Public TV – WILLOW RUN

Irene Bokros Featured in New Teaser

Enjoy a short excerpt of our interview with Irene Bokros – original Willow Run employee hired in 1942. Irene has many interesting details of her time working at the bomber plant.

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, Aircraft Manufacturing, Architecture, Arsenal of Democracy, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, Uncategorized, willow run, WWIITags: arsenal of democracy, b24 bomber, bomber plant, Detroit Public TV, documentary, film, history, home fron, National Museum of Aviation and Technology, rosie riveter, storytelling, Willow Run, WTVS, WW2, WWII, Yankee Air Museum Leave a comment

Willow Run Employee Irene Bokros Shares Her Story

We recently interviewed another original Willow Run employee, Irene Bokros. She was employed soon after graduating high school, as the bomber plant began hiring in 1942, and drove all the way from Pinkney, Michigan, every day. She talked about the snow storm of 1943, which closed many of the roads along her route to work, and how much she made in her first pay check. Stay tuned for an excerpt of the interview with this exceptional woman, now 92 years young.

September 11, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, willow run, WWIITags: b24 bomber, bomber plant, Detroit Public TV, documentary, film, ford, history, Home Front, industry, National Museum of Aviation and Technology, rosie the riveter, Willow Run, WTVS, WW2, WWII, Yankee Air Museum Leave a comment

Vicki Croston, daughter of Rose “Rosie” Monroe, interviewed today!

We had the great pleasure to meet and interview Vicki Croston today. She is the daughter of Rose Will Monroe who was an employee at Willow Run during the war and can lay claim to being one of the original “Rosie the Riveter”s. Vicki shared some wonderful stories about her mother – a single mom, coming from Kentucky to work at Willow Run from 1942 to 1944, where she was discovered by actor Walter Pigeon, and eventually starred with him in several wartime films. Watch for clips of Vicki’s interview coming soon!

July 20, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, Uncategorized, willow run, WWIITags: B24 Bomber Plant, history, Michigan, National Museum of Aviation and Technology, rosie the riveter, Yankee Air Museum, Ypsilanti 2 Comments

Follow Willow Run on Pinterest

Watch for rare glimpses of the past, present, and future of historic Willow Run on Pinterest HERE.

June 27, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, Uncategorized, willow run, WWIITags: Albert Kahn, bomber plant, film, history, Industrial Architecture, photography, Willow Run, WW2, WWII Leave a comment

Follow Willow Run documentary progress on YouTube

Now on YouTube! Watch for new trailers and excerpts on the Willow Run YouTube channel.

June 20, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, Architecture, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, Uncategorized, willow run, WWIITags: B24, bomber plant, documentary, film, history, museum, National Museum of Aviation and Technology, Willow Run, WW2, WWII, Yankee Air Museum Leave a comment

Yankee Air Museum Name Change in 2017

In 2017 when Yankee Air Museum moves into it’s new home across the airport, it will take the name, National Museum of Aviation and Technology. HERE’s a great article about that.

June 16, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, Architecture, aviation, documentary, film, history, monument, museum, Public TV, storytelling, willow run, WWIITags: history, museum, National Museum of Aviation and Technology, Willow Run, Yankee Air Museum 4 Comments

New film poster designs coming in!

Watch for new poster designs and historical images coming in, here and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willowrundocumentary/posts/847017055347108:0

June 13, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, Architecture, aviation, documentary, film, history, movie poster, museum, Public TV, storytelling, willow run, WWIITags: aircraft, arsenal of democracy, B-24 Bomber, bomber plant, documentary, history, movie poster, rosie riveter, storytelling, Willow Run, WWII 2 Comments

Detroit Public TV Supports Project!

The good folks at Detroit Public TV have been supportive of the Willow Run documentary film project since first proposed earlier this year.

“Public Television has always had a fine tradition of offering unique documentary programming like your proposed documentary on Willow Run. Your program concept is an excellent one. 20^th Century history is a subject of great interest in our area and we are pleased to include it in our broadcast plans.” – Fred Nahhat, Senior VP, Detroit Public TV

June 11, 2015June 16, 2015 by willowrundoc Categories: documentary, film, history, Public TV, storytelling, WWIITags: B-24 Bomber, Detroit Public TV, documentary, film, history, WTVS Leave a comment

Principal Photography Begins

May 18, 2015, marks the beginning of principal photography for the Willow Run documentary. Interviewees included Charles K. Hyde, Judith Knudsen Christie, and Marion Gentz. Each contributed valuable stories and memories of those days before and during WWII.