WARNING:THE AIR BATTLE SCENES IN THIS MOVIE PICTURE WERE PHOTOGRAPHED IN ACTUAL COMBAT

The film " Twelve O'Clock High " was made in 1949 and released in 1950. The opening prologues of the movie are interesting information with reference to the use of real shots in movies: " ...The air battle scenes in this motion picture were photographed in actual combat by members of the United States Air Force and the German Luftwaffe...". So far the warning at the very beginning of the film. The main issues dealt with in the movie are the psychological effects on war and its soldiers. Military leadership and management under extreme stress are important issues too. How far can you put press on a man before you break him down? We are viewing the story about the American 918 Bomb Group stationed in England during WWII. The year is1942. The bomb group is conducting daylight bombing over Germany and occupied Europe.
The B-17 bombers are not escorted by fighter planes. The famous actor Gregory Peck is
portraying general Frank Armstrong who approved of Peck's portrayal of him. The general is a chainsmoker. Gregory Peck is smoking cigarettes no pipe or cigars.
To those of you who are searching for love and war in movies: No love affairs in this movie.Only statements of how to run a group of men who are fed up with the war and the stress and the tough military leadership. Are you interested in crash landing scenes, take a look at this film. The American B-17 bomber which is crash landing on the airstrip, is real action made by the stunt pilot, Paul Mantz.The air battles shots were cut together from authentic WWII footage. The American pilots are talking about the German fighter plane, Focke Wulf, but the close shots of the planes
are made of Messerschmitt 109. The 918 Bomb Group is the story of the 306th Bomb Group. The casuality rate is high: 287 men flew to England in 1942 and only 87 survived. "Teach with movies " has recommended the film for classroom education. The U.S. Navy is also using the film as an example of leadership styles. The film has also been used for leadership training in civilian non-military seminars. Anyway be aware of the real shots of air battles - the planes are shot down!

THE RESEARCH LIBRARIANS OUT OF WORK? 1806 PAGES OF RESEARCH WORK NOT MAKING USE OF THE LIBRARIAN

The famous journalists and author like Jack London, Ernest Hemingway and Stig Larsson
did it all: Worn themselves out working. Dedicated men. A lot of courage and knowledge about the society. Men I admire. After having finished reading the last book of the Millenium trilogy written by Stig Larsson - The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest - I could not help thinking about the short life of the three mentioned authors. None of them are making any reference to an active use of research librarians. All work had to be done by themselves searching in the field
for facts to be presented in the books. Stig Larsson has written 1806 pages of fascinating and thrilling research work in all three books about Lisbeth Salander and
Mikael Blomkvist. So far none of the two main figures are asking for assistance at a
public library or let professional research librarians do the work. Lisbeth Salander
is getting her information as a hacker searching emails to persons without permission. Do I see a new attitude to the work of journalists? Are the librarians too modest in fighting for the profession called librarianship? My answer is: Yes, they are too polite and nice and service minded to protest against the journalists
occupation of the work of librarians. Due to the new technology called digitalization, any can get access to the information difficult to get some years ago. Research work is done by the television and the radio journalists in radio and television companies where you make file searching. The journalists working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) have made a public issue of the work of evaluating the sources for the reports. Forgotten are the professional librarians who
could do the work evaluating whether the facts are correct or not. Worn out all of them: Jack London, Ernest Hemingway and Stig Larsson. Jack London did not commit suicide but used too much drugs to write. Ernest Hemingway and Jack London were hard drinking persons. Ernest Hemingway could not write any more when he shot himself - worn out making an attempt to do all the work. Stig Larsson passed away in 2004 without any warning. Worn out. He produced 1806 pages of thrilling literature making
three recommended books: " The Girl with the Dragon Tattou, The Girl who played with fire and The Girl who kicked the Hornets' Nest ". What went wrong concerning the work of making radio and television programmes? The new thinking of who is of importance to make the programme: The jounalists. We are the most important for the
production not the cameraman, the librarians, the clerks, the caretakers, the painters and so on. The list of professions to make a television programme is a long one. The journalists are active persons. Not modest like the librarians. For a long time we all joined the same union due to the fact that we all are making the programmes. The solidarity did not last. Correct information is important for any television producer and evaluation of the facts have to be done by somebody.
Let the librarians do the work for you journalists and reminding you about my favorite writers and their life: Jack London, Ernest Hemingway and Stig Larsson.
Take care and cooperate with one of the oldest professions: Librarianship.