A U.S. Air Force colonel convinces the Allies during World War II that a daylight bombing raid of Germany will bring a quick end to the war.A U.S. Air Force colonel convinces the Allies during World War II that a daylight bombing raid of Germany will bring a quick end to the war.A U.S. Air Force colonel convinces the Allies during World War II that a daylight bombing raid of Germany will bring a quick end to the war.
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- TriviaThe belly landing sequence was lifted from the film "Twelve O' Clock High" and was originally executed by Hollywood pilot Paul Mantz in June 1949 at the then-closed Ozark Army Airfield west of Dothan, Alabama, for a reported fee of $2,500. B-17 N17W was marked exactly as the bomber in the 1949 production, right down to the spurious serial number, to match the borrowed footage.
- GoofsThe movie states that this is the first 1000-plane air-raid. Actually the first 1000-plane raid was carried out in 1942 by the RAF, and was a night raid on Cologne.
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Standard and routine warfare movie in which a Colonel is assigned a risked mission behind enemy lines
A US Air Col. Called Greg Brandon : Christopher George convinces Allies that a daylight bombing can change the course of the WWII . As about thousand planes have to destroy an industry where Nazis are making aircrafts .Hitler Knew the Plan...But the Allies Bet a Thousand Planes That He Didn't Know the Place!.This was the day the Allies turned the blitz on Hitler
The biggest air-borne armada of the war - a thousand bombers on a secret mission to destroy the Nazi dream of a Thousand Year Reich!
Run-of-the-mill Warlike movie abot a dangerous mission with thrills, emotion , romance and a lot of stock footage . Concerning a true plot , around thousand allied Bombers assigned to destroy a specific target producing German fighter planes . Stars Christopher George who gives a nice but serious acting as the Colonel who receives a bombing mission against an industrial facility in France. Being well accompanied by a good cast of familiar faces , most of them from TV films such as the beautiful Laraine Stephens, J. D. Cannon, Gary Marshal , Gavin McLeod , Ben Murphy , Bo Hopkins , James Gammon , Charles Dierkop, among others . The Thousand Plane Raid 1969 is reminiscent of other warlike movies as Dam Busters , Operation Crossbow, by Michael Anderson, 633 Squadron by Walter Grauman and Mosquito Squadron by Boris Sagal himself .The motion picture was regular but professionally directed by Boris Sagal , a television series expert such as : Rich Man Poor Man , Ike , Columbo , Diary of Ana Frank , The Name is the Game , Madigan , Masada. And he occassionally directed some films as Omega Man , The Helicopter Spies , Mosquito Squadron. Rating : 5.5/10 . Only for WWII enthusiasts.
Run-of-the-mill Warlike movie abot a dangerous mission with thrills, emotion , romance and a lot of stock footage . Concerning a true plot , around thousand allied Bombers assigned to destroy a specific target producing German fighter planes . Stars Christopher George who gives a nice but serious acting as the Colonel who receives a bombing mission against an industrial facility in France. Being well accompanied by a good cast of familiar faces , most of them from TV films such as the beautiful Laraine Stephens, J. D. Cannon, Gary Marshal , Gavin McLeod , Ben Murphy , Bo Hopkins , James Gammon , Charles Dierkop, among others . The Thousand Plane Raid 1969 is reminiscent of other warlike movies as Dam Busters , Operation Crossbow, by Michael Anderson, 633 Squadron by Walter Grauman and Mosquito Squadron by Boris Sagal himself .The motion picture was regular but professionally directed by Boris Sagal , a television series expert such as : Rich Man Poor Man , Ike , Columbo , Diary of Ana Frank , The Name is the Game , Madigan , Masada. And he occassionally directed some films as Omega Man , The Helicopter Spies , Mosquito Squadron. Rating : 5.5/10 . Only for WWII enthusiasts.
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- The 1,000 Plane Raid
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- Santa Maria Airport, Santa Maria, California, USA(aerial shots)
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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