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The Big Lift (complete)
About this film
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
Directors & creators
William Perlberg
Subjects
cold war; Berlin; Montgomery Clift; Paul Douglas; Cornell Borchers; C-54; Operation Vittles