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Movie title: Nebezsti jezdci (Ghost Sky Riders)
Issued: 1969, Czech Film Studios - Ateliery Barandov, Prague, Czechoslovakian
Republic
Directed by: Jindrich Polak
Based on: the autobiographic novel by Filip Jansky
(civic name: Richard Husnik, the former WW-II air-gunner and navigator)
Topic: the story of the young air-gunner and Vickers-Wellington and then B-24
Liberator czech crew during the Battle of Britain and WW-II
In this movie there is footage of two Li-2 (Lisunov-2, is the DC3/C-47 made in
the USSR
during WW-II under the official license)
The LI-2 (during the time the movie was made), was ending their duty in the Czech
Air Force.
The first one (s/n 23442804, military No. 2804) was painted duly as the
British Transport Command Dakota Mk.I.
The second one (s/n 23442209, military No. 2209, ex civilian Czech Airlines
OK-GAD up to year 1957)
played its role in the extraordinary conversion to Vickers Wellington.
The conversion covered the new rudder, the fuselage "coat"
and both the new (fully functional, even with the firing guns!) turrets.
The engines, props, cowlings, undercarriage and wings remained C-47/Li-2.
The converted plane was not allowed to fly (as the Wellington), but it was able
(and cleared to) taxi by its own.
The specialty was the narrow slots in the skin of the fuselage, needed for the
original C-47/Li-2 propellers,
which was by some inches too large for the new "Wellington" fat fuselage.
The pictures from this movie and from the process of the
conversion can be seen in:
"Lisunov´s Wellington" by M. Balous, Air Enthusiast, February
1973,
and in Czech magazine Letectví a Kosmonautika, No.7, 1994, pg.517-519.
It has been broadcasted several times on the Czech TV.
Reporting: Vaclav "Flying Bear" Pospisil
- kuma.pospisil@cmail.cz
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Directed by Terrence Malick
Writing credits (WGA) James Jones (novel) Terrence Malick (screenplay)
Genre: Action / Drama / War
Director Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Penn .... First Sergeant Edward Welsh Adrien Brody ....
Corporal Fife James Caviezel ....
Private Witt (as Jim Caviezel)
Ben Chaplin .... Private Jack Bell George Clooney ....
Captain Charles Bosche ...John Cusack ....
Captain John Gaff ...Woody Harrelson ....
Sergeant Keck ...Elias Koteas ....
Captain James 'Bugger' Staros ...Jared Leto ....
Second Lieutenant Whyte ...Dash Mihok ....
Private First Class Doll ...Tim Blake Nelson ....
Private Tills ...Nick Nolte ....
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tall ...John C. Reilly ....
Sergeant Storm ...Larry Romano ....
Private Mazzi ...John Savage ....
Also Known As:
Mince ligne rouge, La (Canada: French title) MPAA: Rated R for realistic war
violence and language. Runtime: 170 min Country: Canada / USA Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe) Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Reviewed by: Tord S Eriksson
The Thin Red Line. The film stinks, in many ways, but the sequence with
a C-47
flying low over jungle is superb!
Memphis Belle (1990)
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Writing credits (WGA) Monte Merrick (written by)
Plot Summary:
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on ...
Cast:
Matthew Modine.... Dennis Dearborn
Eric Stoltz.... Danny Daly
Tate Donovan.... Luke Sinclair
D.B. Sweeney.... Phil Lowenthal
Billy Zane.... Val Kozlowski
Sean Astin.... Richard "Rascal" Moore
Harry Connick Jr..... Clay Busby
Runtime: :107
Country: UK / USA / Japan / UK / USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Agfacolor)
Sound Mix: 70mm 6-Track / Dolby
Submitted by: "Javi Pardo \(DAKOTA\)" - dakota@menta.net
Spitfire (UK "First of the Few")
1942
RAF- Leslie Howard; Biography of the Spitfire designer R.J Mitchel.
So far unique, it's the only true movie about aircraft design.
Shot with models, mock-up?, newsreel footage of Schineder race
(Supermarine Sea Lion), pre-war German gliders, film of the prototype Spitfire.
Lots of film of a Spitfire squadron verus a Luftwaffe He 111 raid.
This footage was shot at RAF Ibsley with 118 Squad.
and 501 Squadron between operational sorties in late 1941.
They were flying Spitfire Mk.V's. Most of the aircrew were real, many didn't
make it far past filming.
The He 111 was a captured example (AW177) and the camera plane was a Bristol
Blenheim IV.
Actor Leslie Howard was killed 1 June 1943 when his KLM DC-3 was shot
down
by Ju 88C-6's of V/JG40 over the Bay of Biscay.
Submitted by: "Carlos Oliveira" - ceao7@earthlink.net
They Were Expendable (1945)
Directed by - John Ford
Writing credits - William L. White
(book) Frank Wead
Genre: Drama / War
Cast
Robert Montgomery.... Lieutenant John Brickley
John Wayne.... Lieutenant Rusty Ryan
Donna Reed.... Second Lieut. Sandy Davyss
Jack Holt.... General Martin
Ward Bond.... 'Boats' Mulcahey, 'Irish'
Submitted by: John Dunavan - jdunavan@mail.state.tn.us
"They Were Expendable" with John Wayne. The film is an
adaptation of
seminal history of the PT Boat campaigns in the Pacific -
"At Close Quarters" by Bulkley. No longer in print.
The film contains not only great a startup sequence - filmed on a sound stage
with real C-47 engine sounds (it looks like they actually started it on the
stage)- but also exterior take-off and fly-by. The start-up includes the
requisite starter whine and hit-and-miss engine firing. In addition to the C-47
sounds, the film contains some great PT Boat footage and sound effects.
The 12 cylinder unmuffled Liberty running a close second to the radial
for power sounds.
Command Decision 1948
USAAF- Clark Gable; B-17 Commanders decide strategy.
Loosely based on the Schwienfurt- Regensburg missions.
Mainly on the ground, showing a rare look
at the behind the scenes politics and strategy rangling at the top levels.
All the combat footage was from the documentary "Target for Today".
Some footage was shot at San Fernando airport in California
using 2 Paul Mantz
B-17F's (N67974 + ?). C-47. Models.
Capt. Gable, with much opposition trained as an air gunner,
then spent months and 5 sorties in the 8th AF
filming to produce "Combat America". It was shot with the 352 BG on
B-17F's at Polebrook in England.
Actor Cameron Mitchell had been a bombardier,
Donlevy was a former USAAF Flight instructor.
directed by Wim Verstappen. Duration: 100 minutes
Country: Netherlands
Cameraman: Jan de Bont (Remember him as director from 'Speed').
Old pilot with DC-3 is working in the Caribbean and takes on a long solo flight
with an old DC-3 from the
Caribbean to Holland. The old DC-3 is, together with Monique van de Ven and
Kees Brusse, the star of the movie.
(Submitted by: Magiel Venema - magiel.venema@tip.nl
)
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 (B/W) Comedy - Director: H.C. Potter
Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert
The story is about a runaway bride and a pilot who has a shoestring air freight
business after W.W.II...
It had a lot of great shots of the DC-3 in flight and on the ground ... plus
a great soft-field take off from a farmers field...
In Harms Way
1965 (B/W) 165m.
John Wayne and an all star cast
W.W.II action Navy Officer goes out to capture Strategic Islands
DC-3/C-47/ Dakota with John Wayne in It.
Air America
(1990) USA 1990 Color
Produced by: Tri Star Pictures / Carolco Pictures
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode Written by: John Eskow (book) Richard Rush
Comedy / aviation / CIA / Vietnam
Runtime: USA:112
Cast: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, David Marshall Grant, Lane
Smith,
Refugee Camp Organizer, Chanarona Suwanpa
Ronnie Dunnett (Aerial coordinator) Excellent adventure with
spectacular flying sequences
2 camouflaged DC-3/C-47 Dakota are in this movie.
Drop Zone
USA 1994 Color - Produced by: Paramount Pictures
Good Action - skydiving - Directed by John Badham
Wesley Snipes, Yancy Butler, Gary Busey
Outbreak
USA 1995 Color (Technicolor)127m.
Produced by: Punch Productions, Inc. - Warner Brothers
Staring: Dustin Hoffman
The DC-3/C-47 Dakota footage is in the opening credits
Terminal Velocity
USA 1994 Color (Technicolor) 102m.
Produced by: Hollywood Pictures Corporation
Action - skydiving Charlie Sheen
Air Cadet (UK "Jet Men of The Air")
1951
USAF- Rock Hudson(ex USN); Jet training. Filmed on Location at Randolph AFB
with T-6D, Williams AFB with Lockheed T-33A, F-80B, (TC-47B in background).
Some very good Shooting Star footage in this black and white B movie.
Richie Rich
USA 1994 - 95m.
Produced by: Davis Entertainment / Silver Pictures / Warner Brothers
Directed by Donald Petrie Written by: Jim Jennewein, Tom S. Parker, Neil Tolkin
Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette , Edward Herrmann , Christine Ebersole , Jonathan
Hyde
great DC-3 footage and sounds.
Major League
USA 1989 Color - 92m.
Produced by: Mirage / Morgan Creek
Comedy - baseball Directed by David S. Ward
Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen , Wesley Snipes
The team gets "upgraded"
to a DC-3 for road trips
The Green Beret
USA 1968 Color (Technicolor) - 141m.
Produced by: Batjac / Warner Brothers
Written by James Lee Barrett , Robin Moore
Action / Drama Directed by Ray Kellogg , John Wayne
John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St. Jacques, Jack Soo
The Beginning or the End
1947 USAAF -
Written by Ex-Navy pilot "Spig" Weed.
Brian Donlevy (Ex-USAAF, FI); Actor Barry Nelson was ex-USAAF.
Story of the atomic bomb development, ending in Hiroshima.
Shot entirely on a back-lot, using a B-29 fuselage. C-47's B-29 stock footage.
Best Years of our Lives
1946 - USAAF -
Dana Andrews;
Three men return from W.W.II and try to adjust to civilian life.
One was a B-17 bombardier who suffers flash-backs.
Incredible shots of Searcy Field, Oklahoma Bone-yard and Ontario AAF at Chino,
CA
as acres of B-17's, P-39's, BT-13's, BT-15's, C-47's C-54's
etc. are cut for scrap.
The Beginning or the End 1947
USAAF- Brian Donlevy (EX USAAF FI); Story of the atomic bomb development,
ending in Hiroshima.
Actor Barry Nelson was ex USAAF.
Shot entirely on a backlot, using a B-29 fuselage. C-47's, B-29 stock
footage.
Written by ex Navy pilot "Spig" Wead.
The Thing (original
version)
1950's
Features several long flying scenes in cockpit and cargo bay of C-47 while scientist
fly to the site of UFO
crash, then when they bring the frozen alien back to their Antarctic station.
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, (1953)
Directed by: Eugène Lourié
Writing credits: Ray Bradbury
(story The Foghorn): Fred Freiberger
Genre: Sci-fi
Plot Summary: As a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur
thaws out
Very good footage of C-47 on Skies takeoff and airborne footage.
Cast overview:
Paul Hubschmid.... Tom Nesbitt
Paula Raymond.... Lee Hunter
Cecil Kellaway.... Professor Thurgood Elson
Kenneth Tobey.... Colonel Jack Evans
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
USA 1989 Color (Deluxe) 127 m
Directed by: Steven Spielberg Produced by: Lucasfilm Ltd. / Paramount Pictures
Action / Adventure / Indiana-Jones
Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies,
Julian Glover
River Phoenix, Michael Byrne
Adolf Hitler (unaccredited)
Brief footage of C-47
submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp
(Thanks Carlos for catching this one
- "Bear")
Patton (1970)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Writing credits Ladislas Farago
(book Patton: Ordeal and Triumph) Omar N. Bradley
Genre: Drama / War (more)
Plot Outline: The World War II phase of the controversial American general's
career is depicted.
Short Airborne scene of C-47 in OD livery.
Cast overview, :
George C. Scott.....Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Karl Malden.... General Omar N. Bradley
Michael Bates (I).... Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Stephen Young (I).... Captain Chester B. Hansen
Ed Binns.... Major General Walter Bedell Smith
Lawrence Dobkin.... Colonel Gaston Bell
Big Lift
1950 - USAF -
Montgomery Clift; Drama set in the Berlin Airlift, Filmed on location in Berlin
and at Frankfort in 1949.
Real crews appear in many scenes.
Plenty of C-47's, C-54's, and even P-47's (as Russian fighters).
A Bridge Too Far
1977 - RAF/USAAF -
Michael Cain; Airborne in Arnhem attack "Market Garden". Very realistic
picture of Airborne
operations and risks.
12 Douglas C-47 from Danish (3) Finish (4) and Portuguese AF's in USAAF and
RAF markings
China Doll
1958 - USAAF -
Victor Mature; Pilot flying the Burma "Hump" with Chinese wife.
Shot at Saugus - Newhall airport in CA using
2 Mercer Airlines C-47's and some F-4U Corsair's.
Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, and
the Atomic Bomb.
1980 - USAAF -
Patric Duffy; Remake of "Above and Beyond",
2 C-47's, Film was directed by ex-B-29 navigator Lowell Rich
The Eternal Sea
1955 - USN -
Sterling Hayden; Biography of Carrier Commander John Hoskins.
C-47 in Background scenes
Flight from Ashiya
1963 - USAF -
Richard Widmark; Three Crewman have flashbacks during a rescue flight from Japan.
Watch when Widmark is flying a DC-3 from 1941 Manila to a remote village.
It has postwar Japanese civilian registration, and the remote village looks
a lot like a USN Base, complete with high tension towers in the background...<grin>
Flying Leatherneck
1951 - USMC -
John Wayne as a Hard cased Marine Commander.
R5D (C-47) in Background
Forced Landing
1941
Richard Arlen (ex-RFC, future USAAF, FI)
Pacific Air Transport Service Pilot versus Japanese Spy Ring.
C-47 and others
Gathering Of Eagles
1963 -USAF -
USAF- Rock Hudson(ex USN); Hudson is a SAC Wing Commander who's hard
atttitude leads to conflict with his men and his wife.
Strategic Air Command Boeing B-52G's,KC-135A's, Lockheed T-33A, C-47
and
Sikorsky H-19. Titan I missile silos.
Well made with some great shots of B-52 scramble take-offs.
This appears to be one or two wings of B-52G, half the scenes show Hound Dogs,
half with no pylons and missiles. Is this the 4126 SW at Beale AFB???
Oddly enough the 456SW is thanked, but I can't locate this on the SAC unit lists
of the time.
Actor Kevin MacCarthy was ex-USAAF,
and Hudson was an ex-USN groundcrew.
Gorillas in the Mist
1988 -USA:129m
Drama / environmental / based-on-true-story
Directed by Michael Apted
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Dian Fossey, Bryan Brown
Seen on British TV 1996. -
Features Dakota 5Y-AAE landing at a jungle strip, including cockpit view on
final approach.
This aircraft is still current, being reported at Wilson Airdrome last year.
God is My Copilot 1945
USAAF- Dennis Morgan; Flying Tigers biography of R.C Scott.
Shot at Luke AAF Aux. Field #7.
15 Curtiss P-40F's 554 FTS Luke,
12 B-25C/D/G Mitchells from 952 TS at Mather Field.
About 15 Luke 3028 AFBU AT-6's ("Zeros").
1 Republic P-43 Lancer.
C-47.
2 P-40 hulks,
One AT-6 glanced off a B-25 during filming of the final mass air scene,
killing 5 crew in both aircraft
(or just the T-6 pilot, according to another source).
6 P-40 mock-ups from "Flying Tigers". Curtiss A-25 (Helldivers), Lockheed
A-29 (Hudson), Beech AT-11 Kansan Camera Ships.
FLUB-Japanese A/C ID Posters in briefing room in one scene include a Constellation
drawing.
It hadn't even flown in 1941!
Models. Mock-up SB2U-1as "Zero".
Danger Island
(1992) (TV)
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Writing credits William Bleich
Cast:
Richard Beymer
María Celedonio
Gary Graham
Kathy Ireland
Opening scenes have good DC-3 footage (bad movie)
Objective Burma
1945 B&W USA:142;
Directed by: Raoul Walsh;
Cast: Errol Flynn, James Brown (II), William Prince, George Tobias, Henry Hull
War; Commando raid into Burma jungles with an elderly journalist.
Several groups of C-47's
Hot Pursuit (1987)
Directed by and Writing credits: Steven Lisberger
Genre: Comedy
Cast:
John Cusack.... Dan Bartlett
Robert Loggia.... "Mac" MacClaren
Wendy Gazelle.... Lori Cronenberg
Beautiful DC-3 with stairdoor
front takeoff with good sound
great slow fly-by of silhouette skyline
A Guy Named Joe 1943
USAAF- Spencer Tracy; Ghost B-25 Pilot helps P-38 pilot,
many models. Remade as "Always".
Actor Barry Nelson was in the USAAF.
Entirely studio shot, but stock footage was specially filmed at
MacDill, Columbia, Drew, Randolph, and Luke Fields (Vultee BT-13 Valiants).
Types shot at these bases included
8 21 BG MacDill
B-26 Marauders (as "Bettys"!),
about 8 P-38E Lightning,
6 B-25B/C/D Mitchells
3 A-36/P-51 ("Bf 109's")
C-47,
Lockheed Lodestar,
Lockheed 12.
Also 2 P-38E hulks, BT-13, B-25 hulks
(one of the P-38's and the BT were still on lying on the MGM backlot in '69).
Island in the Sky
USA 1953 Black and White
Produced by: Warner Brothers / Wayne-Fellows Productions
Directed by: William A. Wellman
/ Adventure / Drama
with John Wayne, James Arness, Lloyd Nolan, Andy Devine and others.
William H. Clothier, aerial photography
Additional Comments: Based on the novel of the same name by Earnest Gann. It
has some of the best
footage of DC-3/C-47's in flight, including many cockpit views.
Submitted by: James Marino -
james.marino@ualberta.ca
Mulholland
Falls
In the film, the characters fly from the city to the Military Base in a Douglas
DC-3 airplane.
Get a close look at a classic DC-3 by checking out
these Quicktime VR movies taken at the Douglas Museum in Santa Monica.
Goldfinger
(1964) - James Bond 007 Back In Action!
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Written by: Paul Dehn, Ian Fleming, (novel) Richard Maibaum
Produced by: Eon / United Artists
Action / spy / James-bond / gold
Cast: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Froebe, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallett
C-47 in background
Keep em' Flying 1941
USAAC- Abbott and Costello join up.
Shot at the Cal-Aero Academy, Chino, California with Stearman PT-13B's, Vultee
BT-13's, and a C-47(?).
Stunt Pilot Paul Mantz flew his Boeing 100, and Stearman C-3R.
The "fly through the hangar" scene, though, was actually flown by
R.L. Scott
who was the base commander at the time. (Of "God is My Copilot" fame).
Stock footage.
Jungle2Jungle (1997)
Directed by John Pasquin
Writing credits Hervé Palud
(screenplay Un Indien dans la ville) & Igor Aptekman
Genre: Comedy
story line:
Travels to the Amazon Jungle to get his wife's signature on divorce papers,
where he discovers he has a 13
year-old son, brought up by natives. A wonderful adventure ensues. The interesting
bit is right at the beginning. It is a very brief scene as a Servivensa DC-3
lands and passengers disembark.
The only sounds are as the tyres screech on landing but it's a landing worth
watching.
Submitted by: Andy Beckett andy@abeckett.freeserve.co.uk.
Cast :
Tim Allen....Michael Cromwell
Martin Short.... Richard Kempster
JoBeth Williams.... Dr. Patricia Cromwell
David Ogden Stiers.... Alexei Jovanovic
"Worth hiring the film if you've got
kids"
Submitted by: Andy Beckett
Andy@abeckett.freeserve.co.uk
Ladies Courageous 1944
USAAF -L. Young; Women ferry pilots in WAFS.
Manages to make them act like high school students with no professionalism whatever.
Completely fails to shed any light in how air ferry actually worked.
Shot on location at Long Beach AAF, California.
P-51B's, B-24D, P-40, P-47,
B-17E "Suzy Q", B-17G's, many C-47s, P-38, B-26 Maruader, A-20
Havoc, B-25
Mitchell, Lockheed A-29 (Hudson), AT-6, Vultee BT-13 Valiant and Douglas
A-24 (Dauntless).
Spies Like Us
(1985) Color
John Landis, Chevie Chase, Dan Ackroid
In the Line Of Duty: Smoke Jumpers
(1996) Drama
Adam Baldwin, Lindsay Frost
A wilderness Firefighter Loves Danger
McHales Navy Joins the Air Force 1965
USAF- Tim Conway; slapstick comedy apparently shot in Australia (?).
Little Air Force content. C-47, interior, models. P-51D, T-6, T-28 (?)
in
background. Stock footage of P-47's.
Let's Get Harry
USA 1986 Color (Metrocolor) 102 m
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Produced by: TriStar
Action / Adventure / hostage / rescue
Cast: Gary Busey, Cecile Callan, Terry Camilleri, Elpidia Carrillo
Bridge of Time
(1997)TV movie
Cast: Susan Day
Beautiful DC-3 take off and taxi footage
The Right Stuff 1983
USAF- Scott Glenn; Story of early Edwards AFB test pilots and the Mercury astronauts.
Shot at Edwards AFB 1982
with the Confederate AF B-29 (N929B FiFi
- the FAA wouldn't allow them to carry the X-1 mock-up).
Canadair Sabre Mk.5 (N86F as F-86E),
3 T-33A from 144 FIS California ANG,
2 Flight Systems Canadair CT-133 (T-33; N12413, N333MJ),
2 Luftwaffe F-104G from Luke AFB (note wide tail)
Hunter F.Mk.51 ("Douglas D-558-2 SkyRocket"),
Crane Helicopter Sikorsky
SH-34, 2 A-7E Corsair 2 A-4M Skyhawk from VX-5 China Lake,
3 SH-4G of VS-1 from for CORAL SEA carrier segements.
Corsair IIs and Sea Kings hadn't even flown in 1958.
About 20 USAF/NASA T-38's for background shots at Edwards.
Also 2 T-6, 2 P-51D,
1 A-26, one civilian A-37,
Coast Guard HC-130 from Sacramento (background),
NASA C-47,
Edwards F-4C,
Cal. ANG F-106A (background),
T-28, Piper Navajo But few of these appear in the final cut.
The US Army provided 12 UH-1, U-6, U-21, T-42 to support filming.
Camera work done from Art Scholl's DHC Chipmunk,
Tallmantz B-25,
Clay Lacey Learjet, and a Hughes 500.
2 T-33's,
3 F-104B hulks from Davis-Monthan AFB for cockpit shots.
Pima Air Museum B-29 fuselage for interiors, the same as used in the "Last
Flight of Noah's Ark".
Bell X-1, X-1A, X-15 mock-ups.
Chuck Yeager is the bartender, and flew the lead T-33 in the missing man scene,
F-86 chase for X-1 drops.
Some base scenes were shot at ex-Hamilton AFB as "Langley", "the
Cape" "Patrick" and "Edwards". Models
(including the Monogram B-29!)
"THE WILD GEESE"
(1978) USA, Color
With, Richard Burton, Roger Moore
In this movie, good "inside and outside" DAKOTA action (Cabin and
cockpit)
and the foley used the DAKOTA real sounds!
submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp"
THIS ISLAND EARTH"
(1955) USA, Color
With, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason
Here one curious "remote controlled by aliens" DC3 without windows!
The DC3 real sounds used here too!
submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp"
The Sky Raiders 1969
RAF- Czech-made movie about the Czech pilots that flew with RAF Bomber Command
during WWII.
A Czech Air Force Lisunov Li-2 (C-47) was converted
to a remarkable taxing Wellington replica.
It had ex-Luftwaffe MG 17 machine guns, found in a Czech AF store!
Also the usual stock footage of 149 Squad. Wellingtons.
Topaz(1969)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Writing credits Samuel A. Taylor
Genre: Thriller / An underrated Cold War thriller
Cast
Frederick Stafford .... Andre Devereaux
Dany Robin .... Nicole Devereaux
Karin Dor ...Juanita de Cordoba
John Vernon .... Rico Parra
Claude Jade... Michèle Picard
Michel Subor .... François Picard
Runtime: USA:127 Country: USA Language: English Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Westrex Certification: USA:PG
JUNGLE JIM"
series, a chapter named:
"VOODOO TIGER"
(1952) USA, Black & White:
A Nazi scientist kidnaps one DC3 from an Africa airfield, and then without fuel
crashes in the jungle.
Good "interior, take-off, & flight", with the DC3 real sounds!
(Long sequence)
submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp"
LOST HORIZON"
(1937) USA, B/W
With, Ronald Colman, John Howard, Sam Jaffe, Isabel Jewell.
"LOST HORIZON"
(1973) USA, Color
With, Charles Boyer, Peter Finch, George Kennedy.
In both versions, a very long sequence inside a DC3, with very good flight,
takeoff and arrive.
In the 1937 version, only the takeoff and the cabin sounds are from a real
DC3. The flight(outside) sound, is from one "Electra".
In the 1973 version, they used a PBY sounds all time.
Submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp
(this was submitted by several people
- "Bear")
Soldaat van Oranje (US-"Soldier of
Orange") 1979
NAF- Rutger Hauer; the story of six Dutch people and happens to them during
WWII, one becoming a pilot.
Filmed in 1976 at Deelen AB in the Netherlands.
4 Harvard II (T-6) modified to "Fokker D XXI" with spats and a single
canopy.
Tiger Moths (as "Fokker C.V"),
Fokker S.11 ("Stukas").
"Bf 109", C-47, Mosquito.
"SKY PIRATES"
(1987) Australia, Color:
With Simon Chilvers, John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter.
In this Sci-fiction movie about the Bermuda Triangle, very good C-47 sequences,
interior and flight.
Submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp
"THE ISLAND"
(1980) USA, Color:
With Michael Caine, Don Henderson, Frank Middlemass.
Michael Caine is a newspaper report who embarks in a DC3 to the BAHAMAS on
a search to discover the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle and becomes a prisoner
of a primitive
island tribe of Pirates!
Here good Takeoff, flight and CRASH sequences, with the DC3 real sounds
(Only the Crash sound, I don't know if is from a DC3)
submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp
"HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX"
(1993) USA, Color:
With Charlie Sheen, Brenda Bakke, Lloyd Bridges, Jerry Haleva (as Saddam Hussein)
A parody of the "RAMBO" series. A C-47 appear in a short sequence
with
Takeoff, flight(Cabin only) and a very crazy parachute launch sequence( Geronimoooooo...!!!).
The PBY sound used here again.
Submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight)ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp
"CONGO"
(1995) USA, Color:
With Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson.
A adventure movie about the chase for the King Solomon diamond mines.
One short but very beautiful sequence with one DC3, flying over the jungle.
Here the DC3 real sounds used.
Submitted by: Carlos Eduardo A. de Oliveira (The Black Knight) ceaotit@sun-inet.or.jp
(several people Submitted this
movie - "Bear")
Toward the Unknown (UK "Brink of Hell")
1956
USAF- William Holden (ex USAAF); redeems himself as Test pilot.
Shot at Edwards AFB with Bell X-2, Douglas X-3 Stileto, Martin XB-51
(as "XF120", this had a fatal crash during a filming ferry flight).
Lockheed XF-92 Starfire (as "XF-102") burned up forthe crash scene!,
2 Lockheed F-94C Starfires (one was flown by Pete Everest),
F-101 Voodoo N.A.
F-100 Super Sabre,
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger,
Douglas B-66,
Convair B-36,
Douglas D-558 II,
Boeing B-47's,
B-25 Mitchell,
C-47,
T-33,
F-84E/G/F
Thunderjets, Sikorsky H-19.
Written by ex-B-24 Group Cdr. Beirne Lay.
Ransom
1996 (color) Produced by: Brian Grazer/Scott Rudin production
Runtime: USA:120
Staring Mel Gibson
Directed by Ron Howard
Airline owners son is kidnapped-- several DC-3 pictures shown at the beginning
of movie.
(Submitted by: Kristine Hake)
Louisiana Purchase
Starring Bob Hope & Kay Aldridge, 1941
DC-3 appears just before the big filibuster talk of Bob Hope, when he
discovers all the other crooked senators are ditching town.
They get on a DC-3 and also, when they pan away there's one just past Bob Hope's
head.
(Submitted by: Kristine Hake)
We've Never Been Licked (also called "Remember
Pearl Harbor!") 1943
USN- N. Beery; Jr.; American joins Japanese forces,
dives his Japanese bomber into a Japanese Navy carrier!
Waco UPF trainers,
3 F4F Wildcats (as "Japanese fighters"),
Douglas SBD
Dauntless,
Curtiss SNC Falcon,
N.A. SNJ's,
Douglas C-47,
Beech AT-11 ("Jap Bombers"). Stock footage.
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Directed by Steve Carver
Writing credits H. Kaye Dyal
Genre: Action (more)
Plot Summary: The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug
kingpin
good DC-3 footage
Cast overview, :
Chuck Norris.... J.J. McQuade
David Carradine.... Rawley Wilkes
Barbara Carrera.... Lola Richardson
Leon Isaac Kennedy.... Jackson
Robert Beltran.... Kayo
L.Q. Jones.... Dakota
(Submitted by: Kristine Hake)
Dirty Dozen, The (1967)
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Writing credits E.M. Nathanson
(novel) Nunnally Johnson
Genre: Action / War (more)
Plot Outline: A US Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train
and
lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers in World War
II.
Several C-47's used in Jump School sequence.
Cast overview, :
Lee Marvin.... Major John Reisman
Ernest Borgnine.... General Worden
Charles Bronson.... Joseph Wladislaw
Jim Brown.... Robert Jefferson
John Cassavetes.... Victor Franko
Richard Jaeckel.... Sergeant Clyde Bowren
George Kennedy.... Major Max Armbruster
Trini López.... Pedro Jiminez
Ralph Meeker.... Captain Stuart Kinder
Robert Ryan.... Colonel Everett Dasher Breed
Telly Savalas.... Archer Maggott
Donald Sutherland.... Vernon Pinkley
Clint Walker (I).... Samson Posey
Robert Webber (I).... General Denton
Tom Busby.... Milo Vladek
Club Paradise (1986)
Directed by Harold Ramis
Comedy , DC-3 in opening scenes, Tropical fun.
Cast :Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Twiggy Lawson
Runtime: USA:104, Country: USA , Language: English , Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby
(Submitted by: Kristine Hake)
You Came Along 1945
USAAC- R. Cummings (ex Civilian USAAF flight instructor);
3 returning Lockheed P-38 Lightning pilots on a bond tour.
Beech C-45, N.A. AT-6, Vultee BT-13, Boeing B-17F, C-47,
and 3 P-38 Lightings.
Notorious (1946)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Romance / Thriller
Plot Outline: A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America.
How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Several DC-3 scenes
cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Runtime: USA:101 , Country: USA, Language: English, Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono
(Submitted by: Kristine Hake)
Volunteers (1985)
Directed by - Nicholas Meyer
Writing credits - Keith Critchlow
(story)- David Isaacs
Genre: Comedy
DC-3 when they arrive in country
Cast: Tom Hanks - Lawrence Bourne III
John Candy - Tom Tuttle
Woman of the Year (1942)
Directed by George Stevens
Writing credits - Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Cast - Spencer Tracy - Sam Craig
Katharine Hepburn - Tess Harding
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Directed by - Garson Kanin
Writing credits - Leo McCarey
Genre: Comedy
cast: - Irene Dunne - Ellen Arden
Cary Grant - Nick Arden
Randolph Scott - Stephen Burkett
Big Jim McLain (1952)
Directed by - Edward Ludwig
Writing credits - Richard English and James Edward Grant
Genre: Drama
cast:
John Wayne - Jim McLain
Nancy Olson - Nancy Vallon
James Arness - Mal Baxter
Cover Girl Murders, The (1993) (TV)
Directed by- James A. Contner
Writing credits Douglas Barr (III)
Genre: Thriller
Cast:
Lee Majors.... Rex Kingman
Jennifer O'Neill (I).... Kate
Adrian Paul.... Patrice (the photographer)
José Escandón.... DC-3 Pilot
Submitted by: dstc47@indigo.ie
The 1993 film "The Cover Girl Murders" is graced by air, landing and
ground
shots of TANSA DC3C XA- RZF, in the opening sequence.
Some interior shots also may have been taken aboard this aircraft.
If you can stick this fairly dull film out, and I did in the hope of a
reappearance, there are also two brief fly past sequences by a distant
DC-3/C-47 at the very end. The film appears to have been made in the Puerta
Vallarta area, judging from the credits but is supposed to be set on a
deserted island.
McConnell Story, The (1955)
Directed by - Gordon Douglas
Writing credits - Sam Rolfe
Genre: Drama
cast:
Alan Ladd - Capt. Joseph C.'Mac' McConnell, Jr.
June Allyson - Pearl "Butch" Brown
James Whitmore - Ty Whitman
Nixon (1995)
Directed by - Oliver Stone
Writing credits - Stephen J. Rivele
Genre: Drama
Cast: Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon
DC-3 on Ramp when Nixon is at Love field the day of the
Kennedy assassination.
Sea Chase, The (1955)
Directed by John Farrow (I)
Writing credits: James Warner Bellah, John Twist
Genre: Action / Drama
Plot Outline: As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich
tries to get
his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.
The DC-3 part is when the British officer gets transferred to North Atlantic
duty.
He gets there in a "Stars-n-Bars" C-47.
Cast :
John Wayne.... Capt. Karl Ehrlich
Lana Turner.... Elsa Keller
David Farrar (I).... Cmd. Jeff Napier
Lyle Bettger.... Chief Officer Kirchner
John Qualen.... Chief Engineer Schmitt
Alan Hale Jr..... Wentz
Back from Eternity (1956)
Directed by: John Farrow (I)
Writing credits: Richard Carroll (II)
(story) Jonathan Latimer
Genre: Drama (more)
Plot Summary: A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters
crash
lands ... Movie is centered around a DC-3. Great movie B&W.
cast:
Robert Ryan.... Bill
Anita Ekberg.... Rena
Rod Steiger.... Vasquez
Phyllis Kirk.... Louise
Submitted by: AirplaneB1@aol.com
Flight Nurse (1953)
Directed by Allan Dwan
Writing credits Alan Le May
cast:
Joan Leslie.... Lieutenant Polly Davis
Forrest Tucker.... Captain Bill Eaton
Arthur Franz.... Captain Mike Barnes
Jeff Donnell.... Lieutenant Ann Phillips
Ben Cooper.... Private First Class Marvin Judd
James Holden.... Sergeant Frank Swan
James Brown (II).... Flight Engineer
Runtime: USA:90
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Submitted by:David McKee - douglasc41@earthlink.net
The Eagle Has Landed (1977)
Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland
Director: John Sturges
Synopsis: Fast-paced, action-packed thriller about a Nazi plot to
kidnap Winston Churchill. This is a solid, well-crafted yarn.
Runtime: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Action, Drama, Suspense, War
submited by: Kristine Hake
Australia / USA 1986 Color
Directed by: Colin Eggleston
Produced by: John Lamond Motion Pictures
Certification: Australia:M / Sweden:15
Language: English
Genre/keyword: Adventure / aviation / supernatural
Runtime: Australia:86
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
John Hargreaves (I).... Harris
Meredith Phillips.... Melanie Mitchell
Max Phipps.... Savage
None But the Brave (1965)
Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker
Director: Frank Sinatra
Synopsis: WWII drama about tenuous peace between American and
Japanese soldiers stranded on an island.
Though critics were lukewarm, war movie buffs seeking none-too-deep plot should
enjoy
interesting scenario, some suspense.
R4D crashes on Island
Runtime: 105 minutes
Genres: Action, Suspense, War
Rocky IV (1985)
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Synopsis: MTV-style continuation of Rocky saga with Cold War subplot.
Critics panned this for being predictable and implausible.
Best-appreciated by die-hard series fans who enjoy big-budget fight scenes.
DC-3 or LI-2 seen when Rocky arrives in Russia to train.
Runtime: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Action, Drama
Band of Brothers (2001)
Starring: Ron Livingston, Donnie Wahlberg
Directors: Tom Hanks, Richard Loncraine
Synopsis: Sprawling HBO W.W.II miniseries follows a company of the
506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from training in Georgia,
to parachuting into France on D-Day, all the way to its capture
of Hitler's mountain retreat in Bavaria.
(Based on the nonfiction novel highly
disputed
by Troop Carrier and C-47/Dakota Pilots)
by Stephen E. Ambrose.
Runtime: 600 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Action, Drama, TV show, War
Jet Pilot (1957)
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Plot Summary: Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet
pilot ...
Tagline: Greatest Air Spectacle of the Jet Age! Earth-shaking, sky-shattering
... SO BIG
it took years to make!
Complete credited cast:
John Wayne.... Colonel Jim Shannon USAF
Janet Leigh.... Lt. Anna Marladovna/Olga
Jay C. Flippen.... Major General Black
Paul Fix.... Major Rexford
(Several C-47's one landing on runway, anotheron
the Tarmacbehind T-6's)
Production Notes: (shot 1950)
Runtime: 112
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Finland:K-12 / West Germany:12
Brannigan (1975)
Genre: Action (more)
Tagline: Detective-Lieutenant Brannigan is in London...God save the Queen!
Plot Summary: Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster.
Cast overview, first billed only:
John Wayne .... Lt. Jim Brannigan Chicago PD
Richard Attenborough .... Commander Sir Charles Swann Scotland Yard
Judy Geeson.... Detective Sergeant Jennifer Thatcher Scotland Yard
Mel Ferrer.... Mel Fields, Larkin's Attorney
John Vernon.... Ben Larkin
(during the credits, as they are taking brannigan
to the airport as they approch the terminal,
on the tarmac in the background is a DC-3)
Also Known As: Joe Battle (1975)
Runtime: 111
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Finland:K-16 / Netherlands:12 / Sweden:15 / USA:PG
Live and Let Die (1973)
Genre: Action / Adventure (more)
Plot Outline: 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate
armed with a
complex organization
Cast overview, first billed only:
Roger Moore.... James Bond
Yaphet Kotto.... Kananga/Mr. Big
Jane Seymour.... Solitaire
Clifton James.... Sheriff J.W. Pepper
(C-47 is shown)
Runtime: 119
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color (Rankcolor)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Finland:K-16 / Norway:15 / Norway:16 (1973) / Sweden:15 / UK:PG
/ USA:PG / West Germany:12
Deadly Mantis, The (1957)
Directed by: Nathan Juran
Writing credits: William Alland (story), Martin Berkeley
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Plot Outline: A prehistoric giant praying mantis attacks North America.
cast:
Craig Stevens (I).... Colonel Joe Parkman
William Hopper (I).... Dr. Ned Jackson
Alix Talton.... Marge Blaine
Donald Randolph.... General Mark Ford
Pat Conway (II).... Sergeant Pete Allen
Also Known As:
Giant Mantis, The (1957)
Incredible Praying Mantis, The (1957)
Runtime: 79
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Finland:K-12 / USA:Approved
Credited cast:
Terence Hill .... Plata
Bud Spencer .... Salud
Reinhard Kolldehoff .... Mr. Ears (as René Kolldehoff)
Also Known As:
All the Way Boys (1972) (USA)
Plane Crazy (1972) (USA)
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Mono
How I Got Into College (1989)
Directed by: Savage Steve Holland
Genre: Comedy / Romance (more)
Plot Summary: A teen movie... in one of the dream sequances the hero jumps from a great DC-3
Cast overview, first billed only:
Anthony Edwards .... Kip Hammett
Corey Parker .... Marlon Browne
Lara Flynn Boyle .... Jessica Kailo
Plot Summary: Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office...
Complete credited cast:
Bob Hope .... Ronnie Jackson
Dorothy Lamour .... Carlotta Montay
Peter Lorre .... Kismet
Lon Chaney Jr. .... Willie (as Lon Chaney)
Runtime: 87 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
(1967)
Genre: Comedy (more)
Plot Outline: An American plans to bilk the British out of some considerable money with the help of an English con artist.
Cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry Lewis .... George Lester
Terry-Thomas .... H. William Homer
Jacqueline Pearce .... Pamela Lester
Runtime: USA:99 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
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The DC-3 Aviation
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to the front ranks Incredibly beautiful backgrounds. The narrative, based on the ongoing true story, concerns the day to
day Avion Video also gives the Hollywood quality to these great lumbering
beasts of burden, Best though, a bit of narrative geniuses that, As we ultimately learn, some of the video, appear to be in flashback,
To Avion Video's credit, though, the video goes beyond the standard But Avion Video, being Avion Video, the inevitable creeps in as well,
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"The story of the Spunkmeyer DC 3s."
You can get a copy of this video from:
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20511 Skywest Drive
Hayward, CA 94541
510 - 887 - 4121
Ask for Rick or Cory
The DC-3 Aviation
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First Light Productions
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"Otis Spunkmeyer DC 3s."
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Our staff has reviewed this video - We found it to be an outstanding video. It doesn't matter that we all know how realistic the Idea of us flying The sheer energy of the love for the "Grand Old Lady" shows, |
The Air-to Air photography is outstanding
(done
by our own Bob Campbell)
The presentation
is clear and professional
and the entire video is done in the proper
"Spirit"
that is due the
"Grand old Lady"
...Bear
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A tribute to the finest propliner ever built.
Never seen before, so many DC-3's on two 1 hour videos!
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"Bear"
"C-47's at War",
B/W /Color, 57 minutes,
by:
American Sound & Video
(1-800-869-6379)
This video covers many of the tasks the C-47 accomplished.
It even shows them loading mules to be flown from Burma to China.
My base, ATC - 1348th
AAFBU flew
4 mules and 4 Chinese soldiers per load from Burma to China
while taking the Chinese 6th Army from Burma to China.
I recommend this video to anyone
who loves the old Gooney Bird!
Submitted by: Willard Mumford - wmumford@prodigy.net
(The DC-3 Aviation Museum staff has
not reviewed this video -
nor do we have any connection to its sale
this notice is for information only)
"The video is called
'DC3 in the Caribbean'
and shows the operation of Four Star, based in Puerto Rico.
"Our crew followed an aircraft for a day
as it flies from one island to the other".
We did some nice cockpit filming,
also some neat air to air stuff.
Good interviews with pilots
and other DC3 buffs that work for Four Star.
"Some historical footage provided by Mc Donnell Douglas is also on the program.
"The video is reviewed in January/February 96
Airways magazine which is out now.
(Airways magazine does not make it over the Atlantic)
Airliners magazine will have a review of the video in the near future.
"The Video program is approx. 45 minutes long.
"Price in the US (NTSC format) is $24,95 + shipping
"Price in Europe (PAL format) is UK£19,95 + shipping
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Yesterday I received the video
"DC-3 in the Caribbean" by Just Planes Videos. Now, this is GOOD!!! Highly recommendable to any DC-3 fan (and I know there are quite a few here...) Also, I just found out that Four Star Cargo, which is the owner of the DC-3's they follow in the video, has a new Website: http://www.fourstaraircargo.com/ Check it out. Nicolai Musante Copenhagen, Denmark |
(The DC-3 Aviation Museum thanks Just Planes for the review copy
of
"DC3 in the Caribbean"
and has acknowledged this outstanding Video as a
"pilots video" with outstanding footage of both flight and operations
The folks at Four Star Cargo love and appreciate their "Birds"
" Recommended by both UK and US review staff ")
From: Goodwalk@aol.com
Subject: DC-3 Video
"The Plane That
Refused to Die - the Douglas DC-3"
is now available on VHS.
Aviation enthusiast and pilot Arthur Godfrey hosts this sentimental look
back on the development, production, and widespread use of the world renown
Douglas DC-3.
This half-hour segment originally aired in 1967, and includes
extensive and rare black & white and color footage - including interviews
with Donald Douglas, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, and features
North Central Airlines high-time 'gooney bird' "728".
This video is available for $19.95 + $5 S&H from Classic Aera.
Send Checks or Money Orders to:
Brian Walker
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I can be contacted at:
(630) 782-1676
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Subject: DC-3 Video
There is a 1985 copyright
video that was shown on NOVA
on public television years ago called
"The Plane
That Changed The World".
(Yes, the plane that changed the world
is the DC-3.)
The complete history from design to today is accurately
shown in well preserved film footage.
Designers and pilots from all eras are interviewed.
This Video is out of
print
we have no source for copies
Wheels Up! DC-3 fans
Audio Tape
"Ancient Silver Birds"
Old-time Feeder Airlines With Their Workhorse DC3s
Ancient Silver Birds is a 64-minute audio production--entertaining stories and
original music--
cheerfully recalling the dozen or so years after World War II,
when you could buy surplus military airplanes cheaply,
and experienced pilots were looking for work.
In that time of economic growth, local service airlines
sprang up all over the place, linking smaller towns,
and feeding passengers and freight to the major transportation hubs.
The DC3, already phasing out of service with the major airlines,
was the workhorse of the feeder airlines...cheap, sturdy, and fun.
That time is gone these forty-some years since.
Those who remember it are awash in nostalgia.
Those who missed it are astonished by that wild and woolly activity
in the commercial airways.
Ancient Silver Birds tells the tales.
Here's the complete flight log of this first production cassette:
http://www.swcp.com/correspo/birds.htm
A Co-Production of ABQ Communications Corporation and Fort Mudge
Productions
Music Copyright © 1997 Jeff Winkless (ASCAP) All rights reserved.
Text Copyright © 1997 by ABQ Communications Corporation. All rights reserved.
Music performance by Jeff Winkless. Narration by Nelson Winkless III.
Production by Fort Mudge Productions, Studio City CA
If you have an uncontrollable urge
to acquire the audio cassette o
f Ancient Silver Birds,
send a check for $19.95
($15.95 for the cassette, $4 for shipping and handling.
New Mexico residents add 5.5% for tax) to:
ABQ Communications Corporation,
P.O. Box 1432,
Corrales NM 87048.
Yes, we've a wholesale
price schedule for retailers.
Our e-mail address is: correspo@swcp.com
... And if you want to learn more about us, jump to Correspo
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We Thank ABQ Communications
Corporation, for providing
The DC-3 Aviation Museum the tape
"Ancient Silver Birds"
for review.
We Found the Tape to be a well done, informative and entertaining.
Providing glimpses, of a time when the DC-3 was the
flying Commercial Aircraft of the Nation.
The narrative and stories are those collective things
that have created the legend,
that fans of this great aircraft thrive on...
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