Saturday, January 29, 2011

Fwd: WWII VHS

For my first attempt at posting a photo, I found this one I took of a video collection we were giving away to an ROTC instructor last year.  Several years ago our retired Ogden neighbor gave us two boxes of World War II video tapes, which helped us survive a summer (2009) without cable TV.

In our effort to lighten our load and "pay it forward", we donated most of them to our new neighbor here.  He was very appreciative, as he had been looking for historical films to show his students.  The photo is not complete, but shows enough to represent the genre.  The titles include "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "The Desert Fox", and "Von Ryan's Express".  We enjoyed them, learned valuable history, and hoped some young people do as well, while there are still some VCR's around to play these gems.  (As much as they are eager to learn, it's not likely teens will stream WWII movies from Netflix or anywhere else.)


It's nice to see some white space for a change.  Fill it in with some of your favorite WWII movies.  Then "count the days till Friday night", make your popcorn, cuddle up, and enjoy.