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Untold Pacific war Stories: AVG Flying Tigers. WWII's hidden heroes. ✈️🐯

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I Paid Hollywood to Roast My Movie Idea✈️🐯

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Claire Chennault? Einstein? Or Someone You've Never Heard Of?✈️🐯

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Who Is the Most Famous Westerner in China? (5)✈️🐯

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Who Is the Most Famous Westerner in China?(4)✈️🐯

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Who Is the Most Famous Westerner in China? (3)✈️✈️🐯

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Who Is the Most Famous Westerner in China? (2)✈️🐯

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Who Is the Most Famous Westerner in China?

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Well said... why indeed?

[Jacob Shell @JacobAShell]

Trying to think of the last Hollywood production that gave us a fresh perspective on WW2. E.G. why no modern movie about the Burma Theater? You could shoot in Thailand, use real transport elephants for Burma Road scenes and everything.

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WW2 Dogfight in Blender: Quick Tutorial✈️🐯

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Real Explosions vs. CGI✈️🐯

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Our big practical gamble✈️🐯

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Hidden VFX: See It Without Seeing It✈️🐯

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Why We’ll Use CGI Unapologetically✈️🐯

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Well, scholars credit Father Jaquinot with saving half a million lives thanks to these safety zones. Chinese newspapers at the time called him the “SAVIOUR OF SHANGHAI”.

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This man should be one of the most celebrated heroes of WW2. He arguably saved more lives than any other person the entire length of the war. But you probably don't even know his name.

This is the story of Father Jacquinot...
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But then, crucially, Jacquinot’s innovation is duplicated — with his help — all across China, in Nanjing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou, as the Japanese armies advance. So how many lives did this initiative save? 5/6...