The Big Lift (1950)
Directed by George
Seaton this film stars Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas and a host of
military personnel playing themselves. In 1948 the Soviets blockade
Berlin, the Americans and British attempt to keep the city supplied
by air lift.
Despite this obviously
being a propaganda piece the plot of this film eventually takes some
interesting turns, especially when exploring the experiences of post
war Germans and American attitudes to them. It does take a long while
for the film to really get going but it works pretty well despite
having very few professional actors on the cast. There are plenty of
good sequences showing the conditions faces by pilots and the film
does a good job of explaining the radar assisted landing systems
used.
4/5
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