TWELVE O' CLOCK HIGH

Twelve o' Clock High Movie Analysis

Introduction

The year 1949 saw the release of a film that was probably the best study of the air war ever made ??by Hollywood. "Twelve O'Clock High" manages to capture the grim reality of war in the skies over occupied Europe, like no other film since. After the war, and the soldiers returned home, language, or feathers, began to untie. Officers who participated actively in the conflict wrote books describing their experience accurately. Thus we realized that, as in the Pacific, the beginning of the war in Europe was catastrophic for the United States and especially for airmen who were at that time, the only Americans to fight on theater, as recalled at the beginning of the film. D. Zanuck bought the rights to "Twelve O'Clock High" (1948) written by Lt. Col. Sy Bartlett and Col. Bernie Lay Jr., former members of the 8th Air Force in England during the war.

Davenport Low Morale

Davenport is a man close to his men, troubled by the loss rate. He understands the need to risk the lives of his men, but his communion with them strongly feel each loss. When he receives a bombing at low altitude (3,000 m) to increase accuracy, Davenport rushed to headquarters to ask for clarification. His friend and mentor, General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck), which indicates that this tactic was chosen to finally destroy shelters submarines. Davenport degrades its arguments and returns to Arch bury. Following the visit, Major General Patrick Pritchard (Millard Mitchell), which controls the VIII Bomber Command, the 918th comes to visit for the cause of his difficulties. After interviewing Davenport and some crews, Pritchard realized that Davenport is the problem, because of its over-identification with his men. It is Davenport's command and on the way home, he ...