Expert: Mel - 11/22/2010

Question
Dear Mel,

I hope you know this one, it's a very very long shot:

As a young child of 6 or 7, I guess, I witnessed on television the last shot of a US navy movie. I am talking early 60's, so the movie must predate 1965 or so.
I only recall the closing scene: three brothers, who all died in war (WW II?), were shown on the back, walking off to the horizon (in their white uniforms) as the picture faded in an ever smaller getting circle. The youngest of them trying to keep up with his older brothers. On their way to heaven, as I recall. (I think their stroll was projected on the sea, like they were walking on water, but that may be due to my distorted memory.)
This is all I know! The image has never left me, and only now at 51, I am trying to find the movie (thanks to the internet). As I watched it on a black/white TV, I am not sure if it was originally B/W or colour. I hope you can help me with this one.
Thanks a lot!
Kind regards,
Theo Stanislaus
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Answer
Hello Theo,

It's been a long time since I last saw it, but I think you are describing the ending of the 1944 film "The Fighting Sullivans". The only difference is that were five brothers, not three.

Have a look here.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Sullivans

http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/1458305180


Glad to be of help. Cheers.......Mel.