Some of my family went to see her at the beginning of the summer ! they had to schedule a special visit !! Memphis Belle Memorial Association - Home Memphis Belle Memorial Association - The Plane - The Legend
I couldn't get it either 51highland ! I got this message ....... Maybe you can only get it in the UK !!!!!!!!! ( though I just noticed you're there ! )
Seems the new footage is what was left on the cutting room floor from the hollywood version. I was expecting the original 1940's film.
The footage from 00:37 onwards (the medals being awarded) is original footage from the WW2 film, not the post war movie. Just poor phrasing by the reporter
This is an original photo from the same ceremony: Memphis Belle Memorial Association - Crew Reciving Medals in Front of the "Belle And the crew: The "Memphis Belle" crew shown at an air base in England after completing 25 missions over enemy territory on June 7, 1943. Left to right: Tech. Sgt. Harold P. Loch, top turret gunner; Staff Sgt. Cecil H. Scott, ball turret gunner; Tech. Sgt. Robert J, Hanson, radio operator; Capt. James A. Verinis, co-pilot; Capt. Robert K. Morgan, pilot; Capt. Charles B. Leighton, navigator; Staff Sgt. John P. Quinlan, tail gunner; Staff Sgt. Casimer A. Nastal, waist gunner; Capt. Vincent B. Evans, bombardier and Staff Sgt. Clarence E. Wichell, waist gunner.
It's "new" in that the snippets shown were left out of the final 1944 film. This is where it would have appeared: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You can watch the entire 1944 movie by downloading here: World War 2 Pictures In Color :: WWII Movies in Color :: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944). (click on MP4 Stream) And nice video 51H. Will have to watch it more thoroughly later to see if I can ID some of the aircraft
