Community Calendar
Special Screening of Bridge of Spies with guest speaker
Francis Gary Powers, Jr. at the Air Force Museum Theatre
The July Living History Film Series event for 2018 will feature the 2015 thriller Bridge of Spies and guest speaker Francis Gary Powers, Jr., on July 19th at 6:30 p.m. at the Air Force Museum Theatre, located inside the National Museum of the U.S. Air ForceTM. Tickets are only $12 ($10 for Friends Members and Military) and can be purchased by clicking here. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Bridge of Spies stars Tom Hanks in the story of lawyer James B. Donovan (Hanks), who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers, Sr., whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a convicted Soviet KGB spy whom he represented at trial. Mr. Powers, Jr. will discuss the true story behind the film and his father.
The 2018 Living History Film Series is presented by Gold Series Partner Cassano’s Pizza King and supported by Holiday Inn Dayton-Fairborn. Combining film screenings with dynamic speakers, veterans and film makers we bring aviation history alive on stage and on the theatre’s six-story screen. Tickets are available at the theatre's ticket counter, can be ordered online through our website afmuseum.com/livinghistory or by calling 937-253-4629.