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A Gathering of Eagles is a 1963 SuperScope Eastmancolor film about the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the pressures of command. The plot is patterned after the World War II film Twelve O'Clock High, which producer-screenwriter Sy Bartlett also wrote, with elements also mirroring Above and Beyond and Toward the Unknown, films written by his collaborator, Beirne Lay Jr.
The Gathering of Eagles Program is an annual aviation event that traces its origin back to 1980, when retired Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets was invited to visit the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base to share some of his experiences with the students. Tibbetts' visit became the genesis for Gathering of Eagles.
There is a scene from the 1963 film A Gathering of Eagles during which a MITO is observed to occur from beside the runway at Beale Air Force Base, California. The scene involves Colonels James Caldwell (played by Rock Hudson ) and Hollis Farr ( Rod Taylor ) standing a few thousand feet down the runway, watching B-52 Stratofortresses take off at ...
A Gathering of Eagles, starring Rock Hudson; Gidget Goes to Rome, starring Cindy Carol; The Girl Hunters, starring Mickey Spillane (as Mike Hammer), with Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Eaton; The Girl Who Knew Too Much (La ragazza che sapeva troppo), directed by Mario Bava – Le glaive et la balance (a.k.a.
A Gathering of Eagles: June 26, 1963: King Kong vs. Godzilla: U.S. distribution of 1962 Japanese Toho film July 17, 1963: The Thrill of It All: August 7, 1963: For Love or Money: September 11, 1963: The Kiss of the Vampire: U.S. distribution of British films December 5, 1963: Charade: co-production with Stanley Donen Films December 25, 1963 ...
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Strategic Air Command was followed by two additional military aviation films that were also supportive of SAC's mission, Bombers B-52 (1957), and A Gathering of Eagles (1963). The B-47 cockpit used in the film is now on display at the March Field Air Museum at March Air Reserve Base (former March AFB) in Riverside, California. [12]
There were also a number of counter-protesters, including the Gathering of Eagles, a group formed to show support for the war in Iraq, the troops, and the government, and which also claimed to be protecting various monuments from any vandalism by anti-war marchers. It included, among others, members of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group, and ...