Lights, Camera, Navy!!
Matinees at the Memorial: The U.S. Navy in Film is the new free, public film program at the U.S. Naval Heritage Center.
Their schedule includes a few classics and mostly contemporary films, but all Navy related – fighting sailors, Navy pilots going Mach 2, POWS, sailors on leave, women joining up, ships, planes, submarines and even a talking fish.
August 18 – Anchors Aweigh - 11:00 a.m. - A 1945 musical comedy , staring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly on a 4-day liberty in Los Angeles.
- August 25 ― Skirts Ahoy - 11:00 a.m. - Three woman with man troubles decide to join the WAVES and spend boot camp checking out every eligible male.
- September 1 – The Incredible Mr. Limpet - 11:00 a.m. - Man turned fish helps the Navy hunt German U-boats during World War II.
- September 15 ― U-571 - 3:00 p.m. - US Navy Lt. Matthew McConaughey is forced to take command of German U-boat 571 as they try to capture an Enigma cipher machine.
- September 15 ― The Bridge on the River Kwai - 6:00 p.m. - This 7 Oscar winner classic stars Alec Guinness and William Holden. A group of POWS led by British Colonel Nicholson (Guinness) construct a railway bridge on the Burma-Siam railway for the Japanese; not knowing the Allies have sent a commando mission to destroy the bridge.
- October 6 – Top Gun - 3:00 p.m. - “I feel the need…the need for speed!” Hot shot pilot Maverick grows up and becomes a team player at ‘Top Gun,” the Navy’s advanced flight school.
- October 20 – The Hunt for Red October - 3:00 p.m. - “One ping…One ping only please”. Sean Connery plays the USSR’s top commander and heads for the U.S. coast. Is he defecting or ready to start WW-III?
- November 10 – Men of Honor - 3:00 p.m. - this true story about the first African-American Navy Diver, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and the struggles he encountered. Also staring Robert De Niro.
- November 11 – Flight of the Intruder - Sunday - 1:00 p.m. - After his bombardier is killed over Vietnam, a carrier-based pilot questions his bombing missions.
- December 7 – Tora! Tora! Tora! - Friday - 3:00 p.m. - Shown on the anniversary of the arrack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941, this classic dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- December 22 – Behind Enemy Lines - 3:00 p.m. - Owen Wilson plays a navy navigator who is shot down over war-torn Bosnia during a reconnaissance mission. He needs to evade pursuit and get back to his ship with the film record of mass-graves.
Popcorn will be served.
United States Navy Memorial
U.S. Naval Heritage Center - Burke Theater (downstairs)
701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, between 7th and 9th Streets
Washington, DC (map it)
Dates and Times - Most films shown on Saturdays (times vary), with a few on other days as noted.
Tickets - Free
Nearest Metro Subway Station - Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter - Green and Yellow lines
Parking - Metered street parking is available but tough. Watch for rush hour restrictions on weekdays.
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Aug 31, 2007 at 6:08 pm
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