Thirteen Days
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Movie (2000)
Starring:
Shawn Driscoll (the first U-2 pilot)
Bruce Greenwood (John F. Kennedy)
Steven Culp (Robert F. Kennedy)
Dylan Baker (Robert McNamara)
Kevin Costner (Kenny O'Donnell)
Charles Esten (Major Rudolf Anderson, the second U-2 pilot)
October 1962 : USSR tries to base launching pads for medium range balistic missiles in Cuba. During thirteen days, USA and USSR held a fist game which held the breath of the world. Inside view from the White House on these days which were ones of the nearest the nuclear blast.
Boeing VC-137 Air Force One
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever
Just under the horizon line.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
A scene displays a taxiing B-52 with four underwing Douglas AGM-48A Skybolt air-launched ballistic missiles. In fact, these weapons were only on development at that time, not in operational use.
Vought F-8 Crusader
The McDonnell F-3 Demon is on the right, behind the yellow dog.
McDonnell F-3 Demon
Vought RF-8 Crusader
(missing screenshot)
McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo
Probably CGI planes. Only view in their six o'clock, so the specific reconnaissance nose is not visible.
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
The missing man salute flypast.
Lockheed U-2F
The highest point of the crisis : the flight done by Major Rudolf Anderson on 27th October.
The Lockheed U-2 is intercepted by a SAM Lavochkin S-75 Dvina (NATO code name : SA-2 Guideline).
Unidentified Aircraft
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Perhaps the aircraft of the tribute flypast at the funeral of Major Anderson. (missing screenshot)
Missiles
R-12 Dvina (NATO designation SS-4)
Missile seems well reproducted but the lorries are american ones !
Martin LGM-25C Titan II ICBM
Despite the caption about an Atlas, the launch displays a Titan IGBM.
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