Thirteen Days movie poster.
Movie (2000)
Starring:
Shawn Driscoll (the first U-2 pilot)
Bruce Greenwood (John F. Kennedy)
Steven Culp (Robert F. Kennedy)
Dylan Baker (Robert McNamara)
Kevin Costner (Kenny O'Donnell)
Charles Esten (Major Rudolf Anderson, the second U-2 pilot)
October 1962: USSR tries to base launching pads for medium range ballistic missiles in Cuba. During thirteen days, USA and USSR held a fist game which held the breath of the world. Inside view from the White House on these days which were ones of the nearest the nuclear blast.
Boeing VC-137C Air Force One[]
Lockheed C-130H Hercules[]
With Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter in the foreground.
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter[]
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight[]
With the USS Saratoga (CV-60) in the background.
Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse[]
On an Iwo-Jima-class amphibious assault ship. Painted as members of Marine Transport Squad 361 (HMR-361).
Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave[]
The two helicopters on the stern of Iwo-Jima-class amphibious assault ship.
Douglas A-4B Skyhawk[]
BuNo 142784, c/n 11846. Modex AF-508.
Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever []
Just under the horizon line.
Sikorsky HSS-2Z[]
Boeing B-47E Stratojet[]
Military serial 53-2264, c/n 4501077.
North American F-100D Super Sabre[]
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress[]
A scene displays a taxiing B-52 with four underwing Douglas AGM-48A Skybolt air-launched ballistic missiles. In fact, these weapons were only on development at that time, not in operational use.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[]
A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and a Vought F-8 Crusader hidden by several Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Vought F-8 Crusader[]
A McDonnell F-3 Demon is on the right (behind the yellow dog) of the first screenshot.
Vought RF-8 Crusader[]
With a line-up of Northrop F-5 in the background.
Northrop T-38A Talon[]
Behind the yellow lorry.
McDonnell F-3 Demon[]
Douglas A-1 Skyraider[]
Once the McDonnell F-3 Demon is launched, a glimpse shows us a Skyraider in the background.
McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo[]
Probably CGI planes. Only view in their six o'clock, so the specific reconnaissance nose is not visible.
Lockheed U-2F[]
The highest point of the crisis : the flight done by Major Rudolf Anderson on 27th October.
The Lockheed U-2 is intercepted by a SAM Lavochkin S-75 Dvina (NATO code name : SA-2 Guideline).
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Another unidentified aircraft (a cargo ? where are the wheels whels ?).
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo[]
The missing man salute flypast.
Missiles[]
R-12 Dvina (NATO designation SS-4 Sandal)[]
Missile seems well reproducted but the lorries are american ones !
Martin LGM-25C Titan II ICBM []
Despite the caption about an Atlas, the launch displays a Titan IGBM.
Convair RIM-2 Terrier[]
Another shot displays a pair in blue with yellow heads.
Several Unidentified Rockets and ICBM[]
First stage left behind by the second one.
S-125 Neva (NATO designation SA-3 Goa)[]
One of the biggest error of the movie : this SAM missile is shown fired from its modified truck carrier instead the unwheeled launcher.
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