24 Hour Alert movie still photos

[Chris Brame]

Here for your perusal: Images from the 1955 short film 24 Hour Alert with Jack Webb:

Can anyone ID this base? (Edwards AFB?)

Touring the flight line (how did that Corsair sneak in there?):








Uh-oh! B-25 with stuck gear! F-86 to the rescue:


(Note the different B-25 in the close-up with this odd yellow and black fuselage band:)



(B-25J 43-28204 was surplused three years later and is now flying as Pacific Princess.)


















Enjoy!

[JohnB]

Great stuff!

D-558-2, X-3, X-4, prototype A4D....

What years was it released? Judging by the nifty Ford convertible, 55-56?

[Jerry O'Neill]

Cool stuff. AFB looks like Hamilton in CA.

[Chris Brame]

What years was it released?

1955. It would make a nice double feature with Strategic Air Command...
Just a few things I've noticed: the T-33 in the airborne shot has the same buzz number but doesn't match the plane on the ground; note the buzz number font is different and there is an insignia of some sort under the forward cockpit. The CA ANG F-86A 49-1046 in the background had this note from the Baugher site:

1046 115 FIS Calif ANG "California Boomerang" May 21, 1955 Operation BOOMERANG. 49-1046 polished and
honed to perfection takes off from Van Nuys for New York on a 11 hour, 26 minutes and 33 seconds
5058 mile round trip with 5 refueling stops.

The F-86D 53-724 in the flight line photo is (was?) supposedly on display at the airport in Urbana, Ohio but their site and Google don't seem to show it now. Can anyone verify?

[Jerry O'Neill]

When was this on TCM? Love to see the film!

[maxum96]

Looks kinda like March AFB. But with all the X planes, I'd say Edwards. But Edwards is all desert and the mountains aren't close by like in some of those pictures.

[tom d. friedman]

it's amazing that the stilletto's performance was sub par!! that baby is the ultimate flying needle that dulls the f-104 in the looks department!! ouch!

[K5DH]

Great set of photos! I'd love to see the film.

Man, that B-57 is LOW!

[k5083]

I love all the sportcoats, dresses and high heels -- and the Brando type checking out the FJ-3.

August

[The Inspector]

Wasn't the 'BOOMERANG' flown by one James Bede?
The X-3 suffered from engine issues, the original 4900 lb/thrust WESTINGHOUSE J-46's were the biggest issue being low on power, temperamental, but mostly too big in diameter and too long to fit the airframe, so WESTINGHOUSE J-34's with much lower thrust were substituted because they would fit, kinda like designing the ultimate INDY race car but using a lawnmower engine to power it. LOCKHEED used a lot of the data in the design of the F-104.
No one picked up on the XF-11F prototype in white parked next to the XA4D? Just found out it was actually originally identified as the XF-9F-9

[rwdfresno]

Looks kinda like March AFB. But with all the X planes, I'd say Edwards. But Edwards is all desert and the mountains aren't close by like in some of those pictures.

Cool stuff. AFB looks like Hamilton in CA.

Jerry,

You are correct, I'm almost certain that is Hamilron AFB.

Ryan

[Stephan Wilkinson]

disregard

[Cherrybomber13]

[wendovertom]

I agree - that B-57 is about as close as it can be! It would be cool to go to an air show and see all those type (with a few exceptions) actually flying!

Tom P.

[Chris Brame]

I just shopped two images together to get a better look at the fuselage band (with a "tiger stripe"?) on the B-25 in the closeups (which is not on the plane in the medium shots):



Can anyone (hello, aerovin) ID this plane from the marking? Looks like maybe an SAR marking except for the other stripe. Maybe a civilian job? (Edit: Just went through my copy of B-25 in Civil Service and no matches there.)