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The U.S. Army Air Forces provided the various aircraft that appear in the film: Ten Boeing B-17B/C/D Flying Fortresses were from Hendricks Army Airfield at Sebring, Florida. The majority were actually RB-17Bs upgraded to B-17C/D standards, as was the B-17 that portrayed Mary-Ann. The bomber's on-screen, "wartime security" serial number 05564 ...
The film's successful and highly praised sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), featured Victor Mature in the title role; Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, and David Leonard also reprise their roles from The Robe. Filming of the sequel was completed before The Robe was released, and it begins with Caligula's challenge to Marcellus and Diana ...
1943 My Favorite Blonde: Bob Hope: March Field [4] 1951 The First Legion: Charles Boyer: Mission Inn: Used as a monastery. 1957 Jet Pilot: John Wayne Janet Leigh: March Air Force Base [4] Shot in 1949–50, but released later. 1959 On the Beach: Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins: Riverside International Raceway: Car race ...
It was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command, Eastern Flight Training Center, 76th Flying Training Wing. On 29 January 1942, the first B-17 Flying Fortress landed at Hendricks Field. In peak operation about 120 B-17's were assigned and over 10,000 pilots and other crewmembers were trained.
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) A Republic Pictures B-movie, starring Don "Red" Barry, one of the first motion pictures to respond to the events. [3]Air Force, a 1943 propaganda film depicting the fate of the crew of the Mary-Ann, one of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers that flew into Hickam Field during the attack.
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, originally Shoo Shoo Baby, is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in World War II, preserved and currently awaiting reassembly at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. A B-17G-35-BO, serial number 42-32076 , and manufactured by Boeing, it was named by her crew for a song of the same name made popular by The Andrews ...
Hell's Angels was a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War. It was one of the first B-17s in the 8th Air Force to complete 25 credited combat missions in the European Theater. Ultimately, Hell's Angels would go on to complete 48 missions without any crewman injured or being forced to turn back. [2] [3]
Kirtland Air Force Base [6] Ride the Pink Horse: 1947 Taos, La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe [7] [8] Ace In The Hole: 1951 Manuelito, NM and AZ border, Gallup [9] Salt of the Earth: 1954 Grant County [10] Them! 1954 Chihuahuan Desert, Alamogordo, Holloman Air Force Base [11] The Man from Laramie: 1955 Santa Fe [12] Journey to the Center of the Earth: 1959