The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 World War II documentary film that follows the crew of a B-17 bomber on their final combat mission over Europe.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Memphis Belle | 4 |
| The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress canonical | 2 |
| The Memphis Belle | 1 |
| film "Memphis Belle" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2566563 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress Context triple: [William Wyler, madeDocumentary, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress]
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A.
The Mighty Eighth
The Mighty Eighth is the famed Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces, renowned for its pivotal strategic bombing campaigns over Europe during World War II.
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B.
Twelve O’Clock High
Twelve O’Clock High is a classic 1949 World War II drama film about the psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews, widely regarded as one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances.
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C.
Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
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D.
Hellcats of the Navy
Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 World War II submarine film best known for featuring future U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his then-wife Nancy Reagan together on screen.
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E.
Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress Target entity description: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 World War II documentary film that follows the crew of a B-17 bomber on their final combat mission over Europe.
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A.
The Mighty Eighth
The Mighty Eighth is the famed Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces, renowned for its pivotal strategic bombing campaigns over Europe during World War II.
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B.
Twelve O’Clock High
Twelve O’Clock High is a classic 1949 World War II drama film about the psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews, widely regarded as one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances.
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C.
Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
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D.
Hellcats of the Navy
Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 World War II submarine film best known for featuring future U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his then-wife Nancy Reagan together on screen.
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E.
Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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documentary film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| archiveStatus | preserved by the U.S. National Archives ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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surface form:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers
Eighth Air Force ⓘ |
| basedOn | real combat missions of the Memphis Belle ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Eighth Air Force bombing mission over Europe
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crew of a B-17 bomber ⓘ daylight bombing raid over Germany ⓘ |
| director | William Wyler ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| features |
Captain Robert K. Morgan
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crew of the Memphis Belle ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Bassingbourn
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surface form:
Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
over occupied Europe ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | on-location combat footage ⓘ |
| follows | final combat mission of the Memphis Belle ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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propaganda film ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
airfields in England
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skies over Germany ⓘ |
| language | English dialogue ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis Belle (aircraft)
|
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ |
| narrator | Art Gilmore ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of a complete tour of duty by a bomber crew
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use of actual combat footage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | United States World War II propaganda films ⓘ |
| producer | William Wyler ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
First Motion Picture Unit
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United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| purpose |
boost morale on the home front
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document successful completion of 25 missions ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 45 minutes ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| shortTitle |
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Memphis Belle
|
| subjectOf | restoration by the U.S. National Archives ⓘ |
| targetAudience | American home-front audiences ⓘ |
| title | The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress self-link ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress Description of subject: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 World War II documentary film that follows the crew of a B-17 bomber on their final combat mission over Europe.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
film "Memphis Belle"
this entity surface form:
Memphis Belle
this entity surface form:
Memphis Belle
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
self-link
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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
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shortTitle
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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
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this entity surface form:
The Memphis Belle
this entity surface form:
Memphis Belle
this entity surface form:
Memphis Belle