The Tuskegee Airmen : Film Review
The movie begins with Hannibal Lee on his way to Tuskegee, Alabama, on the way he meets Billy Roberts, Lewis Johns, and Walter Peoples III on the train. On their way to Tuskegee they have to get off of the train because they reach a whites only train station. Their seats are given to German prisoners of war. They continue their journey on a military vehicle with the other black men going to the United States Army Air Corps.
When they arrive to the base they meet the commander of the base, colonel Noel Rogers, 2nd Lieutenant Glenn, the liaison officer and Major Sherman Joy, the director of training. While training 2nd Lieutenant stated that, “ If it is not on the base, they don’t need it.”. Major Joy had his doubts if they were ready to in the US Army Air Corps instead of white men. One of the cadets Johns gets the chance to fly a plane and crashes and is killed. And Glenn says that, “ … Johns just taught you the most valuable lesson… If you…show more content… The film was able to tell the story better than the remake, that I have seen before. It was enjoyable with just as much drama as there was action. There many amazing quotes in the movie that stuck out to me. Like when the 2nd Lieutenant said, ““ … Johns just taught you the most valuable lesson… If you don’t believe in God, you better find a good substitute.” I enjoyed how it was portrayed similar to how I learned about the Tuskegee Airmen in previous history classes. But it also increased my learning because this part of World war II was not explained well in previous classes. What really tied the whole film together was the quote from a white bomber pilot, “ I have a crew whose lives are my responsibility. … If it’s all the same to you Sir, I want the 33nd to escort me to Berlin and back.” It show that the at least some of the white squadrons were accepting of the 33nd after seeing their
