You can stream this episode in the NBC app or on NBC.com. Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland star in this show about a WWII tail gunner trapped in the belly of a B-17. Related: Compelling 'Five Came Back' Shows How WWII Changed Golden Age of FilmĪrnold Spielberg may have had the most influence on 'The Mission,' a 1985 episode of the original 'Amazing Stories' television series personally directed by Steven. Spielberg also produced the outstanding Netflix documentary 'Five Came Back,' based on Mark Harris' book about five of Hollywood's most legendary directors and their service in World War II. Related: Apple Will Bring 'Band of Brothers' Sequel to Television Spielberg and Apple TV+ are making yet another World War II series called 'Masters of the Air' and have yet to announce a release date. Both shows are streaming on HBO Max and available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. Each epic HBO series took its inspiration from the camaraderie on display in 'Saving Private Ryan' and told more stories collected by historian Stephen Ambrose. This list doesn't include the Spielberg productions of 'Band of Brothers' (2001) and 'The Pacific' (2010). Are uniforms wrong? Are the production values non-existent? Sure, but what were you doing when you were 15? The clip that exists shows that young Steven was already learning how to shoot and edit a scene. For now, we've only got the blurry (but still impressive) excerpt that's available on YouTube. Let's hope the 1961 'Escape to Nowhere' is safely stored in the Spielberg family archives and will be available for aspiring filmmakers to study someday. The 1961 short 'Fighter Squad' was shot at the Sky Harbor Airport hangar in Phoenix and featured grounded former WWII fighter planes. 'When I see a PlayStation, when I look at a cell phone - from the smallest calculator to an iPad - I look at my dad and I say, 'My dad and a team of geniuses started that.''Īrnold Spielberg also supported his only son's devotion to movies, giving him access to gear and helping his teenage son make his first films with a home movie camera. Steven credits his dad for his own devotion to new technology. That led to a career in the new field of computer science that included stints working for RCA, GE, Electronic Arrays, SDS, Burroughs and IBM. He developed a fascination with gadgets during his military service and got an engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati on the G.I. Arnold Spielberg was a radio operator and chief communications man for the 490th Bomb Squadron, also known as the “Burma Bridge Busters.” (Photo: Business Wire)Īrnold married Leah Posner after his return home and son Steven was born in 1946 at the beginning of the post-war baby boom.

Steven spielberg movies