Den sanna berättelsen om USA:s första stridspiloter kommer till liv i ett storslaget actionäventyr skapat av personerna bakom Independence Day och The Patriot. År 1917. Första världskriget härjar i Europa och USA vill inte träda in i kriget. Men utan stöd av sitt land anmäler sig en grupp elittränade amerikanska piloter frivilligt till den franska fronten, redo att offra livet för friheten på en fjärran kontinent, redo att slåss sida vid sida med främmande soldater och redo att lyfta första världskriget upp i luften. Detta är den sanna berättelsen om den Escadrille Lafayette- USA:s första stridspiloter. James Franco från Spider-Man spelar huvudrollen mot bl a Jean Reno i Flyboys - en episk actionsuccé av den Oscar®-belönade regissören Tony Bill och producenten Dean Devlin - mannen bakom Godzilla, Stargate, The Patriot och Independence Day.
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed.
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
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Major Ben McBride organizes a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
Hank Davis, foreman on a huge dam project, enlists the aid of his two flyer friends when a sinister figure known as The Black Ace leads his Mystery Squadron of masked pilots in an attempt to destroy the dam.
Biplane action scenes highlight this story of the lives and loves of two Hollywood stuntmen.
Theodore Roosevelt was America's 26th president and a larger-than-life legend whose incredible story must be seen to be believed. Narrated by George C. Scott, this documentary weaves extremely rare archival footage with meticulous recreations alongside the music of John Philip Sousa in a dynamic panorama of the great events of Teddy Roosevelt in the early years of the 20th century.
On a set resembling a yacht, Roger Wolfe Kahn leads his orchestra in several popular tunes of the day. Billed and un-billed guest acts also perform. At the end, Kahn thrills his guests by piloting a biplane.
A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.