Robt. Loggia & M. Baker.
VICTORY AT SEA: (BW)(1954)
"Midway is East"
NOVA: DAREDEVILS OF THE SKY. 2/1/94
How stunt-flying techniques became the
key to aerial combat, beginning with
W.W. I.

790E. AIR FORCE. (BW)(1943)
w/John Garfield, Gig Young, Arthur
Kennedy & Faye Emerson. Tribute to the
Flying Fortress "Mary Ann" & her crew.
THE WAR LOVER. (BW)(1962)
w/Steve McQueen, Robt. Wagner, Shirley
Ann Field & Michael Crawford.
WINGS.The ME-321. German Glider. 4/10/94
WINGS OVER THE WORLD. Aircraft
designs that never got off the ground.
PACIFICA: The Big Death. 4/21/94
CHALLENGE: TOP FLIGHT. 4/21/94
w/William Shatner.