Posts from — November 2009

One of the great things about this project is the goodwill that emanates from pretty much everyone connected with the 448th and it’s history.

Some are the sons and daughters of 448th veterans, and on a deeply personal level they of course have strong feelings about their Dad, their Uncles, their brothers. They’ve probably heard the war stories many times over and they want people to re-tell them because they know how much those stories mean to their loved one. There is huge support in England for the shared Anglo-American history of the 448th Bomb Group, the 2nd Air division and the 8th Air Force. Good people volunteer a lot of time to help out at various events throughout the year and many of them have helped me in numerous ways from monetary donations to tours of old airbase buildings to a table to put my computer on! So thank you to all the people that have chipped in and for the package that I received in the post today. It included photographs and video tapes and put a big smile on my face. I’m looking forward to working through them and hopefully I’ll be able to put some of it out in the coming year.

This years bonfire night and firework display was another good opportunity to head over to Seething to shoot some more material for the project. It shows another way in which the old airfield is still used by the local community and gives me the option of using fireworks footage as illustration for VE Day perhaps.

Production continues as I attempt to juggle a DIY film and self-distribution with our baby boy. The recent addition of Mac G4 and an older copy of Final Cut means I am now finally digitising all my material and can start to make a rough assembly.

Tiny clip below.

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