tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282768023983893032.post8985739363162594711..comments2024-03-21T07:40:06.414+00:00Comments on Exploding Helicopter: From Russia With LoveExploding Helicopterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16045345937871417288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282768023983893032.post-7215760661401209262013-08-18T20:04:11.340+01:002013-08-18T20:04:11.340+01:00Update - I've just watched Samurai Commando - ...Update - I've just watched Samurai Commando - Mission 1549 on YouTube. There are TWO exploding helicopters! So I suppose I'll have to hand over my crown. Ho Hum ...MartinEndurohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406213890363930245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282768023983893032.post-88105819646220466182012-11-30T10:34:47.093+00:002012-11-30T10:34:47.093+00:00Martin - thanks for the tip-off about The Final Co...Martin - thanks for the tip-off about The Final Countdown. I think you could be correct. Whilst From Russia With Love is the earliest produced film with an exploding helicopter in, it's also interesting to consider the question from the point of view of the earliest year depicted in a film that a chopper blows up in. Where Eagles Dare - which includes a chopper fireball - is a good example. Made in 1969, it is set during WW2 probably around late 1943 or early 1944. However, The Final Countdown is clearly set some years earlier so this is the new holder of that title. However, I am aware of another time travel film which could knock both these films out the park. Samurai Commando 1549 sees modern armed forces travel back to the 16th century. Helicopters are in the film, but I don't yet know if one explodes. I mean to get round to it soon.Exploding Helicopterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045345937871417288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282768023983893032.post-58652457007491142772012-11-29T02:47:12.180+00:002012-11-29T02:47:12.180+00:00It might be a bit left-field, but the 1980 film Th...It might be a bit left-field, but the 1980 film The Final Countdown (where's the crit?) involves a US aircraft carrier travelling back in time to December 1941. A Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter explodes (cause: flare gun fired in cockpit). Surely this is the earliest example of an exploding helicopter? Although the film was made in 1980, they DID travel back in time ....<br />Martin Hill-Jones, Torrevieja, SpainMartinEndurohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406213890363930245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282768023983893032.post-55880163318411476452011-08-17T17:27:26.390+01:002011-08-17T17:27:26.390+01:00The gauntlet has been laid down to find an older e...The gauntlet has been laid down to find an older exploding helicopter scene.<br /><br />I hear there is one in Casablanca.Neon Messiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288786243908986920noreply@blogger.com