The War of the Worlds movie poster.
Movie (1953)
Russian title: Война миров
French title: La Guerre des mondes
German title: Kampf der Welten
Starring:
Gene Barry (Dr. Clayton Forrester)
Ann Robinson (Sylvia Van Buren)
Les Tremayne (Major Gen. Mann)
Sandro Giglio (Dr. Bilderbeck)
H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life in this tale of an alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly.
Other works in this series:
War of the Worlds (2005)
Thomas-Morse MB-3[]
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Bristol F.2A/B Fighter[]
Stinson L-5 Sentinel[]
As the narrator told us of World War Two, this landing assault includes a liaison plane on the right.
Stinson L-5 Sentinel, the wings hold vertically along the fuselage.
Supermarine Seafire L.III[]
Supermarine Seafire L.III of 801 NAS (Naval Air Squadron), Pacific Theater, Summer 1945.
Fairey Firefly Mk I[]
Fairey Firefly Mk I of 1771 NAS with Fin Carrier Code 'N' (for the HMS Implacable (R86)) during Summer 1945.
Mittlewerk EWM A4 Vergeltungswaffe V-2[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Most probably an Aeronca design (Champion or Chief?) if not an Interstate Cadet (or a former L-6).
In the far background, between the car and the tent.
North American F-86 Sabre and Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star[]
What seems to be a formation of parading F-86...
Another one is chased by a T-33.
Aeronca 11CC[]
A civilian variant acting as a military ordered L-16.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Overlay reusing footage of a (Spitfire?) acting in German colors (probably from an allied film shot during World War Two).
North American B-45A Tornado[]
The narrator speaks of "a French fast jet" (!). And the serial number is fictitious as the 139 airframes were ordered on fiscal year 1947 and 1948.
North American B-45A still in USAF markings.
Northrop YB-49[]
Although the two Northrop YB-49s couldn't carry atomic bombs and crashed in 1950, one of the story's highlights is based on these hypothesis.
The pilot as seen from the lower co-pilot's seat.
Only the pilot could see out through the teardrop canopy.
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