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It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
Tom Hanks
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Robert Rosenthal
- Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
- (as Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal)
James Stewart
- Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
- (as James 'Jimmy' Stewart)
John Luckadoo
- Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group
- (as John 'Lucky' Luckadoo)
Harry Crosby
- Self - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
Joseph Armanini
- Self - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
Owen Roane
- Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
- (as Owen 'Cowboy' Roane)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self - United States President
- (archive footage)
Bruce Alshouse
- Self - Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
Gene Bankston
- Self - Togglier, 100th Bomb Group
- (archive footage)
Conrad Crane
- Self - SSI Senior Historian, US Army War College
- (as Dr. Conrad C. Crane)
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- TriviaWas released on March 15, 2024, on Apple TV+ in tandem with the final episode of Masters of the Air (2024).
- Quotes
Self - Narrator: In the cold, blue skies over Europe, a new kind of combat was fought in an environment that had never been experienced before. It was a singular event in the history of warfare. Unprecedented and never to be repeated. Airmen from 40 American bomber groups bled and died in staggering numbers in air combat. One of these groups, hyper-aggressive and undisciplined, suffered so many casualties in such a short period of time it became known as the Bloody Hundredth.
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As soon as Masters of the Air wrapped on Apple TV+, this documentary immediately dropped on the same platform. It is the perfect complement-if not sometimes an improvement-to that limited miniseries.
For a very basic overview, The Bloody Hundredth puts real-life names, faces, and places to the events fictionally depicted in Masters of the Air. It is fascinating and emotional to see the likes of Rosie, both Buck's, Harry Crosby, and others recollecting the experiences chronicled within the series. Directed by Laurent Bouzereau & Mark Herzog, this doc is narrated by the venerable Tom Hanks and features a good deal of involvement from Steven Spielberg. In other words, pure production value and class all the way through.
Though not quite long enough (a tisch over an hour) to do this in reality, in spirit The Bloody Hundredth might actually be a little better than the series it wraps. Whereas Masters of the Air struggled a bit to form plot/character narratives over a sprawling, messy conflict, this doc doesn't have to go that route-the historical footage and interviews pretty much speak for themselves.
Overall, The Bloody Hundredth is a solid denoument to Masters of the Air. What may have been lost in that series' breadth is certainly re-captured here "in the flesh" of the real-life participants of the Eighth Air Force's 100th Bomb Group.
For a very basic overview, The Bloody Hundredth puts real-life names, faces, and places to the events fictionally depicted in Masters of the Air. It is fascinating and emotional to see the likes of Rosie, both Buck's, Harry Crosby, and others recollecting the experiences chronicled within the series. Directed by Laurent Bouzereau & Mark Herzog, this doc is narrated by the venerable Tom Hanks and features a good deal of involvement from Steven Spielberg. In other words, pure production value and class all the way through.
Though not quite long enough (a tisch over an hour) to do this in reality, in spirit The Bloody Hundredth might actually be a little better than the series it wraps. Whereas Masters of the Air struggled a bit to form plot/character narratives over a sprawling, messy conflict, this doc doesn't have to go that route-the historical footage and interviews pretty much speak for themselves.
Overall, The Bloody Hundredth is a solid denoument to Masters of the Air. What may have been lost in that series' breadth is certainly re-captured here "in the flesh" of the real-life participants of the Eighth Air Force's 100th Bomb Group.
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