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German World War I flying Ace, Rittmeister Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.

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The mainstay aircraft of the German military during a good part of World War I, The Albatros D Series.

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By 1918, the number of feature films that either principally or in large part dealt with the First World War, either on the battlefield or as a homefront issue, surpassed 200 of the 845 features produced in the United States. Plots for the war-related films ran the gamut from homefront dramas, comedies and melodramas, to stirring battlefield or espionage adventures. In the comedy-drama Johanna Enlists, actress Mary Pickford, then the biggest female star in the world and known as "America's Sweetheart," portrayed a bored farm girl who becomes the center of attention when a regiment of soldiers camp on her family's property. Stolen Orders, released in the same year as Johanna Enlists, was a film typical of the convoluted espionage adventures popular at the time, with the addition of actual war footage and newsreels of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson delivering a speech.

The early 1910s was an era that produced a large number of melodramas, and the increasingly popular theme of the tragic circumstances endured by a soldier, nurse or innocent farmer were well-suited to the war film. The war provided a suitable backdrop for melodramas such as A Daughter of France and The Little American, the latter in which Pickford shows her typically American grit when facing a firing squad in France, just as her German-American sweetheart, who enlisted in the German army, sees the error of his ways and renounces the Kaiser.

In addition to the large number of fictional films that relied on nineteenth-century plot devices such as coincidence, complicated storylines and exaggerated emotion the public also saw, for the first time, significant numbers of documentaries and newsreels of actual battlefield experiences. Beginning in early 1915, such films as History of the Great European War brought the war more vividly into the lives of civilians. Although the US government did not play a large role in the production of war propaganda films (as it would later do prior to and during World War II), it did make a few documentaries about the war, including 1918's Pershing's Crusaders, billed as the first "United States Official War Film."

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This is in honour of loved and respected World War I aviation expert and writer Dan-San Abbott who passed away May 17, 2011. I can only say that perhaps they were right to call WWI "the war to end all wars"... it's leaves fall still...

Greyest skies, Dan-San.

German First World War airmen (from left to right): Technical Officer and Lieutenant Konstantin Krefft, aircraft designer extraordinaire Anthony Fokker "The Flying Dutchman", First Lieutenant Kurt "Wolf Cub" Wolff (also known as "Gentle Little Flower"), and lastly, Captain (or Rittmeister) Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron" himself.

Immer,

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All roads lead to Damascus... Simply put, the people who contributed to the 1971 motion-picture Von Richthofen and Brown gave a lasting gift to World War I aviation --- Lives were risked and lost in making this film! The mood, the atmosphere, and the meaning in VR&B is virtually incessant. It's an experience... an epiphany. The film says all there is to say about the politics of war and peace, life and death, and the clashing of virtues, values, and personalities. Moreover, it does so in an impressive and indelible fashion.

If I had to put a warning label on this film it would read --- "View Responsibly." The movie is deceivingly easy to digest, however, the proverbial punch you're drinking has been spiked several times over. I believe the New York Times alluded to this in their 1971 film review. A serious psychological drama is dressed as a simple action film --- It's hard to find a parallel... on any level.

Von Richthofen and Brown can be purchased on DVD, at major video stores and online:

Amazon.com:
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Blockbuster.com (Buy or rent):
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Barnes & Noble:
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HistoricAviation.com (1-800-225-5575):
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