The War of the Worlds, 1953

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Best Actor: YB-49 😉
“Stock footage of a YB-49 in flight appeared in The War of the Worlds (1953). In the movie, the Flying Wing was tasked with dropping an atomic bomb on the invading Martians.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YB-49#Popular_culture

“They* then leave to observe a United States Air Force YB-49 drop an atomic bomb on the Martians advancing on Los Angeles.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953_film)#Plot
*Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry) and Sylvia van Buren (Ann Robinson).

Great movie!
Atk


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    Blaggun

    Years later a B-2 Nukes the Independence Day aliens…

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