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Aerospace: Hollywood Classroom
The following are movies that can be used in whole or as part of an Aerospace Education Program. At the time of posting, most were available for purchase from one or more of the on-line bookstores in the formats indicated. Many are still available for rent at the larger video stores. If you have suggestions for other videos that can be used to teach Air & Space topics, please let me know. bjackson@plata.com
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Title |
Staring |
Time |
Rating |
Year |
| Roy Scheider, John Lithgow | 116 min |
PG |
1984 |
|
| 633 Squadron | Cliff Robertson, George Chakris | 95 min | NR | 1964 |
| Apollo 13 | Tom Hanks, Ed Harris | 140 min | PG | 1999 |
| Arrow (The) | Dan Aykroyd, Sarah Botsford | 180 min | NR | 2001 |
| Aviator (The) | Chris Reeves, Rose Arquette | 97 min | PG | 1985 |
| Bat 21 | Gene Hackman, Danny Glover | 105 min | R | 1988 |
| Battle of Britain | Chris Plummer, Susannah York | 132 min | G | 1969 |
| Blue Max (The) | George Peppard, Ursula Andres | 155 min | PG | 1966 |
| Blue Planet | Toni Myers (narrator) | 42 min | NR | 1990 |
| Dawn Patrol (The) | Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone | 108 min | NR | 1938 |
| Dish (The) | Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington | 101 min | PG-13 | 2000 |
| Flight of the Intruder | Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe | 110 min | PG-13 | 1990 |
| Flight of the Phoenix (The) | James Stewart, Richard Attenborough | 147 min | NR | 1965 |
| Flying Tigers | John Wayne, John Carroll | 101 min | NR | 1942 |
| Hanover Street | Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down | 109 min | PG | 1979 |
| High Road to China | Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong | 105 min | PG | 1983 |
| Hindenburg (The) | George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Burgess Meredith | 126 min | PG | 1975 |
| Lafayette Escadrille | Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood | 93 min | NR | 1958 |
| Life Beyond Earth | Timothy Ferris (narrator) | 120 min | NR | 1999 |
| Magic of Flight (The) | Tom Selleck (narrator) | 40 min | NR | 1996 |
| Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (Those) | Terry Thomas, Sarah Miles, Red Skelton | 132 min | G | 1965 |
| Memphis Belle | Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz | 107 min | PG-13 | 1990 |
| Midway | Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda | 132 min | PG | 1976 |
| October Sky | Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern | 108 min | PG | 1999 |
| Pancho Barns | Valerie Bertinelli | 149 min | NR | 1988 |
| Pearl Harbor | Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin | 130 min | R | 2001 |
| Piece of Cake | Tom Burlinson, George Anton | series | NR | 1988 |
| Right Stuff (The) | Ed Harris, Charles Frank | 193 min | PG | 1983 |
| Rocket Men (The) | Ed Harris (narrator) | 60 min | NR | 1994 |
| Spirit of St. Louis (The) | James Stewart, Patricia Smith | 137 min | PG | 1957 |
| Strategic Air Command | James Stewart, June Allyson | 114 min | NR | 1955 |
| Test Pilot | Clark Gable, Myrna Loy | 118 min | NR | 1938 |
| Top Gun | Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis | 109 min | PG | 1986 |
| Tora Tora Tora | E.G. Marshall, Jason Robards | 170 min | G | 1970 |
| Tuskegee Airmen (The) | Laurence Fishburne | 106 min | NR | 1995 |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Henry King, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe | 132 min | NR | 1949 |
| Ultimate Space Experience (The) | NASA Film | 48 min | NR | 1998 |
| Von Richtofen & Brown | Roger Corman, John P Law | 98 min | PG-13 | 1971 |
| Waldo Pepper (The Great) | Robert Redford, Bo Svenson | 108 min | PG | 1978 |
| Woman in the Moon | Fritz Lang | 156 min | NR | 1929 |
For more movies check out these sites.
Professor Susan Nicosia's Aviation Movies Filmography
and Sletten Airplane
Movies
and AEROFILES: Aviation In Motion
Pictures and Television