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Combat!: The Outsider (1966)
RETURN TO THE VILLAGE
This is my first review of an episode of COMBAT! I've been a fan since watching the very first episode with my dad and little brother when I was twelve. By Season 5, I had grown tired of the same scenery week to week, and the wholesale slaughter of hapless Germans. Too, hormones were beginning to rage. I am writing my own war memoir now as Wim Grundy over at Wordpress, and am revisiting the show to watch episodes of Season 5 never before seen. Once I turned OFF the color in my TV's settings it was a better show - more reminiscent of the earlier broadcasts. As a combat infantry veteran of the Vietnam War, I basically skipped the slaughter for the most part by (1) turning off the sound and (2) adverting my eyes. What was left, with generated subtitles, watched on YouTube, was a strong story that I could identify with. I too was an outsider in the two combat units I ended up in, as it was late (1971) in the war and Nixon was sending the troops home. Our episode's protagonist was welcomed by the Squad; I never really got to know the men I served with and was not made to feel welcome. This episode is good therapy for me. I look forward to watching it again as I deal with PTSD.
Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11 (1969)
One Giant Leap for Mankind
This doc is now on YouTube so everyone can see it and see how much it is still in the public consciousnesses. I weep every time. Pierre Jalbert does a marvelous take on Jules Verne! Buzz Aldrin quotes the old King James Bible - Psalm 9. There are crackling good dialog exchanges with mission control. There is home movie footage from inside the capsule. The music is perfect, and I am sure influenced by "2001: A Space Odyssey" - released the year before.
Would love to watch this with my grandkids. Von Braun is still one of my heroes.
Some Came Running (1958)
One Went Missing
Norman Grabowski should get credit, unbilled, as one of Miss French's students in the classroom scene. He's seen on the left,second row in a blue shirt, festooned with his characteristic red flattop and long arms barely covered by a blue dress shirt with sleeves rolled up.