DVD
The court-martial of Billy Mitchell
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Performers
Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fred Clark, James Daly, Jack Lord, Peter Graves, Darren McGavin, Robert F. Simon, Charles Dingle.
Publication Information
[Chicago, IL] : Olive Films, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
It is the end of WWI and the birth of aerial warfare. Though airplanes had only been used for reconnaissance, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell has foreseen their deadly power and importance in future combat as bombers and fighter planes. But his superiors in the Army Air Service are blind to his prophecy and when Mitchell begins to campaign to build an armed Air Force against their will, they brand him a traitor and summon him for court-martial. Although the Army attempts to cover up the trial, it becomes an explosive media event that explores the self-serving incompetence of the military and how one man's vision can serve to shape history.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.