twelve o'clock high : S2E09 I Am The Enemy

Twelve O'Clock High is an American drama series set in World War II. This TV series originally broadcast on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half TV seasons from September 18, 1964, through January 13, 1967; was based on the motion picture Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

[@jstetzer01]

Wow, aproper Salute. I'm a retired Army 1SG. I was a stickler for details, customs and courtesy. Just my nature. I once stood in front of the Arms room. Had 30 minutes to make it to the mess hall. A soldier showed up with muddy boots. Told me they were field boots. Told him no such thing. This was the black boot era. Go shine your boots and miss chow. We were were 2nd Infantry Division Artillery and on alert. Never forgot that.

[@richardkaplan442]

And he's a Canadian no less.

[@johnkubenskijr2415]

Thank you for ur service

[@spreadeagled5654]

Awesome! Major James T. Kirk has been promoted to captain and graduated from commanding a B-17 to the starship Enterprise! 👍👏

[@josephlambe2796]

The B17 could dodge phasers and photon torpedoes and destroy the enterprise with only one engine running..

[@spreadeagled5654]

Joseph Lambe , And still keep on flying in spite of battle damage too! 👍

[@watchgoose]

except the Enterprise used naval rank which would make him equivalent to a full bird.

[@nickmariotti4241]

And then Frank Savage is reincarnated as Gary Seven just in time for Kirk and the Enterprise watch him and Teri Garr save the world!

[@Maria-co9eg]

​@@spreadeagled5654Even though all 4 of the engines canna take any more!

[@SuperPolarbear2]

Pilot to crew.."There's a tribble on the wing"

[@williambrownlee4534]

And a Gorn flying that German plane !!!

[@stevekohl5351]

No. That was a member of the time traveling species from Star Trek: Enterprise.

[@videomaniac108]

From aircraft commander to starship captain, not too shabby.

[@adamscott7354]

and only 2 episodes away from the one that started up with the earliest known rendition of what would become the ST opening theme

[@1stinsonguy]

Another fine performance by the entire cast. Thanks!

[@MrBurninCross]

So, 'Bill' was flying for the 918th and the Federation simultaneously...; another great feat! No wonder he wasn't sure if he saw a gremlin on the wing as a passenger on a commercial flight 🤣

[@johnrogan9420]

Actual aireal combat footage is intense!

[@jeffyoung60]

The show often shows that real life footage of a B-17 being shot at point blank range by a German fighter. The B-17 ball turret is still, its twin 0.50 cal. machine guns pointing down. That's probably because the ball turret gunner, some 5'6" young man barely out of high school got shot to death by 7.92mm German machine gun bullets. Had it been German 20mm cannon, the ball turret would have been blasted apart. The footage doesn't show the next probable. Defenseless, the B-17 would be leisurely shot down by the pursuing German fighter plane.

[@Paladin1873]

This episode did touch a chord with me. We had family members escape from Germany just before the war. One of them hated Germans so much that he joined the Army Infantry and fought them in Italy. Another relative (by marriage), born in the USA, became a B-17 navigator. His plane was shot down on a mission over Italy. There is a family grave stone in Bainbridge, GA, though his remains are not in it. I didn't even know about him until I discovered the grave after my grandmother's funeral in 1993.

[@jeffyoung60]

How many Americans are aware that loyal, patriotic Americans are more than willing to fight enemies from their ancestral nations? It should be obvious from our first war, the Revolutionary War. The American colonists were British nationals. They bitterly fought their redcoat countrymen. In the Civil War, white Americans from the south bitterly fought white Americans from the north with more bitterness than was fought against the British and Mexicans. Many German-Americans fought German soldiers yet American history is silent about that. Italian Americans fought fascist Italians in the Italian campaigns. Japanese Americans would have been willing to fight in the Pacific if they hadn't been deployed to Europe. Even in the Korean war, there were a few Chinese Americans in the US Army who found themselves fighting the Red Chinese. My hometown neighbor, two houses down, a Chinese American, lost his older brother in Korea in 1951 to Red Chinese/North Korean artillery.

[@karlpresler7342]

Sgt. Schulz from Hogans and Hero's was German spent time in a German Concentration camp in the 30,s was released, escape to America, and joined the Army.

[@tomstarros3189]

check out the book hell above earth...tru story..b 17 pilot is german...must read

[@Paladin1873]

@@tomstarros3189 He certainly was both skilled and lucky. Although more recent genealogical analysis appears to have proven he was not related to Hermann Goering, that should not detract from the story.

[@gregmaggielipscomb9246]

He was one of our true HEROES lost but not forgotten......... God rest him.

[@stoneblue1795]

Shatner!!!!!!Live long and prosper old friend.

[@rbanister100]

I love the idea, that when the major is being talked to, it almost sounds like they are saying, "KIRK", when saying his name, "KURT".

[@kurtjensen7264]

Robert Banister same thing happened to me when I was in school.

[@iggyarctic5711]

Obviously,the Enterprise used the "Breakaway Factor" to go to ww2 in 1940's. AND ,Bones McCoy is the Base Flight Surgeon!

[@williamdean4101]

Bobby Troup playing piano? MiGod----------what a roundup of talent.

[@damonjay1]

must be someone else..looked at IMDB nothing for him here

[@QuasiRandomViewer]

32:52 Col. Gallagher: "General, I would like to wait for a diagnosis." Oh, no, it's contagious!

[@jason60chev]

Dammit, Jim!

[@mariakelly90210]

LMAO!

[@garysimmonds1219]

Better check under the doc’s cap, there may be a third eye underneath.

[@stevemartin6144]

BRILLIANT!

[@paulsarnik8506]

Same kind of cap 🤷🏼‍♂️🤓😎✌🏻🇺🇲

[@errolfan]

Shat's last line was "I don't like the theater". Television would prove to serve him well in the ensuing years.

[@baytidescafe]

Thanks again for these uploads. Been watching from the beginning, just excellent!

[@melvyncox3361]

Great episode,dealing with real emotions,and well acted,as is every episode in 12 o'clock high. Respect!

[@gregorystokes1329]

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[@redxridingyhoodz514]

Loved Shatner when Star Trek first came out. He was great in the gremlin episode on TZ and in a couple of Thrillers. Today I can not stand him. Watched 120'clock high with my dad when the show first came on. He was on the CV-4 USS Ranger in the Atlantic on convoy duty during WW2. Convoy was a short lived show about convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Sadly it had a short run. I also loved The Gallant men as well as Combat. Sadly my dad died in 84 at the age of 61.Thank you Jefke for bringing this show to you tube.

[@deanguando1335]

Shatner played a decent roll in this one.

[@SOffenbach]

"She just can't take anymore Captain".

[@gornhegemony5327]

COMBAT HAD LEONARD NIMOY TWICE AND THE VULCAN SPOKE FLUENT GERMAN.THIS SHOW AND COMBAT HAD SO MANY STARS AND SOON TO BE SUPER STARS.

[@garywilliams5332]

In this episode, Shatner displays the acting style and range of emotions that made him Captain Kirk,and at that point,that role was less than a year in the future,and he was ready for it. He wore the Kirk role like a pair of comfortable pajamas.Star Trek was in many ways cheap and corny,but I liked it and him, it usually told a good story and he gave it a good dose of dynamic personality.

[@terryrussel523]

+Gary Williams . . . and fans like me made SUCH a FURIOUS noise when the idiots in charge cancelled it ! We ALMOST forgave them when the movies started coming out.

[@k6151960]

Gary Williams...Yes, I agree completely and was thinking the same thing. However, I think he became a little drunk with power in Star Trek, taking his acting a little too far into over-acting. That has never mattered to me, I have and have always liked his "style." I believe him to be the most entertaining TV actor in history. Its like he somehow owns the small screen.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@k6151960 This one was very,very "Shatner". Surprised they gave him such licence. The depressed lady only makes it weirder though.

[@pattymiller3610]

Wonderful to see a young William Shatner before Star Trek type casted him forever. So glad he was able to overcome that type casting, even though I was a huge Star Trek fan, glad he was able to go on to do other work.

[@karlpresler7342]

Third rock from the Sun, as the big head.

[@mariakelly1059]

@@karlpresler7342 Denny Crane from Boston Legal.

[@tomnekuda3818]

William Shatner playing William Shatner.

[@harryfash882]

10:50...that piano rendition of "I know why and so do you" is totally cool

[@russg1801]

1:25 Damnit, Jim, I'm a navigator not a miracle worker!"

[@mariakelly5]

LOL!

[@matrox]

The Synopsis is ….he had nothing to live for therefore he had no fear of death. Then he fell in love and had something to live fear for a was terrified of death. Bottom line is you can't win for losing in this world.

[@alcoholic2412]

Thank You Captain Obvious

[@watchgoose]

both of you - there was, and is, another answer.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Interesting. Thank you....the Guests carry a lot of loads....

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Bill Shatner...the best ham actor in TV history.

[@Paladin1873]

He actually is capable of some excellent acting. If you've never seen it before, watch Roger Corman's 1962 thriller "The Intruder". It is intelligently scripted, intense, and believable, mostly because of the performance of three of its principle actors, Shatner, Frank Maxwell, and Leo Gordon.

[@charliepowers119]

Uhhhu

[@1stinsonguy]

@Kevin McDougall Does anybody really care if he's Jewish?

[@errolfan]

And he's still hamming it up!

[@errolfan]

@@1stinsonguy No

[@bf945]

Dammit Jim, I'm a casualty not a bombardier.

[@adamscott7354]

Doc McCoy, you must learn to govern your passions, they will surely be your undoing

[@rogerlynch5279]

@@adamscott7354 If DeForrest Kelly had ever a role in this series then shrly as a German or a crook. Back in those days he had been typcasted on TV as a bad guy. That had let to a big discussion before the actor got the role of Doctor McCoy if he would fit in with his commenly known role image.

[@adamscott7354]

@@rogerlynch5279 But notice he also ever remains the scowl faced cynic most of the time on screen?

[@mariakelly1059]

@@rogerlynch5279 Fun Fact: During WW2, DeForest Kelley served in the U.S. Army, and was stationed at Roswell Army Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico.

[@denisehorner8448]

​@@mariakelly1059Love it! Is that where he first met aliens?

[@margarethowie2018]

What a gorgeous looking man...stunningly handsome. 💖

[@williambrownlee4534]

Easy there Margaret ...breathe ...breathe ..lol

[@bettysamson4925]

I agree. He could’ve been a next alternative to Burke had Burke turned down the offer to play Gallagher. The guy has presence.

[@susanq6398]

I agree - really handsome. He has a look of Marlon Brando about him.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Didn't anybody else see that thing on their left wing?! I think it was messing with their engine's!?

[@Paladin1873]

No wonder he slept with a pistol by his bed.

[@superancientmariner1394]

Gremlin.

[@marktoombs6276]

I though I did .did any one çheck that wing after they landed ? I knew those things borders wings before they left the ground . But where in the heck do the little burgers hide .

[@memphoonthemississippi2554]

Wrong series, Scooter!

[@michaelbuss5731]

The dilithium crystals can't take much more!

[@iggyarctic5711]

Scotty! Your bairns can take it just fine!

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Hey, Cpt kirk Returns here to 1943 from the Starship Enterprise, , to help Beat The Krauts!! !! Interesting to see so many shows that well known actors were in before they made it big. Good one! If He hadnt have went on Star Trek He may have been able to play a Good Colonel or maybe could have replaced Gen. Savage when He Went up to the Big Bomber in The Sky!!

[@mariakelly5]

But it turns out that before Gary Seven's mission to New York in 1968, he went undercover as General Frank Savage during WW2!

[@stevedandy973]

No "weekend in London. I want 30 stardays on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet.

[@QuasiRandomViewer]

The American character actress Elen Willard (here playing Elizabeth Hoffman) had a short-lived acting career from 1960-1966, including this and characters in three other Twelve O'Clock High episodes -- April Barrett, Sgt. Pryor's love interest in 1964's S1E06 "Pressure Point"; Myra Bentley, Lt. Stiger's love interest in 1965's S1E22 "The Ticket"; & Katy Henshaw, Sgt. Komansky 's date in 1966's S3E10 "To Seek and Destroy". Earl Holliman, her co-guest-star in "The Ticket", says he heard she quit acting because "it was such an emotionally painful experience for her". (Per Duffin & Matheis, "The 12 O'Clock High Logbook".)

[@lsmart]

She did look like she totally "lived" her roles in each of the episodes I have seen.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

LOL. Star Trek, Twilight Zone and 12 O Clock High all wrapped up in one show. Gotta Love it! Only 1960s TV. Sgt Sandy Komansky = Scotty, Colonel Gallagher = Spock, Doc Kaiser = McCoy, Major Stovall = Uhura, Maj General Britt = Star Fleet Command.

[@mariakelly5]

The posters on the TMDb Star Trek TOS board had an interesting discussion about this very episode.

[@timbumgarner4867]

Bombing the sub pens did prove fruitless, Kirk still talked the same way in 1943

[@kurtjensen7264]

Whether it’s Captain Kirk or Major Kurt, William Shatner always finds a girl and falls in love. I find that, fascinating. 🖖

[@digestingtheelephant.6214]

He had a good agent the put a chick in his contract. I want to hear COL Gallagher say "Damn it Kurt I'm a Group Commander not a barista!"

[@Maria-co9eg]

Not to mention illogical.

[@LarryWhite-kw5mj]

And he fell in love wuth a robot woman on star trek.

[@karlpresler7342]

Arm main Phazers on that German fighter at 3 o'clock low

[@iggyarctic5711]

That was GOOD WORK,Sulu!

[@misternewoutlook5437]

Kinda strange to watch a 1960s show with complex characters and emotions going on. This series explores a lot of them and when I saw this episode had Shatner in it, I knew I had to prepare for a heavier than usual dose. No concerns, because we all know Shatner can pull it off. This show is far deeper than your typical Rat Patrol "get the Krauts" television shows of the period.

[@stevemartin6144]

Ha! Shatner and his ever - typical corny, overdramatic and hammy acting!! Pulled it off! Ha! You mean himself?

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Thank you. Interesting analysis. I'm studying Rat Patrol on Cable presently and am attempting to see if they are trying, in their own way, to rise above somehow, what they were initially asked to do. In 12 OClock High producer Martin is definitely on a loftier level than standard shoot em ups as you noted. I'm very grateful that we can be here to still appreciate this magnificent series.

[@IdiotsBeware1]

Well, that was a cheerful episode.

[@jzotto7971]

going from a bomber to the universe.

[@stevedandy973]

Paul Burke is no Robert Lansing. Major Brown: "After I'm done with the Germans, I'll take on the Klingons and the Romulans." The major left that last briefing like he overindulged on Saurian Brandy.

[@iggyarctic5711]

Good ONE!

[@denisehorner8448]

I'm so glad that Paul Burke is no Robert Lansing. I wouldn't watch if that's all I had to look forward to, Mr. Mumbly-Peg Savage!

[@timothysowers685]

OR ROMULAN ALE

[@mystuff1405]

I AM,,,,,,,,THE,,,,,,ENEMY. As Capt Kirk would say.

[@williammitchell4417]

And now we have the answer as to why we newcomers hear Star Trek music 😁

[@elituko]

The captain Chaplin needed to be told to mind his subordinate tone and language when speaking to a major, no matter how upset he was about the bombardier. The major could have chastised the captain here, and then turned to the colonel and general and recommended the bombadier for a medal for his effort while gravely wounded. The major did not wound the lieutenant, the Nazis did. The major needed the lieutenant to do his job of placing the bombs of the whole group on target to the end. That's what made these men in real life great.

[@emansnas]

What made them great is that they were Men. And that's not a single attribute... and certainly not some parochial stick up your ass notion of rank discipline

[@michaelgrimes1505]

Beam me up Scotty to the B-17 in the sky!!!

[@crazyk9754]

I’m doing the best I can major. I was so waiting to hear that from one of the crew. Lol The way he speaks is the same as Capt Kirk

[@DuelingBongos]

Gene Roddenberry was a bomber pilot during WWII. During one mission, his B-17 had a crash landing and the bombadier was killed. Coincidence? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry

[@carolecarr5210]

A 2 star talks with Major while keeping him at attention although the pilot is incredible. Nonsense, he would have put him at ease.

[@barriereid9244]

This is the first time I have seen Bill in anything other than Star Trek.

[@denisehorner8448]

Watch him in The Fugitive, just great, especially as a killer cop who manages a boy's softball team.

[@johnhopkins6260]

wow... captain kirk!!

[@russg1801]

The general's little pep talk would never have happened. They didn't announce the targets days in advance for obvious security reasons. AFAIK the only thing that was ever effective against those thick sub pen roofs was the Tall Boy and a B-17 couldn't carry those. Shells of those U-boat pens are still standing on the French coast.

[@mystuff1405]

Russ G Thanks for your info.

[@jstetzer01]

Learning curve during WW2. Hardened targets.

[@adamscott7354]

You mean the "Grand Slam", more specialized for heavy concrete roof penetration

[@jaykilborn2508]

I have seen the sub pens at Lorient. It looks like they haven't been touched. Hitler gave orders to the Commandant to hold out as long as possible, and he did. The Lorient pocket was self-sustaining, and it lasted until Germany surrendered.

[@jason60chev]

At 11:00.....Those fly boys know how to fight a war! No K rations and fox holes for them! Bars/Pubs, beer/Ale, women, dancing....Woo Hoo!!!! Guess they pay for it in the air.

[@corbetcochran5700]

I'm sorry Captain; I'm given it all she's got

[@adamscott7354]

Damn it Scotty, I said full manifold power

[@mariakelly90210]

Spock: "Mr. Scott, have you tried rewriting the Laws of Physics yet?"

[@mikeapplegate4682]

Not a big Paul Burke fan - preferred the first season's chain smoking, bad-ass skipper. Burke comes off as uptight, begging his position. Shatner would have made a better group commander. Guess that's why I spent 24 years in the military.

[@johnrogan9420]

But Paul Burke has a General for a father!

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Thank you for your time in service. I too had 23 & 1/2 years with USAF - USA. It was an honor.

[@deanguando1335]

@@rodfirefighter8341 - that is a lot of time both of you served. Thank you

[@jstetzer01]

I did 23 years active. Another 8 as an Army 1SG and Air Defense Artillery instructor. Had a Cigar chomping CW3 that was always in our face. Went bowling twice a week. The entire maintenance Platoon at lunchtime. Two beer's always turned into a few pitchers. He's the reason I stayed in. Reminder of my Uncle. Strict disciplinarian, but played hard too. Think I did well. Few deployments to combat. One as CSM. Never forgot that Cigar Chomping CW3.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Yes, Col Gallegher is "uptight" but the reasons have been spread across much of season two. And from Season 1's opener.. He feels he too has a lot to "prove" and has a lot riding on him. He's got a load his critics don't carry. And yes, both Gallegher and Gen Britt have as much an interest in their crews as they do with "the cause", a noble quality that goes beyond limits.

[@mf7482]

Except for Boston Legal, Shatner had to be in an airplane. Outer Limits episode he was an astronaut. Twilight Zone he was a passenger in an airplane with hallucinations. Star Trek series Captain of a starship elevated to an admiral in the Star Trek movies

[@jaimhaas5170]

correction idiot...in "Zone" he was the ONLY person that saw correctly. MORON.

[@mariakelly5]

@@jaimhaas5170 Be nice.

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@mariakelly5 why make comments if you can't even understand the basis of the plot?

[@VonWenk]

I'm sorry. Where was the plane in Cash & Cable?

[@tomstarros3189]

check out the band .foo .fighters. music video.song learning to fly.....funny....

[@darkknight1340]

That bf 109 that morphs into a P-47 seems to have shot down the entire group,if earlier episodes are anything to go by!.

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

Captain Kirk with the Air Force and then commanding a Star Ship in the Confederation of Planets. Next thing you know we'll all be in suspended animation with Rock & Roll music playing on or trip to the next galaxy.

[@mariakelly5]

William Shatner is a nice Jewish boy from Montreal, Canada. Robert Lansing was Jewish too.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

40:32 Generally good combat footage, but for shooting they keep using a P47 for a 109.

[@HotSpace2007DaveB]

And the Spitfire that flies underneath.

[@nandi123]

Man those Nazis are tricky disguising their 109s as P47s!

[@alainarchambault2331]

Well there was a rather limited footage.

@@nandi123 NOT to be trusted…..

[@emansnas]

I'm just going to assume it's a captured one... certainly not impossible

[@markemerson8399]

They put Jim in the right seat, haha!

[@jason60chev]

How come Gallagher can never seem to look at anyone while their talking to him? He's always look away.

[@grahamholton8542]

that Shatner has a Jewish background is probably why he can relate to the character’s anti-German hatred

[@jaimhaas5170]

naw...we are all brought up to hate anything to do with the Nazi regime. The Jewish make damn sure of this with a constant stream of those movies in hollywood.

[@mariakelly90210]

And this is a problem why?

[@GIOVANNI1955C]

No sub pens in those aerial shots. Only land and a river.

[@mariakelly5]

Number one Twelve O'Clock High rule: when in doubt, bomb the sub pens.

[@emansnas]

Pretty damn good camouflage aye? What... you say no structure there to camouflage?! Exactly. Pretty damn good camouflage aye?

[@tony3313]

There's something on the wing!!! Some-thing!!!!!!

[@johnmoore8016]

I have been told when the population is behind the person in power; they will go all the way with him no matter what; but if they are not behind the person in power the war or what they are trying to do will fail. I also hear there are popular wars and unpopular war.

[@IdiotsBeware1]

How prophetic.

[@isbastardbunny]

William Shatner B 17 must be The Enterprise ;)

[@richardkaplan442]

Unpopular sentiment I know, but I find the Gallagher character more believable and complicated than the General Savage character. Gallagher seems to have more human frailty and imperfection.

[@nickmariotti4241]

Agreed, and I would like to believe that the characters were deliberately written to be different and that both actors played them very well as they were written. It helps to have seen the original movie from 1949 to put the Savage character (based on the real life General Frank Armstrong) into context. He was a hardass--but even he had a breaking point. The Gallagher character came from a completely different, one might say privileged and entitled background. As the series plays out, the contrast between the two is well executed and the Gallagher character shows considerable growth and development. If the producers had chosen to keep Robert Lansing (in my opinion they made a grave mistake in dismissing him) it might have been very interesting to make Gallagher a regular character anyway (he is in two episodes in Season One.) I think the show would have been that much stronger.

[@denisehorner8448]

So agree! He's great in his way because he's more human. I find Burke's episodes more interesting and reliably fun to watch.

[@gornhegemony5327]

YEP,THAT IS THE LUSTY CAPT.KIRK.

[@paulsarnik8506]

No matter the era 30's, 40's 60's (19' and 22' ) The Shat gets the babes! 😮. 🤓😎🖖🏻✌🏻

[@coreyandnathanielchartier3749]

Do these Nazis have any idea how bad Captain Kirk is gonna jack them up when he gets the photon torpedoes back 0n-line?

[@mariakelly1059]

Probably not, but won't they surprised when he does?

[@johnwhite4810]

I don't care what anyone says, William Shatner was and is a GREAT ACTOR!

[@stevemartin6144]

Ha!!!

[@karlpresler7342]

I'm giving her all that I can Caption, anymore she'll fall apart.

[@corbetcochran5700]

What? Kirk/Kurt giving up on green broads? Looks like a downgrade to me

[@Jiyukan]

The radio discipline is pretty odd, my toe nails cringe when I hear "over and out".

[@kurtjensen7264]

Jiyukan I was the radio transmissions operator for the first infantry division fifth field artillery forward observer. Generous 09 X-ray sierra.

[@jeffyoung60]

It's a problem when Hollywood doesn't rely more on experienced military advisors. In the episode, Big Brother, Col. Gallagher's older brother is a Lieutenant Colonel in the 105th Infantry Division (fictional). His lieutenant colonel silver oak leaf insignia is way too high on his helmet instead of further down closer to the helmet brim. Little details like that don't get picked up by the typical, non-veteran American tv viewer but it does get noticed by US veterans all the time.

[@suburban404]

They never get the "you this is me" radio calls. It's always "ramrod to blue leader"

[@theresadelicot5104]

My favorite star trek hero William Shatner.

[@jaimhaas5170]

And there sure are a lot ungrateful snobs that would disagree with you and I here.

[@johnmoore8016]

My question is why is this guy still flying 17 mission over the required limit. as the man said this is a weird episode. This major reminds me of the B-17 pilot in war lovers.

[@josebelindo1641]

5:10 He is supposed to be a bit mentally unbalanced a German American that wants to kill all the Germans [ BUT THEY DIDNT USE THE TERM KRAUTS LIKE IN COMBAT

[@noygdbizyness800]

John Moore Mission Requirements ? All you had to do was volunteer for them. There were some, mostly commbat command grade officers (that didn't grow on trees after all) with two or three times the 25, then 30, then 35 missions required.

[@mariakelly5]

@@josebelindo1641 No, Major Kurt Brown was a German who was smuggled out of Germany and sent to America as a child. Apparently he was so horrified by the Nazis that it made him a bit crazy.

[@nickmariotti4241]

@@mariakelly5 But he couldn't have been very young because the Nazis only came to power in 1933, about ten years before this...

[@dannyhonn973]

Maj. Robert Rosenthal, "Rosie's Riveters", got in 40 with the "Bloody 100th."

[@jzotto7971]

is that Kirk ?

[@jaimhaas5170]

James T. ....The ONE AND ONLY.

[@robertjulian9565]

Shatner ALERT !!!

[@garywilliams5332]

This was my favorite show when I was a kid,my only objection then and now,is the poor,downright irresponsible use of stock footage.My father,an 8th A/F, 26 combat bombing mission veteran and,later on, a civilian professional pilot would shake his head and grunt derisively.

[@watchgoose]

kind of a tacky thing to say. H'wood only had a limited supply of real footage and was kind enough to splice it in.

[@SantomPh]

Oh you poor thing. Why don't you try filming a military based show and try to find footage that pleases you? Wimps.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

watch goose Thank you for the comment. So many complaints about the footage which is the best available. Thank you again.

[@nickmariotti4241]

@@AdmiralNelson1000 Agreed. Perhaps someday they will remaster them and splice in a lot of flawless black and white CGI of the correct WW2 fighters...or colorize the whole series. I hope you realize I'm just kidding...

[@spacepatrolman]

1:53 OPENING THEME

[@richardcline1337]

This is wrong on one point....those sub pens are still there today almost as pristine as when the Nazi's built them. Only one has any serious damage but only to it's fake roof. But this does make for a good story.

[@jeremybear573]

Bring Back Lansing!

[@BernardGoldstein-jy6og]

Great movie 3/22/ 24

[@scoobbbbbydo]

17.51 major what do you think the universal language is ? TO GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

[@josebelindo1641]

17:51

[@burlyberg]

William Shatner, our greatest actor, said no one ever.

[@russg1801]

Spotted him right off. His co-pilot doesn't have pointy ears though!

[@jaimhaas5170]

You are a fool for not seeing his contributions.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

I think he was trained in the same school as Marlon Brando! Both pretty good actors.!?

[@lonestone55]

Those two are nuckin' futz! Got a smoke?

[@billrook6165]

Good to see Bill Shatner in this one.

[@Cherishhhh]

Bill is so fine here

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Captain Kirk. I wonder if any of the other crew members of the Enterprise were on this show. .

[@Gwaithmir]

Robert Lansing was on at least one episode of the original Star Trek.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@Gwaithmir Hunh. Didn't know that. .

[@Gwaithmir]

@@BobSmith-dk8nw Read this article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Seven

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@Gwaithmir Yeah. I remember seeing that now. Thanks. Star Trek - Missile Alert kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZekgWmcf79kn9U .

[@williammitchell4417]

Lee Meriwether as well as other actors were featured.

[@briansteffmagnussen9078]

Same procedure as usual. 109 coming in, thunderbolt shooting guns, And B-17 cockpit takes hits.

[@rogerlynch5279]

26:00 For being that hard hit the airplane looked to undamaged at least they could have added some trick-smoke in the editing of the picture-shot

[@spacepatrolman]

45:30 CLOSING THEME

[@isbastardbunny]

Elizabeth could be a Vulcan can't make out the top of her ears

[@mariakelly1059]

Or a Changeling from The Dominion.

[@watchgoose]

Kirk has the wrong Flag on his sleeve instead of the 48 star one.

[@stevemartin6144]

Hey, he's Canadian.

[@lannybrasher2452]

Even though he has a tendency to overact. He's still a great actor for his time. Heck, he got a starship. The others can't say that.😅

[@cwill1098]

Hopefully, he doesn't crack up like Ted Striker did over Macho Grande! Guess he didn't, sorry Ted!

[@adamscott7354]

Or that one crazy disruptive passenger on board the plane going on about some, thing, goblin or rather, out there on the wing? Sabotaging the plane? Can someone call the air marshal? We're not takin this anonq crap in 2021 here!

[@juanmonge8]

Shatner was in the sequel .

[@damonjay1]

Bill Shatner awesome!

[@stevekohl5351]

Kirk! Kirk! He tasks me. He tasks me.

[@josephwolosz3205]

Major Kurt or Kirk?