Madison Indiana Movies

The last post I did was about the hydroplane boat that Madison Indiana owns. This made me think of the movies that were filmed in Madison. I have seen both of them and I will admit they are not academy award winners in my mind but certainly worth watching. Both available from Amazon.com ........... Jack

Madison is a semi-fictional 2005 film about APBA hydroplane racing in the 1970s. It stars Jim Caviezel as a driver who comes out of retirement to lead the Madison, Indiana community-owned racing team.
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Some Came Running is a 1958 American film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in a bid to duplicate the success of the multi–Academy Award winning film adaptation of James Jones' earlier novel, From Here to Eternity (1953), optioned the 1,200-plus-page book, Some Came Running and cast Frank Sinatra as the lead. Sinatra approved Dean Martin for the role of Bama, in what would be their first film together. Much of the film was shot in and around the town of Madison, Indiana.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madison / Milton Bridge Slide

Madison, Indiana - April 1974

Soon after the Depauw tornado lifted, the Hanover/Madison F4 twister formed near Henryville and traveled through Jefferson County and leveled many structures in the small towns of Hanover and Madison. Eleven were killed in this storm while an additional 300 were injured. According to a WHAS-TV Louisville reporter in a special report about the outbreak, 90% of Hanover was destroyed or severely damaged, including the Hanover College campus. Despite the fact that no one was killed or seriously injured at the college, 32 of the College's 33 buildings were damaged, including two that were completely destroyed and six that sustained major structural damage. Hundreds of trees were down, completely blocking every campus road. All utilities were knocked out and communication with those off campus was nearly impossible. Damage to the campus alone was estimated at about US$10 million. In Madison alone where seven of the fatalities took place, about 300 homes were destroyed and the tornado also brushed the community of China causing additional fatalities. The same storm would later strike the Cincinnati area, producing multiple tornadoes including another F5.
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Jefferson Proving Ground (JPG) Airfield

Everything you ever wanted to know about the JPG Airfield.
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/IN/Airfields_IN_S.htm#jefferson

Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Madison

I am a member of the Versailles American Legion Post # 173, Our Post performs grave side memorial services for Veterans. For the first time I had the honor of visiting the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery located at Madison Indiana. What a beautiful place. With Veterans day on Sunday Nov. 11 you should make the short drive to see it. If you can't make it on Veterans Day, Next time in Madison, go out of your way to see it. The address is 1415 North Gate Road, this is on the growns of the state hospital. If you are a Veteran you may be buried there for free. I will be there, but I hope not too soon........ Jack
See a short YouTube Video of the grounds and a 21 gun salute.

Madison - Milton get new bridge

Keep up with the Madison-Milton bridge repair. Get up to date photos of the bridge at:
http://www.miltonmadisonbridge.com/gallery/live-bridge-cam/
You can find a link to the camera from my web cam page at:
http://webcam.wb9otx.com/cam/

From Eagle Country Radio
The $103 million bridge to replace the current 82-year-old, two-lane bridge was originally scheduled to be completed in September 2012. Ground was broken last November.

Madison, Indiana 1945

Life During WWII in the American Town of Madison, Indiana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRLC8bvJuEk

This is a professionally produced film shot in 1945 but you will still see many landmarks that will be recognizable. By the way that was a very good year, I was born in '45.

If you have broadband (cable / DSL) you may just click on the above link and watch. If on a dial-up connection click the link, but when the player appears click the pause button for a short time. This will let the movie download or buffer ahead. Now click play and you can see the YouTube movie without interruption. This will work with about all videos where the player has a pause button.