This DVD contains the classic (and perhaps infamous) films “Man From LOX” and “Launch 'Em.” |
Launch 'Em was filmed by pilots aboard the USS Hancock in 1956. The film was made while the carrier cruised home from her Far East deployment, apparently with the unofficial blessing of the Eisenhower administration. A legendary film, it disappeared from view in the very early 1960s, as it became politically incorrect and taboo. Took me a lot of searching to find an original 16mm print of this legendary film. Pilots are fighting in the ready room. Flight deck crewmen starting jet engines with cigarette lighters. These and other hi-jinks might not be regulation, but they do appear in Launch 'Em. |
Man From LOX was a very off-beat training film dealing with Liquid Oxygen (LOX). The film was written by a genius, as the viewer is sucked in by this classic film, only to be set up for the very sober ending. I will forever remember the first time I saw this film as a young airman apprentice. "Sailor, I'm gonna have your ass..." |
Launch 'Em: 12 minutes running time. |
Man From LOX: 6 minutes running time. |
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