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24 Hour Alert (1955)
Great historical movie from 1955
I loved watching this 31 minute short movie. This was a very good , 1955 historical account of the 1950's USAF inventory. Millville Army Air Force Base, NJ was a WWII training base between 1940-1946, near Dover AFB, DE. The photography was really good and I enjoyed Jack Webbs narration and story.
My older brother and I were both in the Air Force. He was a 1963 USAFA grad and I was a 1971 grad. Many of those planes were still flying in the 1960's when we were both in the USAF. I flew in several of them.
Unfortunately, most of the reviewers made some mistakes in identifying the aircraft. Jack Webb got a ride in a T-33 Trainer (note the "TR" number on the fuselage".) His description of the plane was inaccurate. I made two flights in T-33's from Peterson Field, Colo. Springs in 1967 and 1970.
An F-86 "nudged" the landing gear of the B-25, not an F-100.
The cargo plane was a C-123 Provider, not an "early C-130". I have flown in both types.
This movie was very relevant for its period. Some of the reviewers don't have the perspective of the seriousness of the Cold War situation in 1955. I woke up on my seventh birthday in May 1956, afraid that Kruschev was going to attack the US that day. I had recurring dreams for over twenty years of Russian Bombers and Missles flying over Main Street of my home town.
I saw it for the first time this morning (April.24,2023) on TCM, as a filler between two other movies. I can't believe that I never saw it, while a Cadet at the Air Force Academy or since.