In case it hasn’t dawned on you by now, The Thousand Plane Raid is a pretty low-budget flick that delivers a pretty cliché wartime story and not much else. Incredibly, the USAF and RAF higher-ups agree, and pave way for the biggest stock footage attack in cinematic history. Anyone who has closely scrutinized either Twelve O’Clock High and/or The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress may feel they’re getting gypped when they sit back to watch a good ol’ WWII flick and instead witness recycled, often colorized footage from movies made twenty years prior (I noticed one shot spliced in that wasn’t even in the correct aspect ratio)! But hey, at least your witnessing authentic World War II air footage in some instances, right?īased loosely on Ralph Barker’s novel of the same name, The Thousand Plane Raid (or, The 1000 Plane Raid, as the posters and DVD artwork read) finds the late great Christopher George as Colonel Greg Brandon - the no-nonsense commander of the 103rd Bomb Group in England who is determined to end the war early, so he convinces his superiors to back a presumptuous mission to send over a thousand bombers and fighters over Germany and permanently disable a major aircraft factory. The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) utilizes another cost-efficient use for stock footage: it shamelessly lifts almost all of its aerial footage from other movies. It’s that easy - not to mention economical. All one has to do is cue up some decades-old film that somebody shot whilst they were on vacation in Bangkok visiting and insert that footage with newly-shot studio scenes.
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Let’s say a certain segment of a movie or TV show takes place in Thailand, but the cast and crew never so much as leave the confines of Hollywood. Having such a library of miscellaneous stuff on-hand is essential for movie and television producers, especially when they’re establishing a location shot.
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MacLeod had three guest appearances on legal drama Perry Mason, not to mention guest roles on a variety of other TV series including Rawhide, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., My Favorite Martian, The Andy Griffith Show, Hogan’s Heroes and the original Hawaii Five-O before snagging the role as Mary’s sensible co-worker Murray on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.Sometimes, you just have to praise the almighty gods of film for the invention of stock footage. In 1961, MacLeod appeared as Mel’s (Richard Deacon) cousin Maxwell Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was his first time working with Mary Tyler Moore. Lucky, Peter Gunn and The Untouchables until landing a supporting role in sitcom McHale’s Navy in 1962 as Seaman Joseph 'Happy' Hanes. His first credited large screen role was in 1958 prison drama I Want to Live! For the next few years, MacLeod made the rounds as a guest star in TV series like Lockup, Manhunt, Mr. His first movie appearance was a small, uncredited role in The True Story of Lynn Stuart in 1958. Sadly, the passing of MacLeod makes Betty White, 99, and Ed Asner, 91, the remaining two primary cast members still alive from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.īorn Allan George See in Mount Kisco, New York on February 28, 1931, MacLeod made his television debut in 1957 on crime drama The Walter Winchell File.
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