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Mush Martin
06-26-09, 05:36 PM
So here is a list of all the Aircraft Carrier Movies I can think of,
Do you know any other Films on subject?

The Bridges at Toko Ri

Tora Tora Tora

Midway

The final Countdown

Flight of the Intruder

Topgun
CastleBravo
06-26-09, 05:48 PM
I don't know what you are looking for, but in the movie The Cain Mutinity (1954), the protaganists visited Admiral Nimitz on a CV. The film was done after WWII and the carrier used was the USS Franklin, as I remember.
mako88sb
06-26-09, 06:11 PM
There's another Korean war movie called "Men of the Fighting Lady" starring Van Johnson. Not a bad flick but I'm not sure if you can get it on DVD. Still hanging on to my VHS player until it is.

There's also "A Wing and a Prayer" starring Don Ameche and you'll recognize Harry Morgan as well. Has some great shots of Avengers and Helldivers taking off and landing although the film takes place prior and during the battle of Midway.


Rob
Platapus
06-26-09, 07:21 PM
I guess it depends on what you consider an Aircraft Carrier Movie.

Are you including any movie that includes scenes of aircraft carriers or does the movie have to be about the carrier?
Mush Martin
06-26-09, 07:37 PM
I would venture that I mean the aircraft carrier is endemic to the
plot.

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Torplexed
06-26-09, 08:03 PM
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Thirty-seconds-over-tokyo.jpg

There are a few carrier scenes in The Hunt for Red October.

I could mention Pearl Har----no I won't. :D
JSF
06-26-09, 09:24 PM
Flat Top and Wing and A Prayer were two excellent carrier movies
SteamWake
06-26-09, 10:00 PM
The final countdown? :rotfl:
TarJak
06-27-09, 07:08 AM
The Bridges at Toko-Ri, has got to be one of the best carrier flicks ever made. Goes into some excellent detail on carrier ops, flying and has some seriously good combat footage from the Korean War in it too!

IMHO a must see for anyone into naval aviation.

A real oldie is Hell Divers from 1931. Dunno if you can still get it anywhere but is worth a look if nothing else than from the historical value of pre-WWII carrier ops.

Another one with some interesting pre-war fottage is Dive Bomber starring Errol Flynn.

At the end of WWII they made an 8 min short called The Ship That Would Not Die about the USS Franklin in WWII after it was all but destroyed in attacks by the Japanese in 1945.

You can pick the eyes out of this if you are keen: http://www.imdb.com/keyword/aircraft-carrier/
Mush Martin
06-27-09, 08:33 AM
That is just awesome thanks all for your responses.:salute:
Marcantilan
06-27-09, 04:22 PM
The final countdown, what a movie!

http://i39.tinypic.com/28lx46v.jpg
Task Force
06-27-09, 04:24 PM
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Thirty-seconds-over-tokyo.jpg

There are a few carrier scenes in The Hunt for Red October.

I could mention Pearl Har----no I won't. :D

Oah, you talking about that movie... err Pearl Horror.:doh:
CastleBravo
06-27-09, 04:26 PM
The final countdown, what a movie!

http://i39.tinypic.com/28lx46v.jpg

At the time it was a good flick if you disregard the time travel thing. The F-14 footage was awesome for the time, and in my opinion more realistic than 'top gun'.
CastleBravo
06-27-09, 04:45 PM
PBS did a documentary a couple of years back.....here is a link

http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/full_episodes.htm
Torplexed
06-27-09, 05:49 PM
Oah, you talking about that movie... err Pearl Horror.:doh:

Yes...the movie that may not be mentioned. We all know what it was about. It's that film about the historic Dec 7th, 1941 Japanese attack on an American Love Triangle. :D

Not to mention all of those 1970s era Oliver Hazzard Perry class frigates which must have been sunk that fateful day. ;)
longam
06-27-09, 07:03 PM
One of my favorites :haha:

http://www.chillywillyfan.com/misc/hotshots.jpg
TarJak
06-27-09, 07:23 PM
What is it with the Sheen's and bad CV movies?:haha:
CastleBravo
06-27-09, 08:11 PM
What is it with the Sheen's and bad CV movies?:haha:

Perhaps it's the same thing he has for....madaams and their employees.?

Its complicated.
SteamWake
06-27-09, 08:52 PM
PBS did a documentary a couple of years back.....here is a link

http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/full_episodes.htm

This is probaly the best "life on a carrier" thing out there.
TarJak
06-28-09, 07:19 AM
Unfortunately my kids made me sit through the stinker that was Tiger Cruise. :wah:
bookworm_020
06-28-09, 07:32 AM
Does Apollo 13 count with a helicopter carrier????:hmmm:

Sum of all fears was another with a carrier (what is it about Ben Afflick and aircraft carriers???)