Strategic Air Command
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Movie Review: SPECTACULAR AIR ADVENTURE: BREATHTAKING! December 18, 2002
Summary: 5 Stars
"STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" is by far my favorite alltime movie! The performances of JAMES STEWART,as Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland, JUNE ALLYSON as Sally Holland, Frank Lovejoy as Commander In Chief of SAC; General Hawkes, and Harry Morgan as Sgt. Bible are indeed timeless and sensational. Along with BRUCE BENNETT, ALEX NICOL, and BARRY SULLIVAN, "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" takes off and soars into the wild blue yonder with flying colors! The spectacular Convair B-36 Peacemakers, and Boeing B-47 Stratojets take "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" into a greater realm of majesty with THE MOST BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND SPECTACULAR AERIAL SCENERY ever taken at the time! From actual preparedness, takeoffs, landings and a frightening B-36 crashlanding in the Greenland wasteland, "STRATEGIC AIR COM- MAND" keeps the this adventure/drama going in grand military style! The most impressive scenes of the film "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" are the opening credits featuring the powerful music score and majestic song "THE AIR FORCE TAKES COMMAND" to the Al Lang Field low flyover of a B-36 Peacemaker, (beautifully executed I learned in a fan letter from JAMES STEWART, back in January 1970), to CARSWELL AFB, FORT WORTH, TEXAS home to the Convair B-36 Peacemakers, and the flightlines of B-36s, (IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY!!!!), the majestic flight of the B-36 from Texas to Alaska, and back, the crashlanding and rescue, to fly- ing the B-47 STRATOJETS from MCDILL AFB, TAMPA FLORIDA, the grand overseas flight of 45 B-47 bombers to Yakote, Japan in-cluding the aerial refueling by KC-97 Tanker, and the final discharge at SAC headquaters in Omaha, Nebraska! (The fiery crashlanding of the B-36 bomber in Greenland, and the landing of the B-47 Stratojet bomber at a rainy Kadena AFB, Okinawa were two of the best special-effects I ever saw in a motion picture before!) The majestic and moving score of VICTOR YOUNG keeps "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" always "second to none!" It brings back alot of memories during the late 1950s and the early 1960s when STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND had been the pride of the USAF. I highly recommend "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" to any aviation buff of any kind! IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY ALLTIME #1 MOTION PICTURE! A KEEPSAKE TO CHERISH ALWAYS!!!!Movie Review: The Way We Were
Summary: 4 Stars
Almost fifty years after this movie's release date (1955), I am still haunted by the magnificent aerial photography. This movie must be seen for that reason alone! As a time-capsule, the movie also deals with a period when the Air Force was moving to jet bombers and gearing up to fight the cold war.It is now history. We "won" the cold war, most actors in this film are no longer with us and the largest aircraft ever in active service with the Air Force---the B-36, exists only on film.
Forget the story line, forget the Air Force propaganda pitch from the fifties and just relax and enjoy a spectacular scenic view of what others did to help "protect and defend" during a earlier era.
Today, those who continue to protect us by flying stealth technology bombers stand on the shoulders of those who flew the B-36's and B-47's depicted in this movie.
We are all indebted...enjoy the movie!
Movie Review: Most Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE ISSUE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND ON DVD? This movie sure has excellent shots of the B36 and B47 in flight. A great sample of 1950's America!Movie Review: Great piece of '50s miltary aviation
Summary: 5 Stars
My thoughts on this film are taken from watching it in it's original Vista Vision widescreen presentation of 1.75 on a laserdisc version released in 1998. Paramount decided not to push the limits of the 35mm format and I will mention that although you still have more image than the more readily availible full frame version - 1.33 - much more of the huge b36 bomber in close up shots would have been seen in the more common 2.35 widescreen ratio that the majority of studios used at that time. None the less the film is still spectacular to watch with color that is so beautiful it looks as good if not better than alot of fims made even today. I believe they used the Technicolor process which is the main reason that the print looks so good and has held up so well over time. One of my favorite moments- besides the wonderful aerial photography -is near the beginning when James Stewart is practising with his baseball team in Florida and you hear the sound of an aircraft approaching, as he looks up a B36 flies right over the field and you can see Stewart's attachment to flying in his facial expression- and the wonderful sound of that b36! So much in that one brief scene. One can only wish that they had devouted more time to filming those long gone aircraft but it is still an aviation enthusiast's delight to watch. This particular laserdisc version is very rare so it would be nice if Paramount would release it on dvd as that format would do the film a great justice. Not everyone will agree but films deserve to be seen in their original aspect ratio and in alot of examples one misses half of the intended image, and that is not good!Movie Review: Great Historical Footage
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is probably the only remaining medium in which to view the magnificent B-36 in action, and it's well worth seeing for that. Also, those of us familiar with the 1950s Fort Worth area, Amon Carter Field and Carswell Air Force Base, will recognize some of the scenery.Why were the B-36's propellors on the backs of its wings? Another reviewer touched upon the reason, saying "six churning and four burning." Standard propellor aircraft, with props in front of the wings, are pulled through the air. Because the B-36 had jet engines also, it was pushed through the air, necessitating propellor placement in back so the props also would be pushing.
This is a guy film, so don't expect your girlfriend or wife to enjoy it. And, guys aren't exactly going to find every moment riveting -- you can take breaks, and grab more food and beer from the kitchen, during the June Allyson lovey-dovey parts.