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Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)
A great TV series about a famous marine aviator
I loved this series. When I was in the Marines I was fortunate to be stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay with Marine Air Group 13 (MAG 13). The the three flying squadrons included, you guessed it, VMA 214, The Black Sheep Squadron. They were obviously not the original pilots but they carried on the tradition. At the present I am reading "Baa Baa Black Sheep" written by Black Sheep One himself, Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. He pulls no punches. In the book he details all his personal problems, his being shot down and captured by the Japanese, and his time spent in a Japanese camp. He also goes into details about his time with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers). A great book written by a famous marine.
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
One of the best from Republic Studios.
This was without a doubt the best superhero serial ever made. Although most serials were made for children, this one also catered to adults. This was one of the top serials from Republic Studios, the top serial maker. The directors, William Witney and John England, were two of the best. The action scenes were very believable and the cliffhangers didn't cheat you. The flying sequences were way ahead of the time. The actors put 100 percent into their roles. The evil villain, the Scorpion, is one of my favorite bad guys. If you have never seen a serial cliffhanger before go with one the early Republic Studio ones, especially this one. You can't go wrong.