I spent the whole thing comparing it to the 2000 version with Cox. I got unexpectedly Brit-mad at the erasure of Airey Neave MP! I feel very much like the film was meant to be an ensemble movie (why spend all that time on the 'funny' Hess flashback?) but then Crowe stole the show.

And conversely, this episode of the well-known "Black Journal":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ai...

I'm sorry to pile on things I find interesting that may also be interesting to you (it's how I autistically relate to people!), but you may also enjoy the two different visions of late-1960s black American in these videos:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHcu...

I'm a big fan of this 1954 video - it was made for marketing departments by the publishers of Ebony Magazine, and does some incredibly deft stepping around directly confronting the implied racism of how consumer companies treat(ed) black Americans.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYnv...

I first did this back in 2018 for my work's "Day in History" board; realising I could mark a section of the map out in terms of Westminster-area landmarks was one of those mental images that never went away once had.

This news story is the reason in "Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan" (Victory games, part of Avalon Hill) there is a Tirpitz counter! #wargaming #althistory

Worth pointing out that Clement Attlee, as Deputy PM, is answering on behalf of Churchill - something he spent most of the war doing - likely a significant factor in the public seeing him as a viable future PM himself.

The SEAC newspaper editor was Frank Owen OBE, who wrote "The Campaign in Burma" (1946) which is a very good & at times very critical overview.

Only two weeks ago I presented a "Black Soldiers of Waterloo" event at the Duke of Wellington's house, using this picture! Will have to update the info boards now! #History

Have to update this info board for next year!