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Above and Beyond

Starring: Robert Taylor Director: Melvin Frank
The Love Story Behind The Billion Dollar Secret
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DVD Features:

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Released: March 25, 2008
  • Originally Released: 1952
  • Label: Castaway Pictures
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Audio:
    • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
    • Subtitles - English

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Starring Robert Taylor
Performer: Jim Backus, Eleanor Parker & James Whitmore
Featured: Norman Panama
Directed by Melvin Frank

Product Description:

An account of WWII's Operation Silverplate, the B-29 unit chosen to drop the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, and the effect it had on the pilot's own personal life. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Motion Picture Story.

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"Above and Beyond" depicts the events leading up to the use of the first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Colonel Paul Tibbetts is chosen by the Air Force to test the new long-range planes and to prepare a top-secret air corps in anticipation of the bombing of Hiroshima.

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Nuclear Destruction | Politics | Self-Discovery | Theatrical Release | War | World War II

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  • Sales Rank: 64,822
  • UPC: 4897007031979
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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