To those who are screaming about there being a flat screen TV in the bar, It was a new-then technology of Fresnel lens magnifier screen which is built into a wall cabinet with a TV placed a distance behind the screen. It magnified the TV into what appeared as a large flat screen. The device was developed for venues such as bars and clubs or other public venues. They were expensive with etched and polished lens cuts in the plate glass. Only the rich had such for private home use. They were very inventive with the primitive tech available back then. :)

@russellmooneyham3334

5 жыл бұрын

Finally!!! Thank you Phillip! Was getting a bit tired of all the ignorant comments about it! Lol.

@SG-ug9xj

3 жыл бұрын

@@russellmooneyham3334 i was getting tired of the ignorant comments about it to. i was almost going to say something about it myself, but i was waiting for someone else to say something, so then i could come in and say "its about time" and then call everyone else ignorant, when i didn't even know it in the first place until i read his comment, like you. MORON!

@russellmooneyham3334

3 жыл бұрын

@@SG-ug9xj it only took you a year to get enough guts to call me a moron. Not bad. Take one "kudo" out of the "kudo's" jar. Dumbass.

@babydriver8134

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I spotted that right off and was wondering.

@TurdFerguson101

3 жыл бұрын

There is more than one way to skin a cat.

I was born in 1948 and I do not know how old I was when I first saw this movie, but it has remained in my mind for over 60 years until I found it again. Perhaps it has helped to make me who I am today. The only thing I have remembered all these years was the scene of the swirling glass of liquor hypnotizing everyone.

@hellbound2012

4 ай бұрын

Did you become an alcoholic?

A forgotten gem from my youth during the FIRST "cold war". I last saw this 50 years ago as a child. Despite a multitude of inaccuracies, this skillfully handled film still packs a wallop - to those of us who remember! Thank you for running it!

@chrismaguire3667

3 жыл бұрын

@ITS JUST MY OPINION Really? What happened in 2001, on 9/11, buster? Despite the idiotic conspiracy theories, the US was attacked, and it has resonated and had consequences since, not just in the US, but globally. Propaganda? I 'spect you'd live in happily in the lala-land under Biden, later Harris ('cause that's what you're getting - an unelected POTUS - not that you haven't got that now - who hates the US, Judeo-Christian and conservative values, and turn you into a China-style tyrrany) - high taxes, reduced military, overwhelmed and underemployed industries and people, cities ending up as skid row Detroit, as long as you get what you want - the whole of the US as a completely lawless megaversion of CHAZ, and you sitting pretty on the top of the pile.... Still, it might just all be a bad trip, eh?....

@babydriver8134

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismaguire3667 You're deluded.

@strangebiped

3 жыл бұрын

I started LIFE in the 1950s...and YES, I practiced hiding under my school desk with my friends! I knew that was 'stupid' since the building would be TOTALLY BLOWN APART by an ATOMIC BLAST WAVE, or just VAPORIZED!! Please STOP using ATOMIC REACTION WEAPONS PEOPLE OF EARTH.

@jongaulthero

2 жыл бұрын

It's a fucking propaganda hack job. Himmler cranked out bullshit like this, too.

@CrossOfBayonne

Жыл бұрын

The Russian invasion concept was also used in Call Of Duty too most notably in Modern Warfare 2 and 3 where the US gets invaded after a airport massacre called No Russian

It's weird the stuff you remember when you were a small child. In the early sixties my father worked for the power company as a field tech. I remember a night standing on our front porch with my mother who was waving to my father as he left for work. Two things were odd about this, I don't remember my father working at night and my mother was crying. It's like a snapshot of a memory. Years later as an adult I mentioned this memory to my parents. They were amazed that I could remember something at 3 years of age. My father said it was a night during the Cuban missile crisis and he had been called into work with all the other utility workers. He said everyone was worried we were going to get nuked. This was in Connecticut. I remember duck and cover drills in elementary school.

This movie has an extraordinary amount of actual war footage the likes of which might not have been seen, except, in this film. Real war; real bombs; real explosions; real death. Even in B & W it's hard to take, we've been at it so long. Worth reflecting on.

@BlueYiperoo

Жыл бұрын

Wowzers I've never seen this movie before and your description is very good. I remember watching NBC news and the reporting on the Vietnam war. And as a child, we never had to get underneath our desks in case of war. I was born in the 50's, 1957. And in the very early 1960's during Kennedy's time in office, there was the Cubin missile crises where Cubin goods were no longer allowed to be shipped from Cuba to the U.S. Cuba was banned. Cuba has a communist government.

@catchaser52

6 ай бұрын

Today 2023 you can watch all of the real war scenes you want. Thanks to little man putin.

@mickeyray3793

5 ай бұрын

Charming early1950's Cold War fantasy of a bad ol' unprovoked nuclear attack on the USA by our nasty ol' enemies, which are never named, only refered to as "the enemy." Since I don't remember hearing about it on my early 5-inch TV, I assume this is fiction, and not actual history. OMG, enemy planes destroyed Boulder Dam! Dammit!!! 😅

This is a great piece of cold war cinema. It comes across like a fever dream of surrealism. The film makers were probably making it from a serious perspective which makes the bizarre way it comes across very authentic.

@charlesfaure1189

6 ай бұрын

They were taking it from a seriously fascist perspective. Labor conscription? And on what would have to be a massive scale, as the entire economy would have to be mobilized in the defense of the Fatherland, not just a few defense plants. This is Goebbels-style propaganda here. What Dan O'Herlihy's character advocates is exactly Nazi-style economics--except the slave labor wouldn't be coming from conquered countries.

@luisreyes1963

5 ай бұрын

This was the kind of McCarthyite prattle that was being pushed during Hollywood's "Red Scare".

Mr Spinks linked me to this movie with the boulder dam scene overtaking the family which I had remembered but not seen in over 45 years. Thanks and nice print. Subscribed.👍

I love a great Red Scare Movie. Thanks for the upload.

Different, I really liked it. Thanks for posting it.

Absolutely fantastic aerial photography!!!!

A very effective film. I knew from the get go that this movie would be a good one, and I wasn't disappointed. BTW, great footage throughout, too!

This crazy movie is actually a master class in low budget film-making with expert use of stock footage. Some pretty good actors with both early Lois Lanes, an appearance of the always working William Schallert (388 credits in the IMDB), and I've always liked Dan O'Herlihy with his sonorous voice and diction (great in Fail Safe). Edward G. Robinson Jr. is the the son of the famous actor who died kind of young of a heart attack at the age of 40 (the son, not the dad).

"Hey Natasha, just light fuse and Moose and Squirrel go kaboom."

@BackSeatHump

4 жыл бұрын

"Boris, darlink! I love you!"

@AnimeboyIanpower

3 жыл бұрын

"Where is boom?"

@bobbythorman7421

3 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeboyIanpower BOOOOOM!!!🎆

@63bplumb

2 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS making problems for Moose and Squirrel!

@freddobbs4468

Ай бұрын

Boris Badenov. Him must have referred to fearless leader.

I remember this flic from the 50s. There was a full house at a Manhattan movie house. Thanks for the great memories. T Y Pip.

Another great classic .Thx and keep them comeing

I ranked this movie 9/10 in Imdb. I know there are many inaccuracies but this very simple movie drew me into it. Great work.

Thank you for posting this 'forgotten classic'. I saw this on TV in 1972. It convinced me to join the military when I was old enough. At that time it seemed to be so serious, but I guess that it was because of the 'Vietnam war'. Today, it's just so darn funny to me.

Being prepared for war is one of the best ways to preserve peace.

@jamesgibson7159

3 жыл бұрын

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.

@CrossOfBayonne

2 жыл бұрын

I agree but it comes at quite a cost both in lives and money

What the potential invaders didn’t know is that there are 400 million guns in private hands in this country. A mom behind every door w/ a 12 gauge.

@bufordt.justice1539

5 ай бұрын

Yes there is… But the Democrats want to take that away from us, take our guns, and remove the 2nd amendment!! Perhaps we should somehow force the Democrats, Leftists, and every “woke” college student to see this movie, Lol….

@johnathandaviddunster38

5 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@naguerea

5 ай бұрын

Well said.

@johnathandaviddunster38

5 ай бұрын

Who for God's sake would want to invade the USA.......??????😜🌅🦨

@butchie2752

2 ай бұрын

Is that all?

The Beautiful Future Lois Lane From TV'S Superman Playing the Ticket Agent in this Movie Actress Noel Neil Sadly she passed Away in 2016 at Age 95 God Bless May she RIP And is Sadly missed by all of her Fans etc.

@mikedrown2721

4 жыл бұрын

Phyllis Coates who played the first Lois Lane was in the car that got caught in the flood and washed away.

@vernalc2449

4 жыл бұрын

TY! Was racking my brain trying to place her!

@davidmeltzer1871

Ай бұрын

Not just her but the actress who left the series JUST before she was hired, Ms. Coates

Wow ! I've only watched the 1st 35 seconds , and it's hitting the Really hard areas of American /Christian/Human Philosophy & Decency. Thank you

Thank you for the great movie

Great movie! Thanks for posting

I fell in love with Gerald Mohr's voice on the classic radio show "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe". I would like to see more of his films featured. I always thought that it would have been great to see some movies with Gerald Mohr and Humphrey Bogart together. They both seem like they would get along great playing off each other. I would like to know what caused Gerald Mohrs' death. He died so young. I love this movie, and the ending is a total shocker that has never been done in any other movie. Love it! Love it! Love it! Thank you for posting it!

@RSEFX

3 жыл бұрын

He died of a heart attack in the later 1960's. I listened to him a lot on radio dramas---usually crime dramas---many of which are available as you probably know, on youtube. Btw, for a very different view of Mohr, he is in a very funny Jack Benny tv show from the late 50's/early 60's, I think the episode that also featured either Mamie Van Doren or Jayne Mansfield.

@aramboodakian9554

Жыл бұрын

Gerald’s voice, I thought was perfect for Mr Fantastic Reed Richards on the 1960s Fantastic Four cartoon.

The stock footage is great. Notice how initially two squadrons of jets fighting it out suddenly have propeller aircraft getting shot down.

@georgewillems32

4 жыл бұрын

All footage from WO2.

@bluemarshall6180

4 жыл бұрын

And they where not ready for bombers that drop the nuke.

Atomic bombs are dropping and people are enjoying happy hour in a bar.

@johnm6642

6 ай бұрын

Can you think of a better time to drink?

@lylarose2696

6 ай бұрын

@@johnm6642 no I guess I can’t. 😂

Never heard of this movie, but wow! It was actually very well done in the style of the 50s. I loved the twist at the end.

@CrossOfBayonne

3 жыл бұрын

It was one of the first invasion films since something like this has never been made before until Red Dawn came out decades later in 84 which was also popular with audiences at that time

@hurryandleave9680

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrossOfBayonne There was another good movie made around the same time where LA gets nuked. People flee to the countryside and try to survive without getting robbed or killed by other desperate people. Wish I could remember the name.

@CrossOfBayonne

2 жыл бұрын

@@hurryandleave9680 This situation is also in the video game Halo too.

@garywest8705

2 жыл бұрын

@@hurryandleave9680Panic in Year Zero.

@hurryandleave9680

2 жыл бұрын

@@garywest8705 Wow, thanks for title. I'd like to watch it again!

So America indeed prepared for war but forgot to lock the bloody back door.

@JohnKennedy-zi5oi

4 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you don't have borders and you let anybody into the country this is what happens this movie isn't far off from the truth

@kd5txo

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure we had all sorts of radar defenses by the 1950's...Canada line and the DEW (defense early warning) line for our northern border against Russian invasion.

@robvancamp2781

3 жыл бұрын

Same way we let in the 'rona a few months back...

@pgroove163

7 ай бұрын

​@@JohnKennedy-zi5oifor the folks on top running the show there are no borders.anywhere..nonexistent.. that's a complete scam for people to believe...

@pgroove163

7 ай бұрын

​@@JohnKennedy-zi5oimodern day technology and communications was the game breaker for borders.. and the young people coming up all over the world will eat it up..all they know

Hahaha at 31:10, that's a Lockheed Constellation. Brings back memories. That's the first type plane I flew on going over seas and it took forever. There were no passenger seats or safety belts for me just fold down benches down each side, and it was operated by Tiger Lines. Even had the same snarling face used on the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk painted on.

@lindycorgey2743

3 жыл бұрын

Must have flown a C69 or C121Surplus Military version

@yourfabuloushappymann5154

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Notice how the enemy somehow got ahold of some A6M fighters and were flying kamikaze missions...

@TruAnRksT

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindycorgey2743 The designation I don't know about but I doubt is was Military surplus since this was during Vietnam. It was on government contract though.

Show this in a theater today, the crowd would likely cheer when they took Washington D.C.

Great aircraft footage, B36 dropping bombs and F84 thundstreak nice. Thanks and cheers

Dad was a research chemist and we watched this together. Good times. We lived a few miles from a Nike-Zeus launch site.

This movie contains BOTH LOIS LANES from Adventures of Superman, Phyllis Coates and Noel Neill! How cool is that?

@mphsrick43

8 жыл бұрын

+leemon sampson Question which one played Lois Lane first? If you say Phyllis Choates you would be wrong. While Choates was the first TV Lois Lane, she was not the first of the two to play Lois Lane. Noel Neill played Lois Lane in Movie Serials before the TV version The Adventures of Superman. Interesting thing about the serials, Kirk Alyn the man who played Superman never got on air credit for the role. The studio promoted the serials by saying we could not find any actor worthy of playing the role of Superman so we hired the real Superman to play the role.

@leemonsampson1844

8 жыл бұрын

Rick Johnson Noel Neill, in the 40's serial!

@bumblebeemoi

8 жыл бұрын

+leemon sampson I noticed that immediately at the casting and am glad you did too. of course, PC played LL first since she did so in the original movie.

@bumblebeemoi

8 жыл бұрын

+Philip Bourdon Of course, I was only noting the Tv series with George Reeves

@josefzack4617

8 жыл бұрын

+Rick Johnson ha HA very clever that!!

This movie is indeed shocking. In the first 15 seconds the newsman says that the chicago cubs won.

@DJ-bh1ju

6 жыл бұрын

And last year they did !!!! only 60+ years after the movie was made.

@r2gelfand

5 жыл бұрын

What prophecy!

@sirloxleymendoza972

5 жыл бұрын

They got it wrong who would invade us.. Not Russia but Mexico and Is lam

@mierbeuker8148

5 жыл бұрын

@@sirloxleymendoza972 Oooeee you named the religion that must not be implicated, or critisized, ever. Are you just trying to get banned? Best to just call it the Voldemort religion. Quite fitting, as they are both kinda evil.

@Pablo123456x

5 жыл бұрын

Internet was invented for comments like these. Thanks.

I'm no fan of war movies - but, I was on the edge of my seat, throughout! The footage is first rate; like I've never seen, anywhere. This is one of those, "must see", films, with an important, realistic message.

@nedludd7622

6 ай бұрын

What is the message?

Holy crap, for 1952, this movie was so flipping DEEP - unexpected ending too...well done 👍🏼👍🏼

I love the ground zero "A-Bomb" explosion survival, I think that is almost as good as Indiana Jones climbing in a fridge.

@dangertrebor

2 жыл бұрын

This is the same time "duck and cover" was the precaution and action taught in school. 1952 is only 7 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The general world (and hollywood for that matter) had no real idea what the effects of an explosion were. Granted the ICBM that was 200 yards from my childhood home (70s and 80s) was known in the 80s to be able to vaporize at least a 20 mile radius...and they would even publish hypotheticals on the front page every week about a Russian ICBM direct hit on nearby Ellsworth. We all knew as my dad told me more than once, "You can kiss our ass goodbye if that thing ever opens up. There will be no shelter that will save anyone for hundreds of miles."

@pgroove163

7 ай бұрын

better

@bufordt.justice1539

5 ай бұрын

Indiana Jones often did things that reality would not allow. But the general public, for the most part, doesn’t know this. 🤠👍🏻

Lockheed Constellation! Most beautiful plane to ever fly.

@pgroove163

7 ай бұрын

i lived near LaGuardia airport & used to see the constellations flying all the time...dig em'

Oh, I meant to mention how great the aerial photography is in this!! It is really fantastic, and I truly love it!! Thank You for this movie!

A really good film, with an amazing twist - never saw that coming. ending blew me away A++++

What a promo for the MIC.

Both of the women who played Lois Lane in the Adventures of Superman appear in this film!

@bufordt.justice1539

5 ай бұрын

Yes!! They sure do!! It was a small Hollywood community back then, lol… It was good to see them both!

@freddobbs4468

Ай бұрын

Phylis Coats and Noel Neil

Good selection of stock footage helps boost this grim Cold War drama. Gerald Mohr is good here (I only knew him from his radio work).

I fell in love with Peggy Castle when I was around 13 years old. She was an absolute godess to me. RIP lovely lady.

@DontcallmeaCuck

4 ай бұрын

Haha

This is a good movie. I remember when Americans were still loyal to America, and wouldn't listen to any traitor or anti-American talk. I remember when people would've reacted this same way. Not today.

@BackSeatHump

4 жыл бұрын

David Lanham You f-ing twit!

@alphonsozorro7952

4 жыл бұрын

Loyal means stupid like livestock to be handled easily.

@Carly8Corday

4 жыл бұрын

The first time my father said to us that America had a Communist party, I squeaked, "WHAT? Why don't the police put them in jail?" He explained that in America you can be a Communist if that's what you prefer to be. It took my kid-self a while to digest all that.

@Carly8Corday

4 жыл бұрын

@obrbob194] David Lanham, yeah man, don't act like you're in America, like you can say what you want, think what you happen to think without checking to be sure it's still allowed. We have special police on duty 25/8 to handle your type, as obrbob is here to attest. This is a High Holy Church you're butting up against. THE High Holy Church. Those who aren't members will all fall in line. It's guaranteed, as we can see. Orb Bob, why don't you go find a Confederate statue to have removed in a small town somewhere? That stinking thing over in Jackson Square in New Orleans is STILL THERE.

@Carly8Corday

4 жыл бұрын

@@BackSeatHump Are you a writer? You ARE, I can tell. Anybody I might have heard of???? PLZ do tell!

I remember this movie when I was very young. Back in the late 50's.

Great film thank you for sharing

Oh, I miss the days when movies had a "moral to the story": "If you want to change what you will become, first change what you are." Then again, I was born the year this movie was released and "morals to the story" have now been relegated to the stuff of kid's book, myths, and fairy tales. The "moral," it seems to me, is the difference between "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" compared to "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of meaning and purpose".

@strangebiped

3 жыл бұрын

Your words should be placed above every doorway at every school & government building, " LIFE, LIBERTY, & the PURSUIT of MEANING & PURPOSE " That's PERFECT!

@pgroove163

7 ай бұрын

​@@strangebiped" life, liberty and the pursuit of my happiness"... USA 2023

@bufordt.justice1539

5 ай бұрын

It is so refreshing to see someone else who appreciates and recognizes the era of when television and movies had morals and lessons to share. I believe that part of the problem with society today is that we have removed that element from most of what we watch and thus, lost the goodness that it gave its audience. Anyway, thank you for pointing out this very important and critical element of this wonderful film.

An excellent movie. Thanks

so let me get this straight. The country is being invaded yet patrons are still meeting in a bar for happy hour

@RSEFX

3 жыл бұрын

Probably the most realistic thing about this story. ;-7

@obhuicoksetyaetse1

3 жыл бұрын

hell, yes. what would you do? grab your .22 squirell killer?

@karrskarr

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like California :P

@bighairyfeet

3 жыл бұрын

They did the same thing on 9/11

@richardthomas754

Жыл бұрын

Keep calm and carry on! London WWII. You lived life as normal as possible or you roll over.

I loved this it was great thank you and I liked and subscribed

@luisreyes1963

5 ай бұрын

Red Dawn (1984) did it better.

@ashemsavage6842

5 ай бұрын

@@luisreyes1963 yes but it’s early cold war

Great flying footage.

Saw this as a kid always wanted to see it again....

"He wasn't only wrong. He's dead."

@aquariumdude7829

Жыл бұрын

Well, if the Reds hadn't killed him, his obesity and heavy drinking would have. ;)

The wise will think and reflect on this great old film, for it is timeless-if you want peace prepare for war.

@luisreyes1963

5 ай бұрын

But for most, this film will just be remembered as fodder for MST3K & its merciless mockers. 😂

Joseph Stalin was head of the Soviet Union in 1952. Harry Truman was President of the United States. We were also fighting the Chinese Communists during the Korean War.

Good to know that no matter how bad things get, there will still be regular deliveries of beer and liquor!

@BackSeatHump

4 жыл бұрын

... and Cuban cigars!

@humblewarrior6585

4 жыл бұрын

And there will ALWAYS be STUPID people like you !!!

@Carly8Corday

4 жыл бұрын

@@humblewarrior6585 Don't be cross.

When I was a kid in the 60's there were a ton of fallout shelters built. You never see one anymore.

@aquariumdude7829

Жыл бұрын

Well, at least, they probably make great tool sheds.

A great movie . No animals, awkward adolescent kids, or relational problems.

"There've been several attacks on the Pacific Fleet. It's been wiped out." Riiiiight...

I grew up in the fifties and sixties and this was everyone's worry. As school children, we had regular drills to hide under our desks in case of a military attack on the USA. This movie is very interesting. It exactly reflects the real fear people had in those days. It's interesting the President of the USA in this movie never faces the camera!

@TheFirstManticore

Жыл бұрын

The President at the time was Ike! I imagine they couldn't get him to play himself in the movie.

@JGLeber

11 ай бұрын

You Can't bomb New York????? Oh ya.

@JGLeber

11 ай бұрын

Damn. there goes Wal Street. No big loss.

@JGLeber

11 ай бұрын

Pure propaganda.Thirty thousand dead .Believe that and I got a Bridge in Brooklyn for ya.!!!! No more exceptional nation after nuke war. You ain't beating up goat herders in Third World. Had JFK lived no more Cold War.Periid.After near miss of Cuban Missile Crisis he was ready to end Cold War and world would have had a chance. Too late now.RF surrounded by NATO on border.Dont mess with the bear and his Dead Hand Nuclear System.!!!!

@JGLeber

11 ай бұрын

No it's the near future.The morale of this tale is Get rid oF MI C and crooked mealy mouth politicians in their pay.While US goes bankrupt millions and millions with no decent jobs, drugs controlling 80 per cent of masses and Deviant beliefs of vOne Party System in DC. Too late however for this nation.. Big import coming IS war on Homeland.

It takes a great deal to scare me at my time of life; (60) -but this did!!! "certainly worth watching!!". enjoyed it !!!

I love how these movies from the 50's use WWII combat footage

@CrossOfBayonne

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it's Korean War footage but a good portion is from World War II some even from World War I

love the twist at the end.

Love the stock footage a starfighter goes after a mig 15 which turns into a ww2 Japanese Betty bomber. Awsome.

@nickjohnson2726

5 жыл бұрын

SAME i was thinking about this yesterday so it was weird seeing it hahah

@mobilechief

5 жыл бұрын

Its Stealth

@georgewillems32

4 жыл бұрын

Safe the allspark! Call Optimus Prime!!

@CrossOfBayonne

4 жыл бұрын

Most of the planes seen here are B29s and Tu4s but there was also the new B36 shown in a few parts.

@Chilly_Billy

4 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing, considering the F-104 Starfighter didn't have its first flight until two years after this film debuted. 🙄

At the start the guy in the bar obviously annoyed with the TV says "shut that thing off" - a neat comment.

Awesome!

They had to have the invading Russians wearing American uniforms in order to use all that stock footage that makes up most of the movie.

@davidlanham99

4 жыл бұрын

Plus they had plenty of US uniforms laying around.

Peggie Castle, who was in "Lawman", then unfortunately passed away in 1973.

@leelarson107

Ай бұрын

She had a fondness for the bottle. Too bad.

good ending!! nice twist to it! loving these old B&W flics.

despite my negative remarks. a pretty good movie, if totaly unrealistic thank goodness

I like how they used American planes: shooting stars, flying boxcars, sabres, B-29's, etc and I saw one Mig 15. Great movie.

@71148able

10 жыл бұрын

yes b29 with russian crew lolll!!!!

@timhorton7399

10 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you brought that up. In WWII, a B-29 landed in Russia and they refused to give it back. They reversed engineered it and built their own calling it the Tu-4.

@timhorton7399

9 жыл бұрын

Cpl. Adrian Shepard Hey dude! I was commenting on whether during this timeline, the Russians could attack with B-29/Tu-4 bombers! If you have issues...look it up. You realised of course, that this is a '50's propaganda film and if the Russian pilots didn't speak English the Americans couldn't understand them.

This movie is a truly a timeless classic a masterpiece

Peggie Castle & tons of stock footage but still an intriguing & effective little sci-fi

長い間、探していました。有難う御座います。

@BackSeatHump

4 жыл бұрын

どういたしまして。

Pretty darned entertaining.

@Carly8Corday

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for not using the CHZY-word. It's so tired!

A couple of other good cold war flicks of this time were "Dr. Strangelove" and "Fail Safe". An 80s film similar to this is "Red Dawn", starring a young Patrick Swayze.

"To win a war a nation must concentrate" then hypnosis trick used to emphasis the point.

@AnimeboyIanpower

3 жыл бұрын

Longest. Minute. EVER.

In light of the current world situation, this was very interesting to watch.

This is a sobering reminder of how precious freedom is and how easily it can be lost! Let's never lose our vigilance for our liberty!

@richardbuxton3546

9 жыл бұрын

No - this is a soporific reminder of the paranoia America still has with alternative ideologies and an illustration of how dreadfully bad propaganda movies were in the 1950s

@richardbuxton3546

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Forrest Well - if you were paranoid you would say that.

@joesphx19

9 жыл бұрын

Richard Buxton And as the Comintern strategy for destroying the West, including the US, plays out in real time in our lives, you call that paranoia. No, there is something missing in your view of this reality, either you do not understand or are a willing participant. I heard an older lady on the radio describe how this happened to the Eastern European homeland of hers. Every incident that led up to her countrymen losing their freedom is being carefully duplicated here in the US. I heard these same experiences first hand from Cubans that escaped the communist island prison.

@richardbuxton3546

9 жыл бұрын

joesphx19 Will the tanks roll in from Mexico or Canada or will they air-drop them in? Paranoia is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes beliefs of persecution, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat - *Everyone is out to get us* Fear of a Communist threat began under Eisenhower at the time of Korea - this was when in 1954 the words *under God* were added to the pledge of allegiance - Communists do not have a God. You will notice that the USA has a new bogeyman these days - the Communist threat now takes second or third place behind Al-Qaeda and illegal immigrants. Powerful influences can control and manipulate the public more easily when the public are scared - media induced paranoia is the American disease.

@joesphx19

9 жыл бұрын

Richard Buxton Richard, as a retired mental health professional I totally agree with your definition of paranoia as it is defining a classical presentation of irrational behavior. In this larger sense of world history, the political activities of communism and in particular the sad and terrifying result of communist dictatorship, more than point to a fear of communist activities as justified and frankly, rational behavior. Beyond this if we disagree then it is a disagreement of politics and not of the mental state of those that are fearful of communism and the warnings voiced by that fear.

Two "Lois Lane" actresses in the same movie.

Thanks

thanks for this great stuff Pip Kahn. it certainly continues to concern modern americans causing them to create scapegoats for fear of national failure even today. that is a powerful movie. the comments below astound me. great cast and good wholesome entertainment.

18:10 Damn shame Truman couldn't even keep us safe by making sure the US had decent radar and AA guns.

@hurryandleave9680

2 жыл бұрын

Truman knew commies were in the government and did nothing about it.

@Terranallias18

2 жыл бұрын

@@hurryandleave9680 What was his stance on Communists in real life? Considering he still let the cold war be a thing

Surprised we didn't see some Sopwith Camels thrown in for good measure.

@stephenmackinnon808

4 жыл бұрын

Ronbo710 theycouldntstarthem

@marktaylor8659

4 жыл бұрын

You missed it. Around the 42:11 time stamp, the Navy shoots down a biplane. It's only shown for a split second, so I had to back it up and go frame by frame to be sure.

@migmadmarine

4 жыл бұрын

watch it again. they are in there

@geoffreyallen888

4 жыл бұрын

@@migmadmarine Swordfish

Wow. Powerful message.

Not a Bad Film. Kinda Guessed the outcome but still Enjoyable. Thanks for uploading.

Jeez! this flick stars both Lois Lanes from the Superman TV series! And Peggie Castle from "The Lawman"!

@betsyr4724

3 жыл бұрын

And Dennis the Menace father

I have a confession to make, which might sound silly after seeing this wonderful movie, but I thought the title "Invasion USA" was about being invaded by Extraterrestrials from outer space. I have never seen this movie before, not even on TCM. I wonder why.

@hurryandleave9680

2 жыл бұрын

TCM and AMC are run by commies.

@Terranallias18

2 жыл бұрын

@@hurryandleave9680 What's a communist

@AnimeboyIanpower

Жыл бұрын

I half-expected it to be an extraterrestrial surfing movie.

@pgroove163

7 ай бұрын

​@@Terranallias18garbage

I love watching these war classics

The film maker of this movie was really smart to realise the film could be made at minimum cost. It was made during the Korean war and there was all the battle stock footage he could possibly want. Back then the Army Navy surplus stores were full to the brim with just about anything military to could think of. I loved going to those stores, they even sold WWII weapons like Thompson Machine Gun, The Browning Automatic rifle and even Sherman tanks. Farmers converted them to bulldozers. As to the story plot, not a chance on hell. I was only 4 years old in 1952, but even at that age I knew the country was full of WWII battle hardened soldiers and sailors. The access to weapons would have had the Russians facing millions of well armed Americans. The Russians had very few nuclear bombs and we had a lot, including the hydrogen bomb. During the Berlin Airlift President Truman send a bunch of B-29 bombers to England and told the Soviets if they shoot down one plane he'll order a nuclear strike. In 1952 it was Russia who was the weaker. They simply didn't have the planes and ships that could make it to Alaska let alone the lower 48. Movies like this were merely intended to keep the American people from becoming too cocky and complacent. That's because the communists in Korea were so maniacal and aggressive. BTW, 1952 I remenber quite well. My mom was a single mother and she was engaged to marry and man who was perfect for her and me. He was an F-86 pilot and was shot down and killed in 1952. Thomas

@huberthubert860

5 жыл бұрын

td fisk But You know, that the Berlin Airlift was a complete Propaganda Mission? The Shops were full of food to buy, only not with the just released new currency. The Russians were only desperately responding to the Power-Question. Who controls the money, controls the Country.

@harrybriscoe7948

5 жыл бұрын

I know it is good to be confident . But did you ever think the USSR may have had more battle hardened veterans in 1952 ? They did inflict 90% of axis casualties. I am not going to get into what ifs to much . What had happened has happened. We all could have done things different on out lives

@robinlmorgan1177

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Battle hardened vets. What do we have now? Metro sexuals, brats, and little yakkie mouthed foreign children telling us how WE are destroying THEIR world...sigh.

@peacenow42

2 жыл бұрын

@@robinlmorgan1177 and then e have...you..how sad

@sarahraymond5714

9 ай бұрын

❤👍 well written, my father was a cold war soldier. He was stationed in Germany on the Czecholslavakian border. I quite agree with all you said. God Bless

The key part of the film for me is at 36 mins. There must be many 5th columnists in the UK who would gladly help an enemy nation to invade if Facebook is anything to go by.....

@davidallen6970

4 жыл бұрын

i would and press the button

@SwedishEmpire1700

4 жыл бұрын

yeah hoards of them around by now.

@edgeyt1

2 жыл бұрын

There's one in No10 right now.

@marianotorrespico2975

2 жыл бұрын

Russell White --- I prefer the accuracy of latrine-wall graffiti over that of the right-wing Facebook.

The best part was the ending; watching Peggie Castle walking away, if you know what I mean.

@PaulKyriazi

4 жыл бұрын

Hey oldgyst, You FORCED me to watch it all the way to the end. Now I know what you mean, and I thank you for it.

Kool TV flat screen even :)

thank you

Both Lois Lanes! This is gonna be freakin' great!

Great movie! Miss those days of Bomb shelters, Civil Defense warnings, Death on the Highway movies. Such fond memories of youth!

@mikechevreaux7607

6 ай бұрын

You Wouldn't Be So Fond IF You Remembered The Tension And Stress.

Also - remember how, in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks, commentators claimed that Americans now had to worry about foreign attack? I vividly remember worrying about a full nuclear exchange years before those attacks happened.

Man, judging by certain attitudes of young people nowadays, and the lack of attitude of some older people towards this, bad things can happen. As they are just now, in November, 2023. And, I think we are all, somehow guilty. Food for thought.

Alaska did not become a US state until 1959. The Aleutians were invaded by Japan in WW2, and they were able to bomb parts of Canada, so this is partly based on history.