***No threads are sacred and new vibrant ones are always to be encouraged,not everyone knows of past discussions here or has the time to trawl through the extensive archives,in this case a discussion on aviation films and most especially those that are our own personal favourites was the initial subject matter,it has nothing to do with changing history or dragging up older threads.
You do not classify all books in one section in a library,to break down a thread at some stage and have fresh discussion anyway is good,on the other hand if someone stumbled across the earlier thread via a search engine then it would be continued as a matter of course,but as this is an entirely 'new' thread about a 'different' aspect of aviation films then as long as it creates fresh interest then that is fine.
Another point that I would like to make and this is important,is that in this case the subject was started by an intelligent young lady,whilst I also saw older films such as 'Twelve O Clock high' and 'Appointment in London' and indeed the earlier 'Memphis Belle' as a young lad,I would not expect people who do not remember them,or to even get the opportunity to view them to pass comment or comparison,everyone must get a chance no matter what age group or memory bank.
We have here a brand new thread created to discuss our favourite aviation films,anything else that has been posted beforehand does not apertain to this one,that becomes part of the history if people care to back track,so as I pointed out before is therefore of no consequence to the present discussion.
Lets continue talking about aviation films without wasting time and energy on discussing which distant thread they should be on,and above all offer encouragement and inspiration to others.Subject closed.
I'm sorry Barry but I don't understand your comment that older posts are of no consequence. Is not this the same as saying that history is bunk (to quote Henry Ford).? Some people put a lot of effort into compyling the lists and adding foot notes as to dates' date=' aircraft, actors,locations etc. It isy reading such posts that younger readers can learn of these films. The fact that the thread has been around for a year or so may perhaps mean that aircraft related films have been released in tha last year. I was going to tell you about the Curtiss F8C Helldivers used in Peter Jacksons "King Kong" but I guess that it would quickly become of "no consequence"[/quote']