trucker17
December 29th, 2013, 09:29
I had come across these movies, while searching for movies for my collection.
I thought I would share these gems with everyone here.
We all know the movie RED TAILS....
You can watch it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgQ07fxsR8
MERCY MISSION: The rescue of flight 771:
With Robert Loggia and Scott Bakula. I the true story of a flight that creates a friendship between 2 men Jay Parkins and Gordon Vette.
Imagine flying for more than 14 hours non-stop over the Pacific Ocean. You see nothing but the ocean blue around you. You try to contact your landing airport… Nothing. Then you realize you are lost in the middle of nowhere… and you’re on a Cessna airplane. Your only hope is the determined Captain of a commercial flight nearby (or believed to be) to help you. This is what the made-for-TV movie Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, based on a true story, is all about. The movie is known as The Flight from Hell in Australia and New Zealand.
This is that story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orM0jK1Hxf0
THE GHOST OF FLIGHT 401:
Is the true story of an airliner that crashes into the Florida Everglades.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar jet that crashed into the Florida Everglades at 11:42pm December 29, 1972, causing 101 fatalities (99 initial crash fatalities, two died shortly afterward). There were 75 survivors. The crash occurred as a result of the entire flight crew becoming preoccupied with a burnt-out landing gear indicator light and failing to notice the autopilot had inadvertently been disconnected. As a result, the aircraft gradually lost altitude and eventually crashed while the flight crew was distracted with the indicator problem. It was the first crash of a wide-body aircraft and at the time, the second deadliest single-aircraft disaster in the United States.
Staring: Earnest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Kim Basinger, Howard Hessman, Tom Clancy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJt0oSpYJM8
THE FLGHTING LADY:
The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea
Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947)
ARC Identifier 12834 / Local Identifier 80-MC-5298. This film is a military documentary told from the point of view of the crew of the aircraft carrier the Fighting Lady -- a pseudonym for the Yorktown. Scenes highlight the functions and duties of The Fighting Lady and crew activities, and maps illustrate the movement of the Pacific fleet and its engagement with the Japanese in 1943 and 1944. Footage shows the following: A-24 Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers, Hellcats and other aircrafts as they flew out to the carrier, and the August 30, 1943, strafing and bombing mission over Japanese - held Marcus Island -- from preparation on the carrier to debriefing. Later scenes cover 1944, when the U.S. forces took Kwajalein Island, the Marshall Islands, Truk Islands, and Caroline Islands through air assaults and troop landings. Mitsubishi Zero-Sens (Zekes) engaged the U.S. Navy assault force and the ship squadron returned to the Marshall Islands for repairs, munitions, and rest and recreation. En route to the battle area, the Fighting Lady encountered and downed a Japanese reconnaissance plane. On the eve of battle, sailors attended church services. Prior to the U.S. assault, the Japanese attacked the U.S. squadron and U.S. planes took off for the Marianas and the Guam Islands where they successfully fought at the Tinian and Mariana Islands. The Japanese and U.S. task forces then fought in the Philippine Sea, where planes engaged in dogfights while ships performed evasive maneuvers. Final scenes show U.S. casualties buried at sea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5JbXRDOP60
I thought I would share these gems with everyone here.
We all know the movie RED TAILS....
You can watch it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgQ07fxsR8
MERCY MISSION: The rescue of flight 771:
With Robert Loggia and Scott Bakula. I the true story of a flight that creates a friendship between 2 men Jay Parkins and Gordon Vette.
Imagine flying for more than 14 hours non-stop over the Pacific Ocean. You see nothing but the ocean blue around you. You try to contact your landing airport… Nothing. Then you realize you are lost in the middle of nowhere… and you’re on a Cessna airplane. Your only hope is the determined Captain of a commercial flight nearby (or believed to be) to help you. This is what the made-for-TV movie Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, based on a true story, is all about. The movie is known as The Flight from Hell in Australia and New Zealand.
This is that story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orM0jK1Hxf0
THE GHOST OF FLIGHT 401:
Is the true story of an airliner that crashes into the Florida Everglades.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar jet that crashed into the Florida Everglades at 11:42pm December 29, 1972, causing 101 fatalities (99 initial crash fatalities, two died shortly afterward). There were 75 survivors. The crash occurred as a result of the entire flight crew becoming preoccupied with a burnt-out landing gear indicator light and failing to notice the autopilot had inadvertently been disconnected. As a result, the aircraft gradually lost altitude and eventually crashed while the flight crew was distracted with the indicator problem. It was the first crash of a wide-body aircraft and at the time, the second deadliest single-aircraft disaster in the United States.
Staring: Earnest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Kim Basinger, Howard Hessman, Tom Clancy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJt0oSpYJM8
THE FLGHTING LADY:
The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea
Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947)
ARC Identifier 12834 / Local Identifier 80-MC-5298. This film is a military documentary told from the point of view of the crew of the aircraft carrier the Fighting Lady -- a pseudonym for the Yorktown. Scenes highlight the functions and duties of The Fighting Lady and crew activities, and maps illustrate the movement of the Pacific fleet and its engagement with the Japanese in 1943 and 1944. Footage shows the following: A-24 Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers, Hellcats and other aircrafts as they flew out to the carrier, and the August 30, 1943, strafing and bombing mission over Japanese - held Marcus Island -- from preparation on the carrier to debriefing. Later scenes cover 1944, when the U.S. forces took Kwajalein Island, the Marshall Islands, Truk Islands, and Caroline Islands through air assaults and troop landings. Mitsubishi Zero-Sens (Zekes) engaged the U.S. Navy assault force and the ship squadron returned to the Marshall Islands for repairs, munitions, and rest and recreation. En route to the battle area, the Fighting Lady encountered and downed a Japanese reconnaissance plane. On the eve of battle, sailors attended church services. Prior to the U.S. assault, the Japanese attacked the U.S. squadron and U.S. planes took off for the Marianas and the Guam Islands where they successfully fought at the Tinian and Mariana Islands. The Japanese and U.S. task forces then fought in the Philippine Sea, where planes engaged in dogfights while ships performed evasive maneuvers. Final scenes show U.S. casualties buried at sea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5JbXRDOP60