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{\an8}I remember coming to the briefing
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The Bloody Hundredth

{\an8}I remember coming to the briefing and when they moved the curtainfrom the map and...

{\an8}I remember coming to the briefing and when they moved the curtain
from the map and there were cheers

Full Transcript

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{\an8}I remember coming to the briefing
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and when they moved the curtain from the map and there were cheers.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:16
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Playtone,Amblin Television,Herzog & Company

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Movie Summary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
I had never heard this kind of thing from the crews. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:05
I had never heard this kind of thing from the crews.
Soldiers, sailors and airmen - The Bloody Hundredth 00:37
Soldiers, sailors and airmen
As we flew over the channel, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
As we flew over the channel,
It was so thrilling one of the crew started to pray, and we all joined in. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:09
It was so thrilling one of the crew started to pray, and we ...
This is Robert St. John in the NBC newsroom in New York. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:40
This is Robert St. John in the NBC newsroom in New York.
There was hardly any air intervention by the Luftwaffe - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
There was hardly any air intervention by the Luftwaffe
The Air Force really paved the way - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
The Air Force really paved the way
Germany now had to fight on two fronts, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:24
Germany now had to fight on two fronts,
Our invasion forces are on the offensive - The Bloody Hundredth 00:25
Our invasion forces are on the offensive
When the invasion started in June of '44, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
When the invasion started in June of '44,
Downed airmen were still streaming into Stalag Luft III. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:20
Downed airmen were still streaming into Stalag Luft III.
{\an8}Even when people didn't know that these were Black pilots flying the planes - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
{\an8}Even when people didn't know that these were Blac...
We didn't have any concern about running into the enemy - The Bloody Hundredth 00:21
We didn't have any concern about running into the enemy
Within the Air Force, and especially among the bomber crews - The Bloody Hundredth 00:14
Within the Air Force, and especially among the bomber crews
Macon and Jefferson had been racially segregated - The Bloody Hundredth 00:17
Macon and Jefferson had been racially segregated
{\an8}Finally, down the line came a long, tall Kentucky hillbilly - The Bloody Hundredth 00:25
{\an8}Finally, down the line came a long, tall Kentucky hill...
So, once they saw that I couldn't move, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:11
So, once they saw that I couldn't move,
And finally, the guy from Texas said, "He can have my bunk, I'll go up there." - The Bloody Hundredth 00:09
And finally, the guy from Texas said, "He can have my b...
They let whatever racial attitudes, racial animosities go or at least lessen - The Bloody Hundredth 00:10
They let whatever racial attitudes, racial animosities go or...
One of the last Air Force operations was to starve the Reich of fuel - The Bloody Hundredth 00:29
One of the last Air Force operations was to starve the Reich...