[Milsurplus] Movie-The High ant the Mighty

[Ben Dover]

At 01:50 PM 3/3/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>On 3/3/06, mstangelo at comcast.net <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
>> The John Wayne movie "The High and the Mighty", was on AMC last night so
I got a chance to look for some boatanchors.
>
>I got to watch the rest of it too (first part) after tuning in late a
>few weeks back. Loved the take-off scene where the aircraft pretty
>much buzzes the camera. Also got a kick out of the 'check-in'
>procedures for pilots, and someone having a gun on board without folks
>objecting too much.
>
>Among others, I saw the BC-375 clearly in several shots. It was
>definitely a boatanchor-rich movie, with excellent clarity and that
>nice, rich, 50s color.
>
>Some of the guys were talking about this movie a few months back,
>along with "Islands in the Sky" which I recently saw advertised (on
>TCM I think? Would be great with no commercials). Can't recall the
>nomenclature for the big transmitter with all of the controls and
>labels. TDE? TED? I bet it's 'T' something! A nice RAL or RAK showed
>up next to the big transmitter.
>
>I did find the 'hispanic's part to be a bit off the deep end, but was
>surprised at the Duke's more quiet, subtle performance. Overall I
>liked the movie and wonder if anyone else sees it as the grandaddy to
>the crop of 'Airport' films of the 70s?
>
>Just when you think you've seen them all...
>
>de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ


I bought the film on DVD as soon as it was released late last year.

Look CLOSELY at the radio shack of the "Cristobal Trader"... besides
an early Hallicrafters S-38, you'll also notice on the wall a QSL card 
from W1AW!!!

Lenny, the navigator, will also give you a quick demonstration of the
proper use of the APN-9 LORAN receiver.


BTW, the Hispanic guy is Gonzales Gonzales, one of John Wayne's buddies
and "stock" players; he's in a number of Duke's films. In the commentary
on the DVD he rather amazed me; at the time of THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
he was new to the United States, and wasn't able to read English yet. At
the end of every day's shooting he took the script home with him his
wife would read the script to him so he could memorize his lines for the 
next day's shooting.


73's,

Tom, W9LBB