Hell Up In Harlem

[Idlewild]

If you'd like to see how us OG's connected from terminal to terminal at JFK before the advent of the free bus and JFK train rent "Hell Up In Harlem" (1973), starring Fred Williamson. He made it from the old TWA building to AA via the IAB and bought a first class ticket to LA in five minutes in real time. Then there's the LAX scene, all pre-TSA. Not to many airlines or airplanes but funny as hell. So bad a blaxpoitation movie that it's good.

[RDU-JFK]

I know that scene...good movie!!

[727C47]

if you are a fan of new York Airways,and the old Pan Am building heliport,rent Coogans Bluff,starring Clint Eastwood, last scenes of the movie show those cool,cool red,white ,and blue,BoeingVertol 107's operating over Manhattan circa '68.

[Gerard]

if you are a fan of new York Airways,and the old Pan Am building heliport,rent Coogans Bluff,starring Clint Eastwood, last scenes of the movie show those cool,cool red,white ,and blue,BoeingVertol 107's operating over Manhattan circa '68.

There were two scenes with that ship. At the end, like you wrote, but also in the beginning when he arrived in
Manhattan. I had recently watched this movie and had no idea those scenes were there. Very cool.
Nice piece of aviation history.
AND...for those of you with digital cable Encore Mystery is showing it 3AM this coming Sunday (2/17) and from the
original topic Encore Action is showing "Hell Up In Harlem" at 12 Midnite Tuesday 2/18.
Crazy starting times but just another reason to invest in a DVR.

[Idlewild]

If you watch the "Confetti Check: A O.K." episode of UFO you'll see about 20-25 seconds total of medium-wide stock footage shots of Heathrow from the Queens Building showing a fleet of BEA Vanguards, BUA 1-11's and a lone BOAC Super VC-10 coming in for a landing. Cut to a Pan Am 707 taking off to JFK and a PA DC-8 pulling into IAB. It looks pretty cool because it's all in HD.