At present I’m working on a 50 minute documentary film on Bomber Command – containing interviews with veterans, some archive footage (very expensive) and footage of former Bomber Command bases (Driffield and Wickenby).
Question: Can anyone suggest a fitting title for the film? I was going to call it Bomber Boys, but that’s been done. Actually, it’s very difficult to come up with a good, original title that isn’t jingoistic or bland (like: Bomber Command). Any serious suggestions considered
By: red964 - 8th January 2006 at 20:14
Wings of Deliverance
*The, On ..
By: Bruggen 130 - 7th January 2006 at 12:32
How about “Dangerous Moonlight” I know it’s a film title, but i dont know of any books on the subject, probably wrong though. 🙂
By: Canpark - 7th January 2006 at 04:05
Bombers at War: The cold, the dark, the fear.
That’s awesome.
By: Barnowl - 6th January 2006 at 23:02
‘Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Deeds’
By: topgun regect - 5th January 2006 at 19:26
One of my Squadron Commanders summed up the wartime crews succinctly:
“They were ordinary men who achieved quite extraordinary things”
Now if you can get a title out of that it will say it all.
exmpa
how about ‘Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Things’
Martin
By: trumper - 5th January 2006 at 18:25
Beyond the call of duty,the Bomber command story,or something like that.
By: kev35 - 5th January 2006 at 18:24
out of the darkness.
Regards,
kev35
By: Chipmunk Carol - 5th January 2006 at 18:09
Bombers at War: The cold, the dark, the fear.
By: exmpa - 5th January 2006 at 17:47
One of my Squadron Commanders summed up the wartime crews succinctly:
“They were ordinary men who achieved quite extraordinary things”
Now if you can get a title out of that it will say it all.
exmpa
By: topgun regect - 5th January 2006 at 16:40
Maybe not that was a book/song by Mike Harding. “They Came/Went By NIght”?
Martin
By: topgun regect - 5th January 2006 at 16:36
How about “Bombers Moon”?
Martin
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 5th January 2006 at 13:39
The Other Few?
The Unsung Few?
TT
By: XN923 - 5th January 2006 at 11:58
Some interesting suggestions here… I must admit I’m stumped as finding something that says what the programme is about succinctly as well as expressing the fact that these were young blokes who died in their thousands for an honourable cause, yet undoubtedly caused untold destruction and were regarded on the ground as airborne terrorists is… well, inexpressible. Something like ‘Massacre by moonlight’ jumped almost instantly to mind (and expresses both sides) but sounds awfully harsh.
Tricky one – good luck to you!
By: Mr Creosote - 5th January 2006 at 11:14
I’m sure it must have been done before, but a simple “Bombers” might sound good, referring to both the men and the machines. Or how about “Moonlight Sonata”? Sometimes sends a shiver up my spine to think of that music and picture all those planes taxiing out at some dark cold airfield for yet another raid.
By: Slipstream - 28th December 2005 at 19:11
Nightime Delivery or We Deliver At Night
By: Canpark - 28th December 2005 at 14:06
RAF Bomb flyers?
By: Phillip Rhodes - 28th December 2005 at 13:47
Thinking along the idea of:
Bomber Boys: Reaping the Whirlwing
By: Arm Waver - 22nd December 2005 at 09:00
Something from Bomber Harris – ‘Reaping the Whirlwind’?
DS
Or a twist on the idea…
Reapers of the Whirlwind…?
You could use “The Many” as opposed to the fighter boys being the few..?
Oh sorry just noticed Newforest put a suggestion similar.
By: Barnowl - 22nd December 2005 at 01:32
To Hell and Back.
To Hell through the Heavens.
Duty-Bound.
Heavy-Duty.
Ill think of more in my sleep…
BARNOWL
By: Flood - 22nd December 2005 at 01:04
There and Back… (Or There and Back For X Shillings a Day with X being whatever they were paid)
A Proud Duty…
Press on Regardless…
Through Struggles to the Stars (or just good old Per Ardua Ad Astra?)…
Donate my fee to charity.;)
Flood
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