The Lost Missile

The Lost Missile movie poster.

Movie (1958)

Starring:
Robert Loggia (Dr. David Loring)
Ellen Parker (Joan Woods)
Philip Pine (Dr. Joe Freed)
Larry Kerr (General Barr)

(Synopsis needed)

Fictional Rocket

Mittlewerk EWM A4 Vergeltungswaffe V2

United States proceeded to five dozens launches of V2 or copies between 1946 and 1952. Footage probably of one of them.

Fantastic explosion on a launch pad but not the well-known Nedelin catastrophe as it occurred later the movie's release on October 24, 1960.

Lockheed RC-121C Warning Star

Northrop F-89C Scorpion

F-89 cockpit despite shown between F-94 and F-86 footage.

Lockheed F-94B Starfire

FA-385.

North American F-86D Sabre

FU-052.

Buzz number FU-861, serial 52-3861 from 85th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Possibly 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, US Air Force.

Hawker Hunter

Given to be from the Royal Canadian Air Force... which never operated the type!

Canadair CL-13 Mk4

Canadair CL-13 Mk4 of the Polemikí Aeroporía (Greek Air Force)... instead from Canada as said by the narrator.

Serial 161.

BB 127 of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) seen during exercise 'Carte Blanche' (in June 1955).

Wildcats Squadron Badge on 438e Escadron (chasse) « Ville de Montréal » / 438 (Fighter) Squadron "City of Montreal" which used Canadair Sabre between October 1956 and November 1958.

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck

Shot next the Hawker Hunter seen taxiing.

Republic F-84 Thunderjet

A very short footage between the Hawker Hunter and the RCAF Canadair Sabre action...

Flight of four seen next the Boeing B-47 sequence.

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

Maybe
U.S. AIR FORCE
B-52D-35-BW
AF SERIAL NO.56-677 A
A better screenshot could give us the s/n with more accuracy.

Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker

Aircraft in the background.

Convair B-36 Peacemaker

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

Douglas DC-7

Douglas DC-7 of of American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport.

Bell OH-13 Sioux

Gloster Meteor F.8

Unidentified Aircraft

Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior

Seen on CVA-60 USS Saratoga with McDonnell F-3 Demon in the background.

Grumman F9F Cougar

Another McDonnell F-3 Demon just launched in the background.

Grumman F11F Tiger

Vought F8U-1 Crusader

North American F-86 Sabre

Scramble in Korea for these US Air Force pilots.

FU-509, 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, USAF.

Lockheed F-94C Starfire

Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire s/n 50-1041.

Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire s/n 50-1042.

Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire s/n 50-1029

Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak

Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak FS-031 s/n 52-7031 in front of s/n 52-7004, a Republic F-84F-55-RE Thunderstreak.

Northrop F-89D Scorpion

North American F-100C Super Sabre

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

Douglas MIM-3 Nike Ajax

Northrop F-89H Scorpion

Northrop F-89H Scorpion firing Hughes AIM-4 Falcon missiles.

Unidentified Aircraft

Perhaps Sparrow I's during tests on a Douglas F3D Skyknight in the early 1950s ?
Another use of test firing footage seen (inverted) in Fail Safe (1964).

Republic F-84 Thunderjet & Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

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See also

• The Lost Missile at IMDb
• The Lost Missile at Wikipedia
• The Lost Missile at IMCDb