Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]" The movie deals with the theft by German spies of the fictional "Process 97," a secret formula which, the narrator tells us, "was crucial to the development of the atomic bomb." The movie was released on September 10, 1945, only a month after the atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan, and barely a week after Japan's formal surrender. While making the film, the actors and director Henry Hathaway did not know that the atomic bomb existed, or that it would be incorporated as a story element in the movie. (None of the actors in the film mentions the atomic bomb.) However, co-director/producer Louis De Rochemont (who produced the "March of Time" newsreel films) and narrator Reed Hadley were both involved in producing government films on the development of the atomic bomb. (Hadley was present at the final test of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in July, 1945.) After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Hadley and screenwriter John Monks Jr. hastily wrote some additional voice-over narration linking "Process 97" to the atomic bomb, and Rochemont inserted it into the picture in time for the film's quick release. " imdb On 6/12/13 12:52 PM, "Paul Roark" <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > Very cool. > > I recently managed to do a screen grab off the old movie "House on > 92nd Street," where my Dad played himself (for about 5 seconds). He > monitored radio transitions for the FBI in WWII. He's 95 and at a > nursing home, and now has this photo -- > http://paulroark.com/JRoark92ndSt.jpg -- on his dresser. They showed > the movie (available as DVD from Netflix) to the old folks in the > nursing home, and they loved it. He was the hero for a few seconds, > until they all forgot what they'd just seen. ;-) > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: >> Some of you airplane folks might find this interesting: >> >> http://www.wimp.com/warfootage/?utm_source=feedly%2F/ >> >> Leo Wesson >> Photographer/Videographer >> 817.733.9157 >> www.leowesson.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/