Category: Cold War

Strategic Air Command (1955). Strategic Air Command is a 1955 Technicolor American film starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and directed by Anthony Mann. This Paramount Pictures release was the first … Continue Reading →

Island in the Sky (1953). The movie, set in the post-WWII era when military and commercial aviation were still intertwined, is a tale of survival focused on the pilot and … Continue Reading →

High Flight (1957). An Commanding Officer of an RAF training school engages in a battle of wits with the son of a man whose death he caused years before.

The Great Santini (1979). Bull Meechum is a great fighter pilot — so great that he dubs himself “The Great Santini.” While his take-no-prisoners attitude and willingness to fight has … Continue Reading →

A Gathering of Eagles (1963) soars as one of the greatest military films in Hollywood history, starring Rock Hudson and produced with the complete cooperation of the United States Air … Continue Reading →

Firefox (1980). An ex-flyer who is a distress victim from Vietnam experience is ordered back into military duty to head a secret mission. His assignment is to sneak into Russia … Continue Reading →

Fail Safe (1964) is one of the greatest anti-war thrillers ever. When a military computer error deploys a squadron of bombers to Moscow, the American President tries to call them … Continue Reading →

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964). A psychotic Air Force General unleashes an ingenious foolproof and irrevocable scheme sending bombers to attack … Continue Reading →

Bombers B-52 (1957) has U.S. Air Force pilot Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) is in love with Lois Brennan (Natalie Wood), much to the disapproval of her sergeant father (Karl … Continue Reading →

  Big Lift (1950) is about the 1948 Berlin Airlift, as British and American forces break a Russian blockade of the divided German city. A pair of American soldiers fall … Continue Reading →