James Earl Jones and George C Scott were in Merchant of Venice in 1962 (Central Park). This is where Kubrick became familiar with Scott and I believe Jones as well.
Has anyone ever noticed that of all the characters in the film, the Bomber crew are the only ones who actually seem to know what they are supposed to be doing.... All the Generals and so forth lose their minds, but Slim Pickens is just determined to do his job and bomb somebody... Stanley Kubrick's comment on the military???
Well they are trained to follow orders, and the point of the system is that you may not be able to get confirmation as it might be the last message sent before a nuclear strike and communications are lost. You don't want troops trying to second guess their commanders in the field.
The bomber crew and the president serve as the straight men the rest of the dark comedic elements are built around. If they were just as lunatic as the rest of the cast it wouldn't be a dark comedy, it'd just be a total farce. At least until the pilot ends up riding the bomb down, but at least serves as a capstone & comedic moment at the climax of the film.
Indeed, it was probably the only time when Kubrick himself was aboard a plane shooting the background for the bomb run, since he hated flying (for instance for the background shots during the "ape" early scenes in 2001 he contracted a crew that was sent into the Savannah Desert because he himself couldn't bear flying again, and he instructed where he wanted the camera located in which sector and at what time thru telephone line). Regardless as a bit of trivia, the B-17 used for the areal shots in Dr. Strangelove flew too close over an Air Force base without the pilots knowing about is existence and were forced to land by the military since they thought it was a spy plane.
During World War II, he enlisted in the Army. When the recruiter asked him his profession, he told him "rodeo." The recruiter, being hard of hearing, thought he said "radio," and assigned him to an Army radio station in the Midwest, where he remained for the duration of the war.
Well, he has been to a World Fair, a rodeo and picnic, so he does have experience. As for determination, he will stay on a task to completion, even if it hair-lips everyone on Bear Creek.
The bit where George C Scott is asked to describe if the B52 can get through, and he uelogises about how Yes, Damn it, it Will get through, And then the Penny drops... quite a chilling moment in the film.
I have read that Scott was not pleased to find himself cast in a black comedy, as he regarded himself as a 'serious' actor only interested in serious dramatic roles. He only consented to do the film Kubrick's way out of respect for Kubrick, who was one of the few people Scott knew who could beat him in chess. Kubrick was infamous for requiring actors to do dozens of takes for each scene. In some of them he would trick Scott into doing a comic take 'for the blooper reel'. But the supposed 'outtakes' were incorporated into the film, resulting in Scott's over-the-top lunatic portrayal of General Turgidson. In a similar way, Pickens was not told the film was a comedy, so that he played his part dead serious. He was not Kubrick's first choice for the role; he wanted John Wayne, who refused, saying he thought the film unpatriotic. This film was a turning point in his career. He later said that after this film, his roles, dressing rooms, and paychecks all started to get a lot bigger.
@@FollowingtheJourneyLifeStyleIt was supposed to be “Dallas”, but because of the assassination of JFK Slim Pickens had to make a sound recording with “Vegas” instead of “Dallas”. If you look closely at his lips in that scene, you can see him saying “Dallas”.
Bear creek is just any old piece of nowhere, A hair lip is a disfigured lip. Usually a defect at birth but some can be attributed to injuries to the mouth .
@@canobenitez It's a slang phrase from the American south. A "harelip" is an old word for someone with a Cleft Lip or Pallett. "Bear Creek" in this case may refer to a real place (the pilot's hometown), or the "idea" of a small rural community. So the pilot is basically saying "I will get the doors open even if it gives everyone in my small rural hometown a Cleft Lip!" Ultimately, it's just a funny way of saying he's very determined to get the doors open. Hope that helps! Us Southerners can be hard to understand sometimes. :)
@@krisvires It COULD mean, also, He's going back to work around nuclear weapons and the bome bay door. If his inards are fried by the radiation, it's likely he'll give everyone on Bear Creek a BAD genetic mutation (assuming he lives) called a "hair lip".
@@krisvires Being from Ohio and having lived in Georgia for a couple of years I agree. But I got used to it. To the point that my friends and family in Ohio said that I spoke with a slight southern accent.
This sequence is an excellent example of stretching time by parallel cutting. The actual time elapsed to fly the final few miles would be a minute or so, but by showing simultaneous actions it takes longer and ratchets up the tension.
Slim was great in this film. I like how he changes out his helmet for a cowboy hat when he knows he's going into air combat. I also liked him in "1941."
Peter Sellers was originally going to play the part of the crazy Bomber pilot that ended up played by the wonder Slim Pickens. In addition to Sellers' three other parts.
They’re cresting over the peak of a valley when the co-pilot yells out over the comms “target in sight!”. That’s why it looks like they’re going slow; they’re just higher above the ground.
The shadow on the ground is that of the B-17 film aircraft! The interior of the bomber was so accurate, culled from anything in the public domain they could get hold of, that the film makers were temporarily under suspicion.
James Earl Jones is in the navigator scene! He’s the bombadier! Never noticed him before, I’ve seen the film several times. I recognized his voice. The camera angle on him is weird, so he’s hard to spot by sight. Not his usual role either. Darth Vader in Dr. Strangelove!
Yeah...I realized that later. I have to wonder if the BUFF could even get away from the blast, damaged as she was....the crew may not have survived in any case.
I always wondered that myself. Don’t they need to reach a minimum altitude over the blast area to avoid a dangerous shock wave? I know it’s ‘just a movie’, but Kubrick was always a stickler for detail and adherence to the basic facts, like he was in 2001; A Space Odyssey when he consulted a lot with scientists, NASA engineers, and Asimov.
@@62Cristoforothere was very little public information in 1964 about nuclear weapons as evidenced by Kubrick's hydrogen bombs in the bomb bay. The only nuclear weapons that the public was able to see were the two weapons used on Japan. After release of a gravity bomb the aircraft would make a sharp turn to begin flying in the opposite direction that the bomb was traveling across the ground. Other blast evasion methods included parachute or streamer retard as well as lay down delay. Apparently the nuke Slim rides down to the Soviet ICBM complex is set for ground burst. The B-52 leaking fuel like colander might escape the fireball because of the deep valley in which the target is located. But good luck making the ditch point at the weather ship.😅
Helloooo! The nitpickers, hairsplitters and 'know it all' are at it again.. You couldn't tell us the brand of pliers he was using, could you? Or what cameras SK was using? Or the manufacturer of the Coca Cola machine? Maybe, just maybe - how about appreciating a work of art? Cheeeez....
Yes, Just a film, a work of art, but just a film. It is called "The Routemaster moment" on British television when something is shown out of it's date sequence. The Routemaster is a large red double decker London bus.
@@vanpenguin22It was made by the (B)ENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Looking closely at the nameplate, you can recognize that the original name must have been Bendix Aviation Corporation. The 'B' was painted over, so the company name no longer extends across the entire line; there's a gap on the left, fitting for a 'B'.
Much of the intercom phrases & terminology was Incorrect! ie, USAF Aircraft Commander is NEVER addressed as "Capt'n". That's airline speak. Crew persons are addressed by their 'crew position ' (pilot, navigator, etc).
I’ve never thought about this, but given the prerequisites of Wing Attack Plan R, this would be the case. In the context of the movie - Jack R. Ripper sending his planes against Russia without an Russian attack - there would be a 50:50 chance that the ICBMs would’ve been fired when the B-52s had entered Russian airspace.
The Soviets were caught unprepared. And remember this wasn't their primary target (the ICBM complex at Lapuda). By the way another ICBM can be placed on the launch pad for a second strike. Unknown to western military planners the Soviets in the early 60s would have had only a few dozen Sapwood ICBMs.
A 3:08 and 7:25 that is one crazy map, Europe and Asia on the left, Over sized Japan and tilted Greenland in the center, and Alaska with the West Cost on the right.
The other pilot was the PF or pilot flying. Maj. Kong (Koeng) was the PNF or PM ( pilot not flying or pilot monitoring) which is how a large airplane multi man crew would do it.
As a former B-52 pilot, there is very little "chatter" between the pilot's and the navigators, on a bomb run. They're busy flying the plane and making sure they're following the heading instructions given to them by the Radar Navigator (Bombadier). The Navigators are responsible for making sure their own switches are setup in the right position. The pilot's aren't.
Anybody notice that the Russian ambassador character STRONGLY resembles Orson Welles in the movie "Citizen Kane"?? THAT'S because, as with MANY OTHER things Mason Kubrick KNEW by INSIDER connections, the resemblance was his DELIBERATE hint of knowledge that the US nuclear arsenal codeword at the time the movie was made (1960) for INITIATION of nuclear missile strikes (it changes every few years or so, depending on the whim of the Pentagon) was a KEY word alluded to in the Welles' movie: "ROSEBUD", the name of "Citizen Kane's" boyhood sled!!😎
And the nuclear bombing run procedure portrayed in the movie for launching a nuclear bomb attack for that time (with ALL its failsafe backups) was ACCURATE.... 100% AUTHENTIC!!😵😎
No military plane on a bomb run, deep inside enemy territory would suddenly turn on their transponder and squawk their position, just before releasing their nuclear payload.
They should've used the B-58 Hustler. It was designed to fly straight over Canada, over the Artic, and deliver a nuclear warhead bomb to Russia. It would cruise at Mach 2. But it only had a 3 man crew.
It seems you have the entirety of dr strange love as an flv file. If you could upload the entire thing on youtube or send a link to the whole thing in the comments that would be super.
I've seen this movie many times since I was a kid. I fell in love with the Bomber Force since I saw the movie and TV shows 12 O'clock High. I never thought I would be so lucky to Enlist in the USAF and then be chosen to work in the Strategic Air Command (AKA SAC) on those Big B-52's. Yet that was my first Command and the First Aircraft I worked on. ILike I stated, I first saw this movie when I was a kid. Even back then I saw several, possibly intentional mistakes in it. How many others were able to spot one of the biggest starting at about 0:47. Most people never notice it, but it is very obvious. A second on starts at 6:38, but unfortunately you don't see the ending. But I always loved the ending song song by Vera Lynn, We'll Meet Again. Being a SAC Trained Killer it was a sad day when the USAF made the stupid move to deactivate the best Command they ever had or will have. But this song may become the official song of SAC. ruclips.net/video/HsM_VmN6ytk/видео.html&start_radio=1 This is an updated version ruclips.net/video/sThuGZcEtuU/видео.html
What funny was at the time there was no go to of the inside of a B52 the film officially said they just guessed what it would look like but In reality not far off
Those earth oscillations outside the cockpit windows and the crew's unperturbedness to them rather defeats realism as anyone - trained aircrew or not - would've been holding onto something or moving about to counter the dramatic effect of turbulence. But I'm sure the plot made up for any shortfalls created by the technological drawbacks of the time.
@MGSabara The scariest part is if America is ever hit by a nuclear attack it probably won't be from a missile but from a nuclear device hidden in a truck and driven across the border from Mexico.
This film was the 60's. These days it's more likely to be some local nut job. Foreign entities are having too much fun watching the US implode to bother bombing it.
The last thing the crew would do in enemy territory is turn on their transponder and “pulse ident”. This would give away their position to the enemy immediately, and possibly have their plane shot down, thus preventing the Doomsday Device from triggering itself.
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“Gentlemen, we can’t have fighting in the war room” the best line in the movie for me!
THIS MOVIE IS A MASTERPIECE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This and Fail Safe.😊
Quintessential quackery!
@@5400bowen NO
"Nuclear Warhead, Handle with Care".
See also “Dark Star”, talking to the bomb scene.
"This side up'
Good advice.
I've seen this a lot, but I just realized that the bombadier is James Earl Jones when he was a kid!
James Earl Jones and George C Scott were in Merchant of Venice in 1962 (Central Park). This is where Kubrick became familiar with Scott and I believe Jones as well.
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A lot of that in congress these days.
Some of it due to senile, old people who don't want
to retire; including Joe Biden.
His film debut.
Slim Pickens is flipping through Playboy magazine. The centrefold girl in Playboy is also the Gen. Turgitson’s secretary. Blast off!
They're the same woman? I never noticed that in dozens of viewings.
Turgid son. Hope you get it.
Has anyone ever noticed that of all the characters in the film, the Bomber crew are the only ones who actually seem to know what they are supposed to be doing.... All the Generals and so forth lose their minds, but Slim Pickens is just determined to do his job and bomb somebody... Stanley Kubrick's comment on the military???
the crew seems very serious about its job too.
Well they are trained to follow orders, and the point of the system is that you may not be able to get confirmation as it might be the last message sent before a nuclear strike and communications are lost.
You don't want troops trying to second guess their commanders in the field.
True always is
If the alternative is a military worried about gender pronouns and drag queens, I vote for the old days.
The bomber crew and the president serve as the straight men the rest of the dark comedic elements are built around. If they were just as lunatic as the rest of the cast it wouldn't be a dark comedy, it'd just be a total farce.
At least until the pilot ends up riding the bomb down, but at least serves as a capstone & comedic moment at the climax of the film.
George Scott looks like he's auditioning for Patton
Scott would never knowingly underact.
I like that in the background of the flying scenes the shadow is of a B-17
Yep. That Eleanor Roosevelt tail-swoop gives it away, not to mention those radial engines.
Indeed, it was probably the only time when Kubrick himself was aboard a plane shooting the background for the bomb run, since he hated flying (for instance for the background shots during the "ape" early scenes in 2001 he contracted a crew that was sent into the Savannah Desert because he himself couldn't bear flying again, and he instructed where he wanted the camera located in which sector and at what time thru telephone line).
Regardless as a bit of trivia, the B-17 used for the areal shots in Dr. Strangelove flew too close over an Air Force base without the pilots knowing about is existence and were forced to land by the military since they thought it was a spy plane.
Slim Pickens sounds like a country hick but he is obviously a pilot on top of his game.
During World War II, he enlisted in the Army. When the recruiter asked him his profession, he told him "rodeo." The recruiter, being hard of hearing, thought he said "radio," and assigned him to an Army radio station in the Midwest, where he remained for the duration of the war.
Well, he has been to a World Fair, a rodeo and picnic, so he does have experience. As for determination, he will stay on a task to completion, even if it hair-lips everyone on Bear Creek.
Inspector Closeau, Darth Vader/Mufasa, and Patton were all in this movie.
Lol 😆 I guess so.😆😅🤣😂👍
And Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds.
Peter Sellers ...remarkable performance ...has to be his finest 🎯🎭 ...dramatic actors can't do what comedians can accomplish ...some rare exceptions 😅
😊😊😊😊😊😊
The bit where George C Scott is asked to describe if the B52 can get through, and he uelogises about how Yes, Damn it, it Will get through, And then the Penny drops... quite a chilling moment in the film.
I have read that Scott was not pleased to find himself cast in a black comedy, as he regarded himself as a 'serious' actor only interested in serious dramatic roles. He only consented to do the film Kubrick's way out of respect for Kubrick, who was one of the few people Scott knew who could beat him in chess. Kubrick was infamous for requiring actors to do dozens of takes for each scene. In some of them he would trick Scott into doing a comic take 'for the blooper reel'. But the supposed 'outtakes' were incorporated into the film, resulting in Scott's over-the-top lunatic portrayal of General Turgidson.
In a similar way, Pickens was not told the film was a comedy, so that he played his part dead serious. He was not Kubrick's first choice for the role; he wanted John Wayne, who refused, saying he thought the film unpatriotic. This film was a turning point in his career. He later said that after this film, his roles, dressing rooms, and paychecks all started to get a lot bigger.
@@JohnH0130 That was funny when he realized what the hell he was saying 🤣🤣🤣
@@JohnH0130 Hey a guy could have a great time in Vegas with that survival kit 🤣🤣🤣
@@FollowingtheJourneyLifeStyleIt was supposed to be “Dallas”, but because of the assassination of JFK Slim Pickens had to make a sound recording with “Vegas” instead of “Dallas”. If you look closely at his lips in that scene, you can see him saying “Dallas”.
I've heard that Peter Sellers, playing a fourth part, was Kubrick's first choice. But Sellers got sick and couldn't do it. So Pickens was selected.
When people ask what my childhood was like in the 60s. I reference this movie.
The 'shadow' of the "B-52" at 0.52 is actually that of a WW2 "B-17" bomber.
There's actually 2 shots of the B17 shadow, watched this movie many times before I caught that.
I think the makers hired a B-17 photo ship to provide the moving background for the model B-52 to be matted onto (rather unconvincingly)
That's exactly what they wanted you to think. 🤪
OOPS.
Part of the stealth technology. No one is scared of B17 anymore.
"Stay on the bomb run, boys! I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek."
what the hell does it mean
Bear creek is just any old piece of nowhere,
A hair lip is a disfigured lip.
Usually a defect at birth but some can be attributed to injuries to the mouth .
@@canobenitez It's a slang phrase from the American south. A "harelip" is an old word for someone with a Cleft Lip or Pallett. "Bear Creek" in this case may refer to a real place (the pilot's hometown), or the "idea" of a small rural community. So the pilot is basically saying "I will get the doors open even if it gives everyone in my small rural hometown a Cleft Lip!" Ultimately, it's just a funny way of saying he's very determined to get the doors open. Hope that helps! Us Southerners can be hard to understand sometimes. :)
@@krisvires It COULD mean, also, He's going back to work around nuclear weapons and the bome bay door. If his inards are fried by the radiation, it's likely he'll give everyone on Bear Creek a BAD genetic mutation (assuming he lives) called a "hair lip".
@@krisvires Being from Ohio and having lived in Georgia for a couple of years I agree. But I got used to it. To the point that my friends and family in Ohio said that I spoke with a slight southern accent.
This sequence is an excellent example of stretching time by parallel cutting. The actual time elapsed to fly the final few miles would be a minute or so, but by showing simultaneous actions it takes longer and ratchets up the tension.
Got to find part 2. Yeeeeehaaaaaw
Nothing but a classic, never give up, never surrender.
Man, James Earl Jones was a baby!
I thought that was him! Thanx
Saw this when I was a kid, had nightmares for days after watching Slim ride that bomb.
Incredible flight crew dynamics, overcoming so many obstacles to start WW3😂
One of my favorite movies as a kid and one of the reasons I joined the USAF. Proud veteran and fan
Did you go to Texas for boot camp?
@@rknine7998 Unless it changed everyone in the USAF goes through San Antonio, TX. Lackland AFB for enlisted and Medina Station for officers.
@@FollowingtheJourneyLifeStyle Is it true the higher your ASVAB test, the better MOS job?
@@rknine7998 Yes, in the USAF it was called AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code)
@@FollowingtheJourneyLifeStyle I have two college degrees. Working that land me?
A great and wonderful movie. Only the bomber crew showed any kind of dependable on doing their job properly.
It’s very disappointing that you cut out the part where he rides the bomb down. I mean it’s only the most famous scene in the damn movie.
My sentiment exactly. But then again, it's not like I haven't seen it dozens of times.
me too!!!! I was waiting for that! Boooooooooooo
One of my favorite movies 😂😂. I grew to love the song, Till we meet again. ❤
It's actually "We'll meet again"😎
Well, at least we know they made it, and doomsday device having limited effect, cause James Earl Jones is still with us voicing Arby's commercials.
And he went on to command the SAC aircraft in 'By Dawn's Early Light'
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Actually, Ving Rhames does the Arbys commercial.
Yep, Ving Rhames. I had to look it up because of how amazing the production is on those spots!
Kubrick . . . my kinda genius. Exspecially on MANUAL OVER - RIDE. In my dreams i do a lot of over riding.
Darf Wader himself early start blowing things up.
Interesting how a B-52 casts a B-17 shadow. ;)
On the nose of each bomb: "NUCLEAR WARHEAD HANDLE WITH CARE" LOL...
Whoo dude , I remember seeing this when it first came out!
Man, I thought I fealt old.
It came out the year I was born 🤣🤣🤣
Slim Pickens was the star of this movie!
Slim was great in this film. I like how he changes out his helmet for a cowboy hat when he knows he's going into air combat. I also liked him in "1941."
Old Buff’s still flying!
Peter Sellers was originally going to play the part of the crazy Bomber pilot that ended up played by the wonder Slim Pickens. In addition to Sellers' three other parts.
He’s going to get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek 😂 🤷🏻♂️
Slim Pickings was an inspired piece of casting in this film.
You cut best part off!! Riding that nuke down!
NUCLEAR WARHEAD
HANDLE WITH CARE
Darth Vader was on board, I never doubt them for a second.
Never knew that a B-52 could fly at less than 50 miles per hour
That always made me ponder about how slow the B52 approached it's target. :)
They’re cresting over the peak of a valley when the co-pilot yells out over the comms “target in sight!”. That’s why it looks like they’re going slow; they’re just higher above the ground.
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A B52 Stratofortress cruises at 500 mph ! Not 50 !
Facetiousness identification just isn't some folk's strong point.
Love the B-17 they used for the aerial background.
(Watch for shadows 😂)
It's a B-17...that vertical stabilizer's pretty distinctive (plus there's only 1....the B-24 had 2) I read confirmation after I made the earlier post.
The shadow on the ground is that of the B-17 film aircraft! The interior of the bomber was so accurate, culled from anything in the public domain they could get hold of, that the film makers were temporarily under suspicion.
Anyone else notice that the shadow of the B52 on the ground is actually A B17.
Saw that as a kid...studied this film closer than teens watching a porn. 😂
James Earl Jones is in the navigator scene! He’s the bombadier! Never noticed him before, I’ve seen the film several times. I recognized his voice. The camera angle on him is weird, so he’s hard to spot by sight. Not his usual role either. Darth Vader in Dr. Strangelove!
James Earl Jones lines here would be good to dub into Star Wars.
0:51 - Kinda funny how the shadow of the B-52 on the ground looks like the shadow of a B-17...
0.53 That looks like the shadow of a B-17 in the lower right.
Yeah...I realized that later.
I have to wonder if the BUFF could even get away from the blast, damaged as she was....the crew may not have survived in any case.
I always wondered that myself. Don’t they need to reach a minimum altitude over the blast area to avoid a dangerous shock wave? I know it’s ‘just a movie’, but Kubrick was always a stickler for detail and adherence to the basic facts, like he was in 2001; A Space Odyssey when he consulted a lot with scientists, NASA engineers, and Asimov.
@@62Cristoforothere was very little public information in 1964 about nuclear weapons as evidenced by Kubrick's hydrogen bombs in the bomb bay. The only nuclear weapons that the public was able to see were the two weapons used on Japan. After release of a gravity bomb the aircraft would make a sharp turn to begin flying in the opposite direction that the bomb was traveling across the ground. Other blast evasion methods included parachute or streamer retard as well as lay down delay. Apparently the nuke Slim rides down to the Soviet ICBM complex is set for ground burst. The B-52 leaking fuel like colander might escape the fireball because of the deep valley in which the target is located. But good luck making the ditch point at the weather ship.😅
Helloooo! The nitpickers, hairsplitters and 'know it all' are at it again.. You couldn't tell us the brand of pliers he was using, could you? Or what cameras SK was using? Or the manufacturer of the Coca Cola machine? Maybe, just maybe - how about appreciating a work of art? Cheeeez....
Yes but,
Was the CRM114 code discriminator built by Sperry or by Nordon?
Yes, Just a film, a work of art, but just a film.
It is called "The Routemaster moment" on British television when something is shown out of it's date sequence.
The Routemaster is a large red double decker London bus.
@@vanpenguin22It was made by the (B)ENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION.
Looking closely at the nameplate, you can recognize that the original name must have been Bendix Aviation Corporation. The 'B' was painted over, so the company name no longer extends across the entire line; there's a gap on the left, fitting for a 'B'.
Awesome!
Negative function switch to 56 Zulu backup circuit no go still negative the military lingo and codes and layers of security all so dead pan love it.
I loved military lingo when I was a kid 🙂
"Try the Teleflex cable!"
Much of the intercom phrases & terminology was Incorrect!
ie, USAF Aircraft Commander is NEVER addressed as "Capt'n". That's airline speak.
Crew persons are addressed by their 'crew position ' (pilot, navigator, etc).
Stunning graphics
博士の異常な愛情 爆弾に跨って帽子を振りながら落ちてゆくシーンは忘れられない。私は12歳位だったかなあ… 他は記憶にないです。
That ICBM complex would have already fired it's missiles and would be a worthless target.
Not true. The Russians never gave the order to fire.
I’ve never thought about this, but given the prerequisites of Wing Attack Plan R, this would be the case. In the context of the movie - Jack R. Ripper sending his planes against Russia without an Russian attack - there would be a 50:50 chance that the ICBMs would’ve been fired when the B-52s had entered Russian airspace.
The Soviets were caught unprepared. And remember this wasn't their primary target (the ICBM complex at Lapuda). By the way another ICBM can be placed on the launch pad for a second strike. Unknown to western military planners the Soviets in the early 60s would have had only a few dozen Sapwood ICBMs.
@paulfarace9595 fire them up and guess if they launched or went anywhere near the target
A 3:08 and 7:25 that is one crazy map, Europe and Asia on the left, Over sized Japan and tilted Greenland in the center, and Alaska with the West Cost on the right.
I always thought it was a stretch to have the pilot reading the checklist to the bombardier especially when they are busy dodging icebergs.
The other pilot was the PF or pilot flying. Maj. Kong (Koeng) was the PNF or PM ( pilot not flying or pilot monitoring) which is how a large airplane multi man crew would do it.
As a former B-52 pilot, there is very little "chatter" between the pilot's and the navigators, on a bomb run. They're busy flying the plane and making sure they're following the heading instructions given to them by the Radar Navigator (Bombadier). The Navigators are responsible for making sure their own switches are setup in the right position. The pilot's aren't.
Holy crap that’s dearth Vader as bombardier
Before James turned to the dark side.
Broken wires get you every time.
How did those wires become "broken" ?
Note: Crews "always" check for open circuit-breakers when any electric circuit loses power.
SOP
Anybody notice that the Russian ambassador character STRONGLY resembles Orson Welles in the movie "Citizen Kane"?? THAT'S because, as with MANY OTHER things Mason Kubrick KNEW by INSIDER connections, the resemblance was his DELIBERATE hint of knowledge that the US nuclear arsenal codeword at the time the movie was made (1960) for INITIATION of nuclear missile strikes (it changes every few years or so, depending on the whim of the Pentagon) was a KEY word alluded to in the Welles' movie: "ROSEBUD", the name of "Citizen Kane's" boyhood sled!!😎
And the nuclear bombing run procedure portrayed in the movie for launching a nuclear bomb attack for that time (with ALL its failsafe backups) was ACCURATE.... 100% AUTHENTIC!!😵😎
No military plane on a bomb run, deep inside enemy territory would suddenly turn on their transponder and squawk their position, just before releasing their nuclear payload.
This movie coming out first ruined the box office for Failsafe (Fonda, Hagman, Matthau, etc.)....
I saw Failsafe but never got to watch Dr. Strangelove. Really should correct that.
Heh....the shadow under the B-52 looks like a B-17
They should've used the B-58 Hustler. It was designed to fly straight over Canada, over the Artic, and deliver a nuclear warhead bomb to Russia. It would cruise at Mach 2. But it only had a 3 man crew.
I have a model of the B58
@@christorpher84 My brother was a B-58 Engine Mech at LRAFB. He took me there to see one. Loud as all Hell!
B-58 was used in the movie Fail Safe nicknamed the Vindicator
But did B58 Hustler do Low Level bomb runs ?
I thought its mission was high level bomb runs ??
No ?
Did you HAVE to end it there?
I LOVE THIS MOVIE 🇺🇸🇧🇷🙏🙏🙏
It seems you have the entirety of dr strange love as an flv file. If you could upload the entire thing on youtube or send a link to the whole thing in the comments that would be super.
1:58 George.C.Scot doing a ‘Beetlejiuce’ impression!
Supposedly that bit by George C Scott about the B52 was adlibbed. He did that but didn't know the camera was rolling.
Frying Chickens in the Barnyard!
I think the phrase was "burn the feathers off the chickens in the barnyard"
@@jjhpor I believe you are correct!
@jjhpor Nope.. I thought you were correct, but it's Frying Chickens in the barnyard.
Thats James Earl Jones
There is something superior/extra that honest comic actors have
Because an actual B-17 was used as the camera aircraft for this film's aerial shots. The B-52 looks like a model.
It was a B-25
Genius
Every seane a quotable line. Best movie ever.
Scene, too.
The bomb that says dear John must have been slum pickins idea. That was the name of his horse!!!!
I bet nobody noticed the shadow of the aircraft on the ground was actually a B-17 instead of a B-52 LOL
Cockpit conversation and scene very accurate
Well yeah....but I was talking about the bomb they actually dropped.
Major Kong did not wanto die riding the bomb to its target. He tried to grab something when the bomb dropped.
Man with a mission...
ICBM complex at Kelbasainsk
Except that , in Russian, Kelbasainsk means City Of Sausage production.
@victorbrunswick thats pretty scurry for the people we suspect of initiating that attack now isn't it.
The navigator was on several comedy recordings. Who is he?
Dig that 1964 CGI
I've seen this movie many times since I was a kid. I fell in love with the Bomber Force since I saw the movie and TV shows 12 O'clock High. I never thought I would be so lucky to Enlist in the USAF and then be chosen to work in the Strategic Air Command (AKA SAC) on those Big B-52's. Yet that was my first Command and the First Aircraft I worked on.
ILike I stated, I first saw this movie when I was a kid. Even back then I saw several, possibly intentional mistakes in it. How many others were able to spot one of the biggest starting at about 0:47. Most people never notice it, but it is very obvious. A second on starts at 6:38, but unfortunately you don't see the ending. But I always loved the ending song song by Vera Lynn, We'll Meet Again. Being a SAC Trained Killer it was a sad day when the USAF made the stupid move to deactivate the best Command they ever had or will have. But this song may become the official song of SAC.
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This is an updated version
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What funny was at the time there was no go to of the inside of a B52 the film officially said they just guessed what it would look like but In reality not far off
Kinda wish this one was in color.
Those earth oscillations outside the cockpit windows and the crew's unperturbedness to them rather defeats realism as anyone - trained aircrew or not - would've been holding onto something or moving about to counter the dramatic effect of turbulence. But I'm sure the plot made up for any shortfalls created by the technological drawbacks of the time.
Hey did I see Darth Vader in training.
@MGSabara The scariest part is if America is ever hit by a nuclear attack it probably won't be from a missile but from a nuclear device hidden in a truck and driven across the border from Mexico.
This film was the 60's.
These days it's more likely to be some local nut job.
Foreign entities are having too much fun watching the US implode to bother bombing it.
Watch the short run TV mini-series Jericho Inside Job for nefarious purposes😮
b 52 is casting a b 17 shadow. on the ice at the beginning of clip
Ride 'em cowboy! Yeehaaaw!
As if they'd be launching nukes as low an altitude as THAT😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Check the shadow on the snow....ww2 b17
*"Target in sight. Where in hell is major Kong?"* Finish off the movie please.
It's nothing like a B52. But it even fooled senior usaf officers.(they'd never seen a real B52 interior either 🤔)
Be still Taggert, be still.
The last thing the crew would do in enemy territory is turn on their transponder and “pulse ident”. This would give away their position to the enemy immediately, and possibly have their plane shot down, thus preventing the Doomsday Device from triggering itself.
I heard “false ident transponder”. That does make a bit more sense.
Interesting how a Boomer’s low banging the target alike the Bone.
That must’ve been exciting to see for a first time in a theatre.
Why didn’t you show Kong going down with Bomb scumbag 😢
Never saw it before...it is a B-17 shadow on the ground at about 0:52... Funny...!
Their B-52 casts the shadow of a B-17. Just sayin! :D