Identify this Movie?

A colleague today was describing a movie from "10-15 years ago", which included a guy in the belly turret of a
WWII bomber whose landing gear had been shot off. His harness is also stuck. Being an artist, he draws a
drawing of the landing gear, and the the plane lands on the "animated" landing gear.

Can anybody here ID this? Wizard of Draws maybe?

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Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

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A colleague today was describing a movie from "10-15 years ago", which
included a guy in the belly turret of a WWII bomber whose landing gear had
been shot off. His harness is also stuck. Being an artist, he draws a
drawing of the landing gear, and the the plane lands on the "animated"
landing gear.

Can anybody here ID this? Wizard of Draws maybe?


That was the "The Mission". Not a movie, but the pilot episode of Steven
Spielberg's "Amazing Stories".

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"John Clonts" wrote in message ...

A colleague today was describing a movie from "10-15 years ago", which included a guy in the belly turret of
a WWII bomber whose landing gear had been shot off. His harness is also stuck. Being an artist, he draws a
drawing of the landing gear, and the the plane lands on the "animated" landing gear.

Can anybody here ID this? Wizard of Draws maybe?


That was the "The Mission". Not a movie, but the pilot episode of Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories".


Thanks Steve! A good example of usenet succeeding where Google failed...

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Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

On Tue, 10 May 2005 03:37:49 GMT, "John Clonts"
wrote:

A colleague today was describing a movie from "10-15 years ago", which included a guy in the belly turret of a
WWII bomber whose landing gear had been shot off. His harness is also stuck. Being an artist, he draws a
drawing of the landing gear, and the the plane lands on the "animated" landing gear.

And as they haul him out the "animated" gear goes flat. Would you
call this an early attempt at anime?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Can anybody here ID this? Wizard of Draws maybe?

Not a theatrical motion picture, but an episode of Steven Spielberg's
short-lived television series "Amazing Stories." Titled "The Mission,"
it was one of only two episodes actually directed by Spielberg.
See http://www.spielbergfilms.com/amazin...esmission.html
Original air date November 3, 1985, so almost 20 years ago.

The Internet knows all....

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And as they haul him out the "animated" gear goes flat. Would you
call this an early attempt at anime?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Don't look now, Roger, but your joke just went flat ;-)

I see that the answer is 'The Mission'. I saw it, but for some reason,
I keep thinking it is, 'Memphis Belle.'

Flyingmonk

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"Flyingmonk" wrote:

I see that the answer is 'The Mission'. I saw it, but for some reason,
I keep thinking it is, 'Memphis Belle.'

Definitely not "Memphis Belle", but it does have a scene where the ball-turret
gets shot off the airplane and the gunner is just handing by his safety
strap. And there is the obligatory drama of manually cranking down
the gear just in time to land.

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Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

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In article . com,
"Flyingmonk" wrote:

I see that the answer is 'The Mission'. I saw it, but for some reason,
I keep thinking it is, 'Memphis Belle.'

Definitely not "Memphis Belle", but it does have a scene where the
ball-turret
gets shot off the airplane and the gunner is just handing by his safety
strap. And there is the obligatory drama of manually cranking down
the gear just in time to land.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule


Did some Google-ing on Memphis Belle and ran across this site:

http://www.memphis-belle.com/

Seems there is something of a p*ssing contest over her ...

Also, it was interesting to read that Col Morgan flew in the Pacific too ...
lost a B29 off Kwajelen.

Jay B

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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In article . com,
"Flyingmonk" wrote:

I see that the answer is 'The Mission'. I saw it, but for some reason,
I keep thinking it is, 'Memphis Belle.'

Definitely not "Memphis Belle", but it does have a scene where the
ball-turret
gets shot off the airplane and the gunner is just handing by his safety
strap. And there is the obligatory drama of manually cranking down
the gear just in time to land.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule


Found this brief capsule of the Memphis Belle's war record:

http://www.memphis-belle.com/belle_story.htm

Interesting at the bottom ... a couple of more crew who did not fly all 25
on board the MB.

Jay B