The Lost Missile movie poster.
Movie (1958)
Starring:
Robert Loggia (Dr. David Loring)
Ellen Parker (Joan Woods)
Philip Pine (Dr. Joe Freed)
Larry Kerr (General Barr)
A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.
Fictional Rocket[]
Mittlewerk EWM A4 Vergeltungswaffe V2[]
United States proceeded to five dozens launches of V2 or copies between 1946 and 1952. Footage probably of one of them.
Fantastic explosion on a launch pad but not the well-known Nedelin catastrophe as it occured later the movie's release on October 24, 1960.
Lockheed RC-121C Warning Star[]
Northrop F-89C Scorpion[]
F-89 cockpit despite shown between F-94 and F-86 footage.
Lockheed F-94B Starfire []
FA-385.
North American F-86D Sabre[]
FU-052.
Fu-861 North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre 52-3861 from 85th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
Possibly 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, US Air Force.
Hawker Hunter[]
Given to be from the Royal Canadian Air Force ... which never operated the type !
Canadair CL-13 Mk4[]
Canadair CL-13 Mk4 of the Polemikí Aeroporía (Greek Air Force) ... instead from Canada as said by the narrator.
Serial 161.
BB 127 of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) seen during exercise 'Carte Blanche' (in June 1955).
Wildcats Squadron Badge on 438e Escadron (chasse) « Ville de Montréal » / 438 (Fighter) Squadron "City of Montreal" which used Canadair Sabre between October 1956 and November 1958.
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck[]
Shot next the Hawker Hunter seen taxiing.
Republic F-84 Thunderjet[]
A very short footage between the Hawker Hunter and the RCAF Canadair Sabre action ...
Flight of four seen next the Boeing B-47 sequence.
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress[]
Maybe
U.S. AIR FORCE
B-52D-35-BW
AF SERIAL NO.56-677 A
A better screenshot could give us the s/n with more accuracy.
Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker[]
Aircraft in the background.
Convair B-36 Peacemaker[]
Boeing B-47 Stratojet[]
Douglas DC-7[]
Douglas DC-7 of of American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport.
Bell OH-13 Sioux[]
Gloster Meteor F.8 []
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior[]
Seen on CVA-60 USS Saratoga with McDonnell F-3 Demon in the background.
Grumman F9F Cougar[]
Another McDonnell F-3 Demon just launched in the background.
Grumman F11F Tiger[]
Vought F8U-1 Crusader[]
North American F-86 Sabre[]
Scramble in Korea for these US Air Force pilots.
FU-509, 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, USAF.
Lockheed F-94C Starfire []
Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire s/n 50-1041.
Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire s/n 50-1042.
Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire s/n 50-1029
Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak[]
Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak FS-031 s/n 52-7031 in front of s/n 52-7004, a Republic F-84F-55-RE Thunderstreak.
Northrop F-89D Scorpion[]
North American F-100C Super Sabre[]
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger[]
Douglas MIM-3 Nike Ajax[]
Northrop F-89H Scorpion[]
Northrop F-89H Scorpion firing Hughes AIM-4 Falcon missiles.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Perhaps Sparrow I's during tests on a Douglas F3D Skyknight in the early 1950s ?
Another use of test firing footage seen (inverted) in Fail Safe (1964).
Republic F-84 Thunderjet & Republic F-84F Thunderstreak[]
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