The Big Lift
The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.
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This is a complete, 120mn long print of the film. The other print already available on the archive and its ipod derivative are 102mn long, with some scenes cut down or cut out altogether. Shot on location, The Big Lift is a reenactment of the Berlin Airlift of 1948. After the Russians decide to blockade West Berlin and no supplies can reach the area via land or water, the US Air Force and other allies steps in to bring food and fuel to the inhabitants via air in spite of dangerous flying conditions. The film follows the adventures of a C-54 flight engineer (Montgomery Clift) and an air traffic controller (Paul Douglas) as they participate in the effort. External links: -IMDB page -American Film Institute entry -Wikipedia entry Video: XVID 576x432 24bpp 25fps 1166kbps Audio: MP3 48kHz 112kbps original registration: THE BIG LIFT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 1950. 120 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 26Apr50; LP204. renewal registration: none
Why this is free to watch
The Big Lift (1950) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- George Seaton
- Starring
- Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers, Bruni Löbel, O.E. Hasse, Dante V. Morel, John R. Mason, Gail R. Plush
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