Your favourite aircraft film?
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"Cloud Dancer" - classic late-1970's cheese-fest but with some stonking flying footage - lots of Pitts footage, plus an epic - if unlikely - manoeuvering kill on a P-51 Mustang by a Turbo Arrow.
Some bizarrely Spanish dubbed highlights here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obSoXpxltcM
I have an ancient VHS copy - took me ages to track one down - turns out a mate has the 'extended' version on Betamax. If only anybody had one of those still....
Some bizarrely Spanish dubbed highlights here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obSoXpxltcM
I have an ancient VHS copy - took me ages to track one down - turns out a mate has the 'extended' version on Betamax. If only anybody had one of those still....
Dr Jekyll said:
Conian said:
During a recent phase if illness i was at the mercy of what i could pick up on the main 5 channels, good news came when i heard 'John Wayne double-bill'
the first film was The High & Mighty
JW was an ex military pilot now flying commercial passenger (prop) planes
the plot.. in brief
lots of passenger back story and monologues
is something wrong with engine 1? no? are you sure?
flying over ocean, are we passed the point of no return....... er..... yes we are now
crap, engine 1 is dead, never mind, we can make it
arse, engine 4 is dead, lets ditch in the rough seas, we might die, we might be ok
JW decides that they CAN make it to LA, he feels lucky, he just 'knows', cos ya know, he's got 1000's of hours flying.
captain doesnt believe him
JW slaps him on the face, twice
captain believes him
they make it to LA, yay!
so in short, my answer to your question is....... Dambusters
The bizarre thing is, that film is based on a book by Ernest Gann. One of the best aviation writers of all time.the first film was The High & Mighty
JW was an ex military pilot now flying commercial passenger (prop) planes
the plot.. in brief
lots of passenger back story and monologues
is something wrong with engine 1? no? are you sure?
flying over ocean, are we passed the point of no return....... er..... yes we are now
crap, engine 1 is dead, never mind, we can make it
arse, engine 4 is dead, lets ditch in the rough seas, we might die, we might be ok
JW decides that they CAN make it to LA, he feels lucky, he just 'knows', cos ya know, he's got 1000's of hours flying.
captain doesnt believe him
JW slaps him on the face, twice
captain believes him
they make it to LA, yay!
so in short, my answer to your question is....... Dambusters
I really enjoyed Dark Blue World, which uses BoB footage digitally altered to fit the needs of the film.
But my favourite if Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Duelling by Balloon
- Gert Frobe at his best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4fVp-hEPOk @ 2:30m
But my favourite if Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Duelling by Balloon
- Gert Frobe at his best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4fVp-hEPOk @ 2:30m rhinochopig said:
Gert Frobe at his best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4fVp-hEPOk @ 2:30m
The inventor of beat-box. 
Ayahuasca said:
Another one - don't know the name - about a B-24 that missed its airfield in Libya and carried on into the desert and the 'surviving' crew turned out to be ghosts...
Sole Survivor - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065007/There was a film about when I was a youngster, probably around the mid 1950s, that centred around a Cranwell recruit who learned on Vampires and moved on to Hunters..
His father flew fighters in the Battle of Britain with this bloke's CO and there was some dark secret about how he died.
I think Anthony Newley was in it...flew a radio controlled model into a window on the base. Or was that a different film?
No idea what it was called.
Does anybody know..?
His father flew fighters in the Battle of Britain with this bloke's CO and there was some dark secret about how he died.
I think Anthony Newley was in it...flew a radio controlled model into a window on the base. Or was that a different film?
No idea what it was called.
Does anybody know..?
FourWheelDrift said:
High Flight - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049313/
Bugger me, you're right. That's been bugging me for years. Award yourself a carrot....FourWheelDrift said:
Ayahuasca said:
Another one - don't know the name - about a B-24 that missed its airfield in Libya and carried on into the desert and the 'surviving' crew turned out to be ghosts...
Sole Survivor - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065007/ based on the true story of the Lady B Goode (that you can still see on google earth) ...horrible place to end up.mrmaggit said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Conian said:
During a recent phase if illness i was at the mercy of what i could pick up on the main 5 channels, good news came when i heard 'John Wayne double-bill'
the first film was The High & Mighty
JW was an ex military pilot now flying commercial passenger (prop) planes
the plot.. in brief
lots of passenger back story and monologues
is something wrong with engine 1? no? are you sure?
flying over ocean, are we passed the point of no return....... er..... yes we are now
crap, engine 1 is dead, never mind, we can make it
arse, engine 4 is dead, lets ditch in the rough seas, we might die, we might be ok
JW decides that they CAN make it to LA, he feels lucky, he just 'knows', cos ya know, he's got 1000's of hours flying.
captain doesnt believe him
JW slaps him on the face, twice
captain believes him
they make it to LA, yay!
so in short, my answer to your question is....... Dambusters
The bizarre thing is, that film is based on a book by Ernest Gann. One of the best aviation writers of all time.the first film was The High & Mighty
JW was an ex military pilot now flying commercial passenger (prop) planes
the plot.. in brief
lots of passenger back story and monologues
is something wrong with engine 1? no? are you sure?
flying over ocean, are we passed the point of no return....... er..... yes we are now
crap, engine 1 is dead, never mind, we can make it
arse, engine 4 is dead, lets ditch in the rough seas, we might die, we might be ok
JW decides that they CAN make it to LA, he feels lucky, he just 'knows', cos ya know, he's got 1000's of hours flying.
captain doesnt believe him
JW slaps him on the face, twice
captain believes him
they make it to LA, yay!
so in short, my answer to your question is....... Dambusters
When I was a lad...
my dad used to take me to "the pictures" on a Thursday night, we saw the Dam Busters when it came out and lots of other films late fifties early sixties ('cos that was when it was) and I can remember a film about US Naval or Marine types called the Blue and the Gold. I'm sure it was early US naval jets but I can't remember a bl**dy thing about it
Penalty of getting old I suppose
Anyway mine is Battle of Britain too
CASA HAs painted as Hurris to pad out the flying shots, lurveley!
And there was a programme on TV a few months ago that used mainly BOB footage to tell the story "accurately" using some unshown footage too, anyone see it?
And clock the Mitchell being filmed from another camera plane in another scene during the meleé?
my dad used to take me to "the pictures" on a Thursday night, we saw the Dam Busters when it came out and lots of other films late fifties early sixties ('cos that was when it was) and I can remember a film about US Naval or Marine types called the Blue and the Gold. I'm sure it was early US naval jets but I can't remember a bl**dy thing about it
Penalty of getting old I suppose
Anyway mine is Battle of Britain too
CASA HAs painted as Hurris to pad out the flying shots, lurveley!
And there was a programme on TV a few months ago that used mainly BOB footage to tell the story "accurately" using some unshown footage too, anyone see it?
And clock the Mitchell being filmed from another camera plane in another scene during the meleé?
Talking about cinema films and the classic Saturday morning shorts here are some classic 1940's air war documentary films.
The US War Department presents - The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) - 42m30s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDSFAYDV-Y
British War Department film - "Why we fight" Battle of Britain (Special Service Information film #4) - 52m12s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qi9rDHtbuE
John Ford's Documentary "The Battle of Midway" - 18m23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi4HwxOZDJw
The US War Department presents - The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) - 42m30s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDSFAYDV-Y
British War Department film - "Why we fight" Battle of Britain (Special Service Information film #4) - 52m12s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qi9rDHtbuE
John Ford's Documentary "The Battle of Midway" - 18m23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi4HwxOZDJw
FourWheelDrift said:
Talking about cinema films and the classic Saturday morning shorts here are some classic 1940's air war documentary films.
The US War Department presents - The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) - 42m30s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDSFAYDV-Y
British War Department film - "Why we fight" Battle of Britain (Special Service Information film #4) - 52m12s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qi9rDHtbuE
John Ford's Documentary "The Battle of Midway" - 18m23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi4HwxOZDJw
Wasn't there a wartime documentary called "The Mighty Eighth" as well?The US War Department presents - The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) - 42m30s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDSFAYDV-Y
British War Department film - "Why we fight" Battle of Britain (Special Service Information film #4) - 52m12s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qi9rDHtbuE
John Ford's Documentary "The Battle of Midway" - 18m23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi4HwxOZDJw
There's Hanover Street with Harrison Ford too:
"The Mighty Eighth" hasn't been uploaded to the movies section so it's not an all in one film, it's been split into 3x 10mins sections, part 1 here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu5IYi1-TDU
Attack in the Pacific has though - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opLP-gDXlKo - 52mins
Attack in the Pacific has though - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opLP-gDXlKo - 52mins
FourWheelDrift said:
"The Mighty Eighth" hasn't been uploaded to the movies section so it's not an all in one film, it's been split into 3x 10mins sections, part 1 here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu5IYi1-TDU
Attack in the Pacific has though - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opLP-gDXlKo - 52mins
That's the one.Attack in the Pacific has though - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opLP-gDXlKo - 52mins
How about "Piece of Fake", sorry, "Cake". It was on TV years ago. I think it was based on a book by Len Deighton. And the equally appalling "Strike Force" that one never got further than one episode.
Also, the WW1 series "Wings" on the BBC, now that's going back a bit...
More recently, I thought "The Aviator" (Howard Hughes) was a good enough film.
Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 21st March 22:50
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