The Blenheim District Freedom Library and Museum will be buzzing later this month with the sound of heavy bomber engines.
The museum is showing the 2014 movie “Reunion of Giants” March 29-31.
The film is about the last two flying Avro Lancaster bombers in the world, one from Hamilton and the other from England.
Nearly 7,400 of these four-engine heavy bombers were built during the Second World War, about 400 of which were built in Canada. More than 3,300 were lost in action during the war.
The RAF owns one of the remaining flyable Lancasters, while the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is home to the other.
Jim Rutherford, organizer of the film showcase in Blenheim, said the Canadian plane flew to England in 2014, linking up with the other aircraft, and the two planes flew around from air show to air show that season in England.
“This DVD is one of the results of that trip,” Rutherford said. “I got a hold of that DVD and thought we should do something to get them into our museum.”
Rutherford said bringing the movie to town just made sense.
“It’s in connection with our Freedom Library and Museum. This is a military museum that a group of veterans started in 1995,” he said. “We were in the Legion until 2004. We bought the Presbyterian Church in Blenheim and moved everything over there.”
Rutherford said too few people know about the library and museum. He hopes the film will encourage folks to take the time to check it out.
The film will air at 7 p.m. each night, with doors opening at the museum, located at 27 George St. in Blenheim, at 6:45 p.m. Rutherford said seating is limited, so he advises folks to get there early.
Local Air Cadets will be attending the March 29 showing, he added.
Admission is by freewill offering.
