Jumbo: The Plane That Changed the World (2014)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 59分
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Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 747 was a game changer, the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air travel. But the first wide-bodied plane was originally intended as a stopgap to Boeing's now-abandoned supersonic jet. This is the remarkable untold story of the jumbo, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits to create one of the world's most recognisable planes.
18歳で亡き父の石油掘削機の事業を引き継ぎ大富豪となったハワード・ヒューズ。1927年、21歳の彼は、その莫大な財産を全て注ぎ込み、航空アクション映画「地獄の天使」の製作に着手。30年に同作を完成させると大ヒットを記録し一躍ハリウッド・セレブの仲間入りを果たす。
自分に課した３つのルールを厳格に守りつつ犯罪すれすれの運び屋家業を続けるフランク。ある日いつものように運び屋の依頼が舞い込む。指定された時刻に指定重量のバッグを運ぶ。簡単ないつもの仕事のはずだったが、車のパンクを修理する途中バッグが動きだし中から声がするのを見つけ不審感がぬぐえなくなったフランクはついに自分に課したルール「荷の中身は見ない」を破り バッグを開けてしまうと中からはアジア人の美女があわられるのだった。
2009年1月15日、真冬のニューヨークで、安全第一がモットーのベテラン操縦士サレンバーガー機長は、いつものように操縦席へ向かう。飛行機は無事に離陸したものの、マンハッタンの上空わずか850メートルという低空地点で急にエンジンが停止してしまう。このまま墜落すれば、乗客はおろか、ニューヨーク市民にも甚大な被害が及ぶ状況で彼が下した決断は、ハドソン川への着水だった。
プライベートジェットの会社を営むマイクは、IT部門にいる派遣社員エドにあるトラブルを解決してもらう。それをきっかけに、彼はエドに好感を持って親しい間柄になる。しかし、その後エドは少しずつ家族のプライバシーに干渉するようになる。警戒して距離を置くマイクだが、その態度にエドは逆上。自身のスキルを総動員して、マイクと家族に対するサイバー攻撃を仕掛ける。
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
14歳の少女エイミー、母親の死がきっかけとなりニュージーランドから父親トーマスが住むカナダ、オンタリオ州の農場へ移り住む。急変した環境に馴染めないエイミーであったが、ある日カナダガンの卵を発見し、孵化時の刷り込みにより「母親」となることで一変する。人間に育てられたガンは「渡り」の習性を知らない。このため、ガンと共に越冬地のノースカロライナ州（アメリカ）まで父親や周囲の人々の協力の下ウルトラライトプレーンで向かうこととなった。
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.
大西洋横断飛行に挑戦する資金を集め、１９２７年、ニューヨークの飛行場を単葉機「セントルイス魂号」で飛び立った郵便飛行士チャールズ・Ａ・リンドバーグ。睡魔や悪天候など、さまざまな危機を切り抜け、パリまでの５８１０キロ、３３時間３０分の無着陸単独飛行という史上初の偉業を成し遂げた回想録を、名匠ビリー・ワイルダー監督が映画化。ジェームズ・スチュワートがリンドバーグを演じ、綿密な演出で描いた感動のドラマ。
金持ち親子にマイアミからダラスまで象の輸送を頼まれたトラック野郎のバンディットが、パトカーをけちらしながらの大暴走を展開する。好評を博したカー・アクション映画『トランザム7000』の続編。
The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.
小型飛行機との衝突によってコックピットが破損し操縦不能に陥ってしまった大型旅客機の恐怖と決死の救出劇を描いた、「大空港」に次ぐ航空パニック・シリーズ第2弾。
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
Alexey Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Alexey always are his friends, they are all from different parts of the country, but they all became real brothers.
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a team of experts travel to the remote Pacific atoll named Nikumaroro in search of her final resting place.
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. He thinks that an evil genius computer hacker sets out and manipulate the computer electronical system which linked to several airplanes to cause destruction and tragedy. In order to prevent the mishap, McCabe and his teammate, Rudy, finds out about the machine used by the criminals which leads them to a psychotic thrilling fight between the terrorist.
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
