Indeed. To a certain extent you get to see why the General is so excited that his boys will finally get to show how good they are...except that it means the end of the world.

That's because the bomber crew wasn't told that they were shooting a comedy.

hyper competency indeed

Easily the most realistic part of the movie.

Yep! A very young James Earl Jones! 😎👍 One of the best actors ever!

What a great career he has had!

And a young Dennis Hopper.

He played Othello on stage though

I JUST noticed him!!

Slim Pickins, they were all great!

también volaban sobre la península Ibérica para reportar carburante El accidente nuclear de Palomares del 17 de enero de 1966 , alrededor de las 10.30h, fue todo primero un choque entre dos aeronaves del USAF sobre el territorio de Palomares (Almería) . El evento se convirtió en un accidente nuclear por la dispersión de material nuclear contenido en las bombas atómicas que transportaba una de las aeronaves. El accidente en su día atrajo la atención de las más altas figuras del gobierno español. El hecho tiene todavía hoy secuelas de contaminación radioactiva con cierto riesgo para la salud ambiental sobre partes de este territorio. El accidente Durante una operación de aprovisionamiento de combustible dos aviones se tocaron en vuelo a una altitud 30.000 pies, en el curso de unas maniobras de la Fuerza Aérea Estadounidense. Eran un Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker , y un Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . En el siniestro, ocurrido en la mañana del 17 de enero, ambos aviones se desintegraron instantáneamente y cayeron en llamas sobre la tierra y el mar. Siete tripulantes murieron y cuatro lograron saltar en paracaídas. El Bombardero B-52 llevaba cuatro bombas termonucleares que cayeron, tres en el suelo y una en el mar. Las tres bombas que cayeron en tierra cayeron en zonas habitadas, así ocurrió que un pedazo acabara por hacer de pisapapeles, o que los niños jugaran alrededor del artilugio, y que un miembro de la Guardia Civil se tapara por la noche con el paracaídas de la bomba. [ hace falta citación ] Cada una de las bombas tenía una potencia de 1,5 megatones , unas 100 veces la de las bombas de Hiroshima , o Nagasaki . El sumergible Alvin En cuanto a la bomba caída en el mar pudo ser reencontrada sólo gracias a la intervención de unos pescadores que la habían visto caer. Parece que se produjo un escape de elementos radiactivos, por lo que la zona todavía está bajo la vigilancia del CSN , y el gobierno español , en 2004 , expropió hacia 9 hectáreas afectadas por el accidente. El B-52 transportaba al menos cuatro, quizás cinco, bombas termonucleares B28RI de 1,5 megatones-cuatro bombas Mk 28 según Raimon Guitart. [1] Dos permanecieron intactas, una en tierra y la otra en mar, y fueron recuperadas. Se dice que la del mar fue recuperada por un pescador local, pero probablemente lo hizo el minisubmarino Alvin de la US Navy a 869 m de profundidad ya 5 millas de la costa (quizás, siguiendo las instrucciones de Francisco Simó Orts, quien había presenciado el accidente, vecino de Águilas , Murcia, conocido como "Paco el de la bomba", fallecido en 2003). Aparte de este minisubmarino parece que también participaron el Aluminaut y el CURV-I ( cable-controlled underwater recovery vehículo ), otros dos submarinos pequeños. Otras dos bombas cayeron en el suelo cerca del pueblo y los explosivos convencionales detonaron, esparciendo unos 20 kilogramos-4,5 kg según R. Guitart de plutonio altamente radiactivo por los alrededores: es extremadamente difícil que una bomba nuclear o termonuclear estalle accidentalmente, pero los explosivos de tiro e implosión que contiene sí pueden hacerlo con relativa facilidad. Esto costó al ejército estadounidense una operación de limpieza de 80 millones de dólares de la época, retirando 1.400 toneladas de tierra y tomateras que fueron transportadas a Savannah River . Se calcula que el 15% del plutonio, unos 3 kg en óxidos y nitratos, fue esparcido en forma pulverizada y fue irrecuperable. Actualmente, Palomares es la localidad más radioactiva de España y de toda Europa. Manuel Fraga Iribarne , ministro del turismo en la época, hizo la famosa astracanada de bañarse en sus playas para que el turismo no se asustara, probablemente sabiendo que el efecto de la radioactividad en estos casos no es puntual , sino acumulativo.

This was James Earl Jones' very first film role. George C. Scott recommended Jones to Stanley Kubrick because Scott had worked with him in a production of The Merchant of Venice for the long-running New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park a year earlier and was greatly impressed with Jones' performance as the Prince of Morocco.

I know right...I had to rewind it twice just to make sure it was really James Earl Jones, and all I could think was Darth Vader was in the USAF!😂

​@@jamescollinson2179he's perfect here. When flustered note how he blinks more often, just as you would. It may seem like a small detail, but back then it was impressive attention to realistic detail.

I thought that was funny too.

And the co-pilot is Shane Rimmer, the pilot of Thunderbird 1.

They made movies in those day with plots and great actors.

Yes. Slim Pickens did some great work on screen, but this has to be his finest performance.

Both an aviator and an electrician.

A friend of mine who did assistant grip work for the studios ..had been on the set a few times with Slim Pickens ....he told me he was the real deal...raised on a farm ....did some rodeoing...he had a ranch up towards the Sierras where he lived...he would drive down from his ranch onto the set with one of his big pick up trucks....haha...

@@gregoryj.m.8985 He drove his truck from the Sierras to London?

@@gregoryj.m.8985 You're too right. In fact he got his stage name at a rodeo. The organiser looked at what was then a skinny youngster and said: "There'll be slim pickings for you here." (At least, that's the way he told it, and I'm very happy to believe him. Also, his brother joined the rodeo act and took the name 'Rich').

What about 'Someday I'm going to make you... Mrs. (Buck) Tergeson !, Honey....dont forget to say your prayers !.

My birthday. My dad was a navigator on RB-47's. He told me that it was spot on. The best inside story of a B-52.

Yep!

Nope…Thulsa Doom

Yeppers

I thought the effects were great, especially considering when the movie was made. The B-52 interior was totally convincingly accurate, even though it was a set. I don't think anyone but Kubrick would have insisted on such accurate looking details, then or later.

@@shadovanish7435 I read that during filming someone from the Air Force ask Kubrick who gave him classified information. Kubrick told hem it was all public information.

I see what you did there😉

@@jcf20010 That's interesting. I did read that one part of the film is inaccurate. The planes had to receive a positive confirmation to go in order to attack via what they called (if I recall correctly) a Positive Control System. "Ripper" would not have had the ability or authority to order a nuclear attack. Now, of course, what would have actually happened in an emergency is unknown, but I suspect it would not have been this way. It is, of course, still a great movie.

Just after see moon landing video. I love more this movie.

I didn't remember him riding it backwards.

@@texasblueboy1508, I remember and loved that scene the most, especially riding that "brahma bull" backwards! A true rodeo hero! Thanks Slim!

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when the US invaded Iraq in 2003, there were cartoons of Bush Jr. In a cowboy outfit riding a bomb down to the target like he was on a wild bull.

Previous comment continued: There was even a picture of Bush Jr. photoshopped on top of the H-Bomb in Dr. Strangelove instead of Slim Pickens !

One of the absolute funniest lines ever!!!

I'd guess plenty of the 1950's early television shows also were true cowboys, for it seems well over half of prime time shows were westerns. By the time 'Bonanza' was on, the era of true cowboys on TV shows had ended.

DITTO

Agreed, the best part is gone.

And where he goes through the survival kit. that is Classic

@@jond1536 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLanipqDxrazj5s.html You could have a hell of a weekend in Vegas with one of those.

@@jond1536 Well, I thought, wait.... wait your missing a part. But I guess that's how he put it together.

If you've ever been in Buffs, you know how accurate the interiors are.

Kubrick always did meticulous research. There were enough open source materials for his set designers to pretty closely capture the interior of a B-52.

@@pbrennan True, and Kubrick was paid a visit by government officials to explain the accuracy of the interior.

Good eye

excellent catch......

you think it was intentional as a joke by Kubick?

@@mustangmikep51 They weren’t able to get inside the BUFF, so they used an old B-17 for the scenery shots.

I saw that too. I was all like, heeeeeeyyyy....

Whenever I read about the 55th SRW, I have a sad memory of September or October 1962. We lived in quarters on MacDill AFB in Tampa, and I was in 9th grade. The 306th BW was flying B-47s. Anyway one day a transient RB-47 from the 55th SRW stalled on takeoff, crashing off the end of the runway, over a railroad embankment, a chaiinlink fence, and almost took out the security shack at the main gate. Killed all three flight crew. I recall looking out the window of the school bus and seeing one of the huge landing gear in the middle of the blackened grassy area. Sad day. Glad your dad survived those years. Too many fine men did not.

Made it out before Fail Safe which was the same only not a comedy.

But unfortunately yanks don't do satire, as commentaters here thinks it is just a war film "it's a antiwar film you morons" 🤔😵😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Agreed. Let us also remember George C. Scott, another great actor in the film. RIP Gen. Patton

Talk about "type cast". Slim was both a bronc rider AND a FAMOUS rodeo clown before he stumbled into acting. Who BETTER in Hollywood to ride that bomb down?

There were many great actors in this movie. Slim definitely shined. I was eight or nine the first time I saw this movie. Watching Slim ride the bomb to his death upset me a great deal. I loved him and his character. He was a fantastic actor.

He REALLY did ride wild horses and bronco's in the rodeo before he became an actor..and he was good at iT!!! I LOVE Dr. Strangelove!!!

Slim....the pickings will be tough in Hollywood.....what a voice for character actor to have....👍

We’ll meet again by Vera Lynn. She actually passed away during the quarantine.

@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 She was 103 yrs. old when she died.

He would never unleash anything so deadly again until the development of the Death Star.

... and more than a couple of times when a very competent officer didn't set things off, due to just gut instinct ... Although, that saying those times were rare ... ... during the whole Cuba thing, Gen Curtis LeMay tried pushing JFK for an all out bombing attack, abet with conventional bombs, as the information about how many missiles, plus warheads, and especially those ready for launch w/ nuclear warheads attached, was sketchy, at best. Although much remains classified, what is known is there was far more fully, fueled, launch ready missiles than believed; so, if LeMay had his way (ha ...), chances are that not long after the first wave of B52s appeared on radar, much of the West Coast would've gone, either directly by air, and ground, bursts, and the fallout drift ... ... and as for Able Archer '83 ... yikes. One could make a decent claim that if Cuba was close, Able Archer, especially as Andropov put CnC of all his mobile launchers into the field, was closer yet ...

@@nigelft "...abet with conventional bombs..." * *Albeit* with conventional bombs. "Abet" is a different word, as in "aid and abet."

My personal favourite is when they dropped multi megaton bombs on North Dakota, where one was found hanging from a tree after it had accidentally deployed it's chute and all but one of its failsafes had actually failed-deadly.

@@MostlyPennyCat I remember that

@@MostlyPennyCat I don't remember what year, but there was a bomber crashing near Savannah Georgia, and they had a 10 MT nuclear weapon on board. They got permission and dropped it in the ocean. To this day, it is somewhere just off the coast of Hilton Head Island SC

Why not? There wouldn't have been much to go back to.

@@marcschneider4845 Yes Marc. WE CAME CLOSE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. WHOLE WORLD A GIANT CHERNOBYL

Dom DeLuise was in 'Fail Safe." "Strangelove" seems to have been a parody of "Fail Safe."

James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader, who was acted by David Prowes.

@@davidreed3250 You are correct, I should have stated that James Earl Jones only did the voice of Darth Vader. I didn't mean it to sound like he played Darth Vader. However he did play Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian. May the Star Wars Fans forgive me for that misstatement.

There shall be no fighting in the war room.

@@DickWeinerUSA Another good film, Fail Safe. I got a kick out of them showing B-58 Hustlers and calling them Vindicator Bombers. But I guess that goes under the heading of Artistic License. But in reality Dr Strangelove was somewhat of a relief comity. At that time people were building and stocking bomb shelters hoping to survive a nuclear war. Much like the preppers of today. As a kid in school, we all learned the duck and cover stuff. Like that was going to keep us alive from the blast or the radiation fall out. I still remember them installing glass windows with wire inside. They said it would keep it from smattering and causing deadly shards from killing us. Everyone was scared of "The Bomb"! Remember, the full name of the movie was "Dr Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" The movie was a comedy, but not a parody of Fail Safe. Though both were released in 1964, Dr Strangelove was first, released in Jan 64, and Fail Safe was released in Oct 64. But it could have been somewhat of a parody of "The Mouse That Roared" that was released in the US on 26 Oct 59. Another great film that Peter Sellers stared in. The H Bomb was created in 1952. The book "The Mouse That Roared" the movie was based on was released in 1955 and featured a "Q" Bomb. At that time it seemed there was an alphabet soup of lettered Bombs and by the 1970's we did develop an "N" Bomb sort of. That was the Neutron Bomb. Developed to kill enemy personnel with little or no damage to structures and their equipment, with a very short radiation time afterwords. If I remember correctly, they could move in and take over that area within something like 24 hours or less after the bomb was detonated. If you have never seen the movie, you should. A little European Country "Grand Fenwick" decides to declare war on the US because they see that every country that looses to the US gets all kinds of aid. But Grand Fenwick wins the war, sort of.

I wouldn't mine if an officer changed his helmet for a cowboy hat. I'd probably ask him permission if I can wear one.

May as well be comfortable.

It's not like the helmet is going to offer additional protection. looked to me kind of like slapping a woman's ass on the last ride. Most won't let you use a helmet for that kind of thing.

Slim Pickens was actually an accomplished high-time pilot himself.

Yes it is...

No. It's young Darth Vader.

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant compared to the power of the Force.

He is one of the first 'extra's that was noticed by later generations who were into Star Wars. Also possibly one of his first movie roles too. THAT film makes him more famous to me , than Star wars.

And Darth vader lol

A movie that can have that effect on a persons memory...is a damn good movie! ... it had a great impact on many of us..the potential of complete annihilation from nukes was a real possibility back then was and still is a real possibility.... when I first saw the original black and white King Kong(not Major Kong)lol...it stuck in my head for years also...

It was. "Fail Safe" is the serious version. You should see it also.

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Being a southerner, Maj. Kong goes perfect with 'When Johnny comes marching home' as the music of bomb run.

Even now I feel that I'm on the bomb. Oh well pick me up on my way down

Just made that movie from being very tense to pure silliness

So do I that and blazing saddles. You could never do that movie today.

Nice to know that the Russians and Dr. Strangeloves' half-life calculations on the salted bombs' fallout was all wrong and the world was up and running again in a mere three decades! :D

James Earl Jones - 'Where's Maj KonG"?, "eeeehhhhhaaaaaaaaa"!

Yes, the point was that the ideal of total war like in WW II was obsolete in the nuclear age. The survival.of the Human race depended on it

There was a B-17 model in General Ripper's office as well.

Peter Sellers wanted to play the bomber pilots role', too, thereby setting a record, but a tennis injury prevented him from entering the "cockpit", so Slim Pickens was called. Slim showed up wearing his cowboy hat, and was initially turned away, until it was realized who he was

in the original script it was Dallas, but the change was to Vegas because of the Kennedy assassination...

Thats what you call 'Licence. Stretching a point, as they say. Good film though.....

The bomber was half-crippled by the missile hit

He also never told Slim that it was satire.

@@JebHoge I don't think Kubrick told Pickens much of anything other than he was replacing Sellers due to injury and to act his part as directed. Someone at the studio that was familiar with the script suggested Kubrick to use Pickens since he was a natural for the part, was a quick study and didn't argue or complain to the directors. Perkins probably knew what the movie was about anyways and didn't care since it gave him an opportunity to earn some income.

Damn… you’re a hardcore nerd. I’m going to have to look that episode up.

No, he chose his destiny. As the aircraft commander, he knew full well that after unleashing the weapon that he trained to hopefully never use, there would be absolutely no reason for him to try to survive. The navigator backed that up by advising they would not have enough fuel to make it to safety. He chose to die in a painless instant blaze of glory. And thus a timeless movie moment was born.

No, the bomb bay doors were damaged and he went down to get them open. "I'll get those bomb bay doors open if it hair-lips everybody on Bear Creek!". He was sitting on the bomb when he got the doors open and couldn't get off it in time before it dropped.

The real thing.

Ya, we went into an interior hallway & covered our heads with our hands Lol. In them days, I often had nightmares about getting "Nuked". Scary times that you had to live thru to understand.

Yes.

One his early film roles.

Best voice in films

Lived at ground zero all my 55 years surrounded by navy bases

MAD works.

I don't. We were always one computer glitch away from Armagedon. These days I'm afraid people are forgetting what Nukes are capable of.

I wrote oplans for the Fulda Gap defense as an intel officer. Haven't heard Fulda mentioned in years.

@@jackford5185 All the scenarios I read in books and fiction and otherwise had something bad happening in a divided Berlin or the Persian Gulf first. I always figured every inch of the gap was mapped and presighted for artillery and we would use tactical nukes if the Russian penetration got far enough. I heard we had nuclear land mines and big bridges had slots to accept nuclear demolition charges.

@@jackford5185OPLAN 4102!

Or even the Marne Divide! @@jackford5185

Yeah. Be at that lunch.