{"id":7568,"date":"2020-03-05T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moshepommyhadar.com\/?page_id=7568"},"modified":"2021-04-15T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:19:27","slug":"air-force-films","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moshepommyhadar.com\/en\/air-force-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Films"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AIR FORCE FILMS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Of all the many marketing campaigns and public affairs ventures, Pommy was particularly proud of what he calls "my film career in the Air Force." The first film, The Road to the Skies was produced in 1955<\/p>

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The movie length 12.5 minutes<\/p>

First Israeli Air Force movie<\/p>

Won the Israeli Academy award, May 1955. Pommy won the tittle of screenwriter of the year.<\/p>

The publicity films of the time were "characterized by pathos-saturated narration and landscape photography." Pommy said in an article by Nathan Gross, "A script has to know how to write …" Al Ha\u2019meshmar Newspaper, November 5, 1967. "This time we didn't want another JNF film. Maybe that's why…the Prime Minister's Bureau rejected the movie, "The Road to the Skies." In the opening scene, the camera focuses on a maternity ward. Through the large windows, the camera zooms into the newborn nursery, displaying rows of bassinets. Each tiny bassinet affixed with a sign indicating the baby's profession: "farmer," "lawyer," "millionaire" and so on. In the background, the narrator says:<\/p>

"If the vocation of a newborn could be known in advance, it would not be a problem to train pilots. However, since we have not yet reached this milestone, the road to the skies is still a long way off". Pommy said that the opening scene was not conservative enough for the Prime Minister's Office. Nevertheless, he was able to convince the IAF command to stand behind the film and with heavy pressure – the film came out.<\/p>

The film describes the pre-military training phases of Gdna Air (the organization of the IAF, which aims to bring teenagers into aviation and air force issues). From the model aircraft, to the glider to the Piper. The film was made, so Gdna Air will introduce it at a civilian air defense conference in the United States. The film was shown on television across the United States.<\/p>

\u201cThe Road to the Skies\u201d launched Pommy's screenwriting career.
Production of the film ended in April 1955, few days before the Haifa Film Festival, when it was too late to be eligible to enter into the competition. Pommy did not give up. The day before the festival opened, he drove to Haifa, knocked on the festival director's door and got him to verbally agree that if he likes the film, it would be added into the competition. At midnight, three people entered the May movie theater: Pommy, the festival's director and screen projector.<\/p>

"The Road to the Skies," the first Air Force film, entered the competition and won the "Sabra" award (Israeli "Oscar" in those days). In 1955, it was named "Best Movie of the Year." Pommy won the title: "Screenwriter of the Year."<\/p>

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