Put those three things together tog and then eventually im going to to defer to max to talk about sign the composite. That became a significant part of the message. And chicago, salt lake and the San Francisco bay area and the composite. Jim by 1995, we got the manifesto. Rea when all those pieces came together, we went back out to the public through jim with the of message. We really, i think, got what we were looking for. Is i will go back to that composite. Its a fascinating story of the sw investigation as well. I will jump in before you address that. The composite is the iconic picture of the man in the hooded sweatshirt, the aviator sunglasses. Early on in the investigation, you do a lot of monotonous tasks. Reviewing the file, we didnt have a lot of leads. Reviewing file and trying to determine if there were things that hadnt been done in the past. I was reviewing the file with regard to utah related bombings. There was a bombing in 1987 at a Computer Company in salt lake city.
During world war ii, we feature frank capra who made and supervised dozens of films during the war including the why we fight series. Up next, the 14minute your job in germany, a training film for troops occupying the defeated nation. Later, well show you a fourminute animated private snafu training film. First we talk to journalist and film historian mark harris. The book is titled five came back. A story of hollywood and the Second World War. Joining us from new york on American History tv is author mark harris. Thanks very much for being with us. Thanks for having me. As you put together this book and we will see films from wellknown director, how much did you know before you researched the topic . Well, my training as a film writer and film historian, not as a war historian, so for me, what i was investigating was the gap in the resumes of these five directors. You know, i would look and see that George Stevens made no hollywood movies between 1943 and 1948 or wiler between 42 and
Director john houston and the battle of san pietro a 32 minute film depicting the 1943 battle which destroyed the town of san pietro, italy. Praised for a realistic portray portrayal of a battle that killed over 1,000 americans the film was composed almost entirely of reenacted scenes. Before showing the film we speak with film historian mark harris. The book is titled five came back a story of hollywood and the Second World War and joining us from new york is mark harris. As we look at some of the leading directors from this time period including john houston. What can you tell us about him . Well houston was a really fascinating, larger than life figure. His career in hollywood was just starting when the war broke out. He had had a kind of neerdowell adolescence, and early 20s, he had been involved in a few car crashes. He fled to paris at one point. His reputation was really not great. And then he came back to hollywood, started to build a reputation as a screenwriter, particularly
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