State of the Union

State of the Union movie poster.

Movie (1948)
British title : The World and His Wife
French title : L'enjeu

Starring:
Spencer Tracy (Grant Matthews)
Katharine Hepburn (Mary Matthews)
Van Johnson ('Spike' McManus)
Angela Lansbury (Kay Thorndyke)
Adolphe Menjou (Jim Conover)

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior

Reg. NC19933 Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior Maizie c/n 1258, a former C-40A s/n 38-541 of the USAAC. Sold to Braniff after WWII, then to a private owner at the time of the film in which she wears the made for movie "Matthews Aircraft Company" livery.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Note the lack of cockpit porthole.

Start of the 'dogfight' for fun : a very surprising sequence in a film about the world of politics, which was otherwise shot entirely indoors!

Vultee BT-13 Valiant

Studio filming : the flat front windscreen is not found on an AT-6A but fitted to a Vultee BT-13 Valiant.

North American AT-6A-NA Texan

Unable to pat on your friend's shoulder ? Well... wingtip to wingtip !
Note the flaps downed slighty in order to keep the same speed of the Texan.

Try to catch me !

Reg. NC90639 North American AT-6A Texan (c/n 77-4141; former USAAC s/n 41-182 till 15 April 1946) used for aerial views. Exported to Philippines shortly after filming (February 1948) where all trace of her was lost.

Beechcraft 18

Continuity error: this is is a Beechcraft 18 cockpit, not a Lockheed!
A set or a real airframe ?
Unlike many films from that era, if it is a set, it has been carefully reproduced, at least in terms of proportions.

Typical ceiling-mounted porthole of the Beechcraft 18.

Various Aircraft

Douglas DC-3 and Douglas DC-4 and several single-engine aircraft.
Aerial view on Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport (Van Nuys Airport nowadays).

Desk Model

(left) Northrop YB-49 on the desk corner and (right) a Douglas DC-6 on a pole. Note behind this a nice three-masted ship.

(left) North American F-86 Sabre and (center) North American T-6 Texan.

(right) North American F-86 Sabre.

(left border) DC-6 tail and (right) N.A. T-6 Texan.

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See also

• State of the Union at IMDb
• State of the Union at Wikipedia
• State of the Union at IMCDb