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AVIATION VIDEOS
MOVIES Click on a title to get more information (price, length...) Captains of the Clouds - Brian MacLean and his flyer buddies are convinced that their years of dangerous aerial feats will assure them instant combat status, but they soon discover that the Royal Canadian Air Force wants them to find another way. Academy Award Nominations: 2. In the early days of North American involvement in the Second World War, a small group of Canadian freight pilots hear the call to arms. Led by MacLean, a brawny and big-mouthed aviator, the men enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Unfortunately for MacLean, the R.C.A.F. brass feel he is too old to fly a military aircraft. So his chums get their wings, and he gets stuck with a civilian detail ferrying his pals' bomber squadron to England. MacLean's heroism eventually has a chance to surface; however, when a German fighter plane attacks his squadron, he takes a chance and crashes into the German ship. This saves the lives of his pals and opens up the Atlantic corridor for North America to follow the Allies into battle. 1942, Director: Michael Curtiz, Stars: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Alan Hale... Dive Bomber - A military flight surgeon spends his life in a life-and-death quest for the solution to pilot "blackout" during a power drive. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Color) Cinematography. Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray star in this drama about advances in aviation medicine. Flynn plays Doug Lee, a brilliant naval surgeon who volunteers to run experiments on flyers to measure levels of fatigue. At first, his unorthodox techniques for "pilot fatigue" are misunderstood by the stodgy veteran staff, and the flyers themselves. But soon it becomes clear that the condition is potentially deadly, and Lee's preventive measures may save lives. 1941, Director: Michael Curtiz Stars: Errol Flynn, Ralph Bellamy, Fred MacMurray... Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo - The story of the first American bombings of the city of Tokyo. Academy Award nominations: 2, including Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects. Pearl Harbor has just been attacked, and the American Army plans to retaliate by bombing Tokyo. As the airmen prepare for this dangerous mission, they and their loved ones try to deal with and overcome their fear. But so many things can go wrong -- will they all manage to make it back alive? 1944, Director: Mervyn Le Roy Stars: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Phyllis Thaxter ,Robert Mitchum... One of Our Aircraft is Missing - After being shot down over Nazi occupied Holland, an RAF bomber crew attempt to make their way back to England. A well made British production. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Screenplay, Best Special Effects. 1941, Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman... Above and Beyond - An account of WWII's Operation Silverplate, the B-29 unit chosen to drop the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, and the effect it had on the pilot's own personal life. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Motion Picture Story. "Above and Beyond" depicts the events leading up to the use of the first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Colonel Paul Tibbetts is chosen by the Air Force to test the new long-range planes and to prepare a top-secret air corps in anticipation of the bombing of Hiroshima. 1952, Director: Melvin Frank, Stars: Robert Taylor, James Whitmore, Jim Backus, Eleanor Parker... Lafayette Escadrille - A group of ace pilots flying for France in the early years of World War I encounter romance as well as war. Maverick filmmaker William Wellman based this wartime romance on his experiences in World War One. Still licking emotional wounds caused by his father, American youth Thad Walker leaves the States to join the French foreign Legion. Though he meets exciting people and sees his share of combat, more importantly he dates a French girl, Renee, who happens to be a prostitute. They fall in love and, if they can each manage to put the past behind them, a better life seems guaranteed. 1958, Director: William Wellman, Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tom Laughlin... Men of the Fighting Lady - The story centers around the "Fighting Lady" which is an aircraft carrier stationed off Korea in the Sea of Japan. 1954, Director: Andrew Marton, Stars: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon... The McConnell Story - Capt. Joseph Mc Connell, Jr., a true American hero, is the subject of this drama - a chronicle of his WWII and Korean war flying exploits as well as his bumpy but loving relationship with his wife. Biography of Captain Joseph McConnell, a highly regarded jet pilot and hero during World War II. Film follows McConnell's life during his tenure with the armed forces, and dramatizes his relationship with wife and supporter Pearl "Butch" Brown. 1955, Director: Gordon Douglas, Stars: Alan Ladd, June Allyson... The Bridges at Toko-Ri - The dramatic tale of a veteran World War II pilot who must leave his family to participate in the conflict in Korea. Academy Award Nominations: Best Film Editing. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects. This exciting war film details the heroism of U.S. Navy fliers who fought during the Korean War. Lieutenant Harry Brubaker, a naval reserve officer, reluctantly leaves his wife and children behind after he's called back into service. Soon, Brubaker receives his orders: to bomb five bridges that are of vital importance to the enemy. Despite his unhappiness at being back in action and his doubts about U.S. soldiers risking their lives on such a dangerous mission, Lieutenant Brubaker puts his life on the line to make sure the effort is a success. 1955, Director: Mark Robson, Stars: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney... An Annapolis Story - Two brothers become bitter enemies after a quarrel over a girl, and then find themselves thrown together as Navy pilots in the Korean war. 1955, Director: Don Siegel, Stars: John Derek, Kevin McCarthy, Diana Lynn, Pat Conway... 633 Squadron - Cliff Robertson portrays a combat-weary pilot whose R.A.F. squadron is ordered to destroy a Nazi rocket fuel plant tucked deep into a Norwegian fjord. Based on a true story. 1964, Director: Walter Grauman, Stars: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris... Warbirds - When an ally country is attacked by radicals, the United States assembles a crack fighting team for a covert air mission. But when a traitor throws them into the jaws of death, these flyboys set out to revenge a friend and rescue a buddy. 1988, Director: Ulli Lommel, Stars: Jim Eldert, Cully Holland, Bill Brinsfield... Memphis Belle - The brave young men of the B-17 flying fortress named Memphis Belle have just one more mission to fly over Nazi-occupied Europe and they will be on their way home to a hero's welcome. But this 25th mission will also be their most dangerous. Bombing target: Bremen. Fact-based story about the 10 young crewmen of the Memphis Belle, the famed bomber that completed an impressive 25 flights during World War II. Both the final flight of the plane, and its good-looking crew, become the target of a huge publicity scheme created by the armed forces in order to sell more war bonds. 1990, Director: Michael Caton-Jones, Stars: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Billy Zane, John Lithgow, Harry Connick Jr... Back to Warbirds Stories Home page
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