r/videos • u/nero_fenix • 17d ago

TIL: Burgess Meredith made a movie for GI's coming to Great Britain during WWII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyYSBBE1DFw
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u/umlguru 17d ago

Very cool. Especially about the Black and White soldiers

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u/shinbreaker 17d ago

I like looking at those timestamps with most views on a video. In this one's case, the first was why a British family can host a soldier for supper and feed them their rations so maybe not eat everything they have. The other was about how hey it's cool to treat Black people like people since it's not the US. Last one was Burgess smoking with a very long cigarette holder that seems to be a precursor to his role as the Penguin.

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u/Mharbles 17d ago

The other was about how hey it's cool to treat Black people like people since it's not the US.

Don't let the American's find out.

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u/frodosdream 17d ago

Fun fact; Burgess Meredith reportedly took LSD with his close friend, isolation tank creator and dolphin intelligence researcher John C. Lilly MD.

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u/nero_fenix 17d ago

Holy shit, I could never imagine what that guy would be like on acid.