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Kamikaze:
Death From the Sky
From the back cover
BANZAI! American Sailors ran for cover as Japanese Kamikaze pilots
came diving from the sky. With suicide on their minds and planes packed
with bombs, the doomed pilots became the dreaded terror of U.S. naval carriers
in the Pacific. Witness gory footage of the horrifying Kamikaze campaign
shot during the last ten months of the WWII. Kamikaze-Death From The Sky
is the real story behind these catastrophic forces of destruction. Machine
guns blazing, mercilessly attacking war ships by day and in the darkness,
they plummeted to their deaths for Emperor Hirohito. Spilling their blood
an baptizing their souls in fire-- they would stop at nothing to destroy
the enemy forces. Kamikaze-Death From The Sky is a video viewing experience
you won't soon forget.
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Test
Pilot : Taking Chances in the Air (Risky Business)
by Keith Elliot Greenberg,
Pedro E Ybanez (Photographer),
Bruce S. Glassman (Editor)
Book
From the Publisher
Meet Major Rex Bailey at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He'll
take you into the cockpit of a Stealth Bomber and show you how he
tests its limits in the air. He'll also show you all the work that goes
into preparing for his test runs. You'll spend some time in the simulation
chamber and get an insider's tour of some of the Air Force's other special
aircraft!
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Lifeline
from the Sky-Weapons at War
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Spitfire
(1942)
Amazon.com
Also known by its British title The First of the Few, this 1942 film is
an engaging, touching account of R.J. Mitchell's dedicated efforts to design
and build the Spitfire, the RAF fighter plane whose superior performance
eventually won the air war against Germany in World War II. Actor
Leslie Howard produced, directed, and starred in this inspiring drama at
a time when England had come to embrace him as a patriotic figurehead.
His humbling performance as Mitchell--who sacrificed his health in pursuit
of the goal--can't help but merge in one's imagination with Howard's
real-life death under Nazi fire while on a still-mysterious RAF mission.
Consistent with the theme of heroic selflessness is Howard's extraordinary
generosity to costar David Niven, whose own rakish performance as Mitchell's
brave, dedicated test pilot is a real star turn. For a movie that is essentially
about an inventor working himself ragged night and day while the love of
his life helplessly looks on, Spitfire is anything but static, redundant,
or soapy. A film with a bright personality, Spitfire is a fitting, final
testament to Howard's unique image and gifts. --Tom Keogh
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Fighter
Attack (1953)
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The
Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
List Price: $19.98
Price: $17.99
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Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara
is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this
somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the
mixed lot is stretched to his limit, and individual efforts to brave
the elements and hostile nomads are duly punished. What is left is collective
will and ingenuity. One could call this an allegory for transcending Cold
War madness, perhaps, but Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) makes this such a gritty,
immediate experience that you can feel the desert sand in your teeth. Superb
performances by James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger,
Peter Finch, and the rest. --Tom Keogh
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The
Sea Shall Not Have Them (1955)
Synopsis
During WWII, a British bomber plane (containing a crew member bearing valuable
secrets) is shot down into the North Sea. The Air-Sea rescue unit
sets out to locate the passengers and bring them to safety. However, the
squad encounters numerous obstacles every step of the way. Will the life-saving
team eventually succeed in its mission?
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Now on DVD
John Wayne
The
High and the Mighty
John Wayne plays an airline pilot with Robert Stack
and they fly an airliner through a storm across the ocean ... great movie.
But it's this tune that John Wayne whistles from time to time
that's so catchy
Movie Suggestion by Rick Oliver
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Squadron (1964)
great footage of the vintage RAF Mosquito fighter-bombers
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Battle
of Britain (1969)
Amazon.com
There's something about this film that's so irresistible, despite its grandiose
manipulation. Maybe because it recounts the greatest air battle in
history, achieving the greatest aerial battle in film history. Maybe because
it has such a terrific cast (Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard,
Curt Jurgens, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael
Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, and Edward
Fox). Maybe because it's so technically well-made, thanks to the Bond team
of producer Harry Saltzman and director Guy Hamilton and the great
cinematographer Freddie Young. Or maybe because there is something truly
riveting about watching the British kick the Nazis back to Germany. --Bill
Desowitz
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The
Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Amazon.com
This true story of the black flyers who broke the color barrier in the
U.S. Air Force during World War II is a well-intentioned film highlighted
by an excellent cast. Proud, solemn, Iowa-born Laurence Fishburne and city-kid
hipster Cuba Gooding Jr. are among the hopefuls who meet en route
to Tuskegee Air Force Base, where they are among the recruits for an "experimental"
program to "prove" the abilities of the black man in the U.S. armed
services. Fighting prejudice from racist officers and government officials
and held to a consistently higher level of performance than their white
counterparts, these men prove themselves in training and in combat, many
of them dying for their country in the process. Andre Braugher costars
as a West Point graduate who takes charge of the unit in Africa and in
Italy (where it's christened the 332nd). The film is rousing, if slow starting
and episodic, but it's periodically grounded by a host of war movie
clichés, notably the calculated demise of practically every trainee
introduced in the opening scenes (ironic given the 332nd's real-life
combat record--high casualties for the enemy, low casualties among themselves,
and no losses among the bombers they escorted). Ultimately the Emmy-nominated
performances by moral backbone Fishburne and the dedicated Braugher and
the energy and cocky confidence of Gooding give their battles both on and
off the battlefield the sweet taste of victory. --Sean Axmaker
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Men
of the Fighting Lady (1954)
Life aboard a Korean War Aircraft Carrier
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Task
Force (1949)
Gary Cooper stars in the development of the Aircraft Carrier
Task Force (1949)
List Price: $19.99
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A
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Showing the Hellcat during the Battle of Midway
List Price: $9.98
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