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Bombers B-52 (released in the UK as No Sleep till Dawn) [1] is a 1957 American drama film produced by Richard Whorf and directed by Gordon Douglas.The film stars Natalie Wood and Karl Malden, and co-stars Marsha Hunt and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. [2] It was adapted from a Sam Rolfe story by screenwriter Irving Wallace.
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A Gathering of Eagles is a 1963 SuperScope Eastmancolor film about the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the pressures of command. The plot is patterned after the World War II film Twelve O'Clock High, which producer-screenwriter Sy Bartlett also wrote, with elements also mirroring Above and Beyond and Toward the Unknown, films written by his collaborator, Beirne Lay Jr.
Like many biographical and historical films, Battle Hymn takes significant artistic license in depicting the life and wartime activities of Hess and his colleagues. [2] The film depicts Dean Hess as a minister in West Hampton, Ohio, retired from active duty, who volunteers for combat service in the Air Force in July 1950. In reality, Hess was ...
A United States Army soldier eating turkey on Thanksgiving during the Siegfried Line campaign, 1944. The history of military nutrition in the United States can be roughly divided into seven historical eras, [1] from the founding of the country to the present day, based on advances in food research technology and methodologies for the improvement of the overall health and nutritional status of ...
The McConnell Story is a 1955 dramatization of the life and career of United States Air Force (USAF) pilot Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954) directed by Gordon Douglas. McConnell served as a navigator in World War II before becoming the top American ace during the Korean War and was killed on August 25, 1954, while serving as a test pilot at ...
Toward the Unknown was produced with the full cooperation of the United States Air Force with principal photography taking place over the winter in 1955. As the first film to exploit the USAF's race into space in the X-plane program, the Toward the Unknown ' s tagline stated: "The screen's first story of man-piloted rocket ships, U.S.A.!"
The Hunters is a 1958 American CinemaScope war film adapted from the novel, The Hunters by James Salter.The picture was produced and directed by Dick Powell and starring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner as two very different United States Air Force fighter pilots during the Korean War.