Skyraiders in the Movies

[Cvairwerks]

Jay used to hang out with us up at Fox 51 on occasion. The way he told us about it was that director and camera guys want him to drop some simulated 500 pounders very close to a camera position. In the practice run Jay clipped a palm tree top and dumped the full weight dummies right into the wall of the unoccupied camera position and pretty well rearranged the equipment for them. For the film pass he backed off just a little and tossed the ordinance in such a way that they got the shot they wanted and no bouncing iron intheir laps.

[Jesse C.]

"We where soldiers"
"Bat 21"
"Flight of the Intruder"

All I can remember at the moment

[Swiss Mustangs]

Skyraiders used in a movie:


NX409Z; Taken December 1989




NX39606; Taken December 1989



Martin

[JBoyle]

If you can find this...you're good.

There was an episode of the "Bob Hope Chrysler Theater" (a weekly anthology series on NBC) called "The Admiral"...about a carrier in the Korean War. It aired in December, 1965.
It had lots of Skyraiders (because they were still in service) and a S2F (a couple of years before it should have been there.)

The episode starred Robert Reed (Mannix, The Brady Bunch) and Robert Young (Marcus Welby, Father Knows Best).

I was a kid at the time and have always remembered it.

[TheFlash]

Martin,
Thanks for the Skyraider pics!

'JBoyle',
Did a Google search and found "The Admiral" on imdb.com.
Unfortunately, I cannot find any source that has the episodes either on VHS or DVD.

The search continues...
Thanks for all of your help and please let me know if there are any additional movies or TV episodes which featured Skyraiders.

Thank you!
Mike

[TheFlash]

Wanted to let you all know that I just received an excellent and professional set of Skyraider photos from Jack Cook. (Including photos of Capt. McClellan)

The prices were very fair with a portion of the proceeds going to support WIX.

Thank you Jack!

Best regards,
Mike

[Ken]

bump

[JohnB]

'JBoyle',
Did a Google search and found "The Admiral" on imdb.com.
Unfortunately, I cannot find any source that has the episodes either on VHS or DVD.
Thank you!
Mike

Here it is....
http://www.robertsvideos.com/product.ph ... rowse.php3

I bought it from this vendor and got great service. He mailed them before he even received my MO.
its a DVD made off a VHS tape when Chrysler theaters were syndicated under the title "Universal Star Time" back in the late 80s-early 90s.
Picture quality is only so-so. But if you want to see it, it's probably the only chance you'll have.


Now about the planes.
Early on we see Robert Young board a C-1 Trader COD and take off from the USS Kearsarge.
The flying shots are color stock footage from Korea showing Skyraiders operating from Essex-class carriers...mainly the Tarawa.
At the end, we see 2 A-1Es on the Kearsarge painted in Korean War vintage dark blue colors. The USN must have done that for the production soince it was filmed in 1965 by which time all Navy A-1s were gray (to the best of my knowledge).
The final scene shows just the two aircraft on the carrier desk...but if you look quick...barely visable behind one in the background there appears to be a Kaman Seasprite.

Not a bad story either...they tried to get it right and the credits list three USN project officers...one of which was brobably in charge of painting the A-1s.

BTW: The end credits theme (and the opening credits which aren't included here because they said "Bob Hope ChryslerTheatre...and as I mentioned tghe name was changed in syndication) is a very early piece by John Williams....long before Star Wars, but you can certainly hear his style.

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[TheFlash]

John - many thanks for the link and info regarding "The Admiral"!

Also, my thanks to Ken for bumping this thread in a timely manner along with the other Skyraider MOH thread.
Continued respects and thanks to Capt. McClellan and Jack Cook...

-Mike

[usaf ssgt]

Is my memory really bad, or do I remember Skyraiders in Forrest Gump?

There's a napalm strike, but it's carried out by some indistinct, digitally rendered jets.

Not indistinct, they were F-4 Phantoms.