March 2017

Films in Focus: Five Came Back

While aviators, sailors and soldiers marched off to World War II trained in the art of fighting and operating modern weapons of war, others had a far more important role to undertake, armed only with a camera and their know-how to tell a story for others to see. Steven Spielberg’s latest war film, Five Came Back, pays tribute to a quintet of filmmakers that were charged with spreading the news about the war, and why it was important to serve despite the potential costs.

Five filmmakers are profiled in the five-part documentary – John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens – with each story recounted by five of today’s most successful filmmakers – Stephen Spielberg, Guilermo Del Toro, Francis Ford Coppola, Lawrence Kasdan, and Paul Greengrass – and narrated by Oscar-award winning actress, Meryl Streep, Five Came Back is due to run on Netflix on March 31st.

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Eaglemoss: A New Month, a New Navy

 

German Kaiserliche Eaglemoss 1:1100 scale Marine Derfflinger Class Battlecruiser – SMS Derfflinger

As the saying goes, March roars in like a lion, and apparently so does the Eaglemoss navy. Four new warships have put to sea and are expected to make our port of call next week, further adding to our growing fleet of World War I/II-era warships. The four new 1:1100 scale warships include the following:

EMGC58 – German Kaiserliche Marine Derfflinger Class Battlecruiser – SMS Derfflinger

EMGC59 – Imperial Japanese Navy Sendai Class Light Cruiser – Sendai

EMGC62 – Imperial Japanese Navy Myoko Class Heavy Cruiser – Nachi

EMGC71 – Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki Class Destroyer – Akizuki

All four come in their original bookcase format packaging and are bundled with a Japanese-written magazine outlining the history, details and war record of the ship in question. Enjoy!

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