To those who are screaming about there being a flat screen TV in the bar, It was a new-then technology of Fresnel lens magnifier screen which is built into a wall cabinet with a TV placed a distance behind the screen. It magnified the TV into what appeared as a large flat screen. The device was developed for venues such as bars and clubs or other public venues. They were expensive with etched and polished lens cuts in the plate glass. Only the rich had such for private home use. They were very inventive with the primitive tech available back then. :)
@@russellmooneyham3334 i was getting tired of the ignorant comments about it to. i was almost going to say something about it myself, but i was waiting for someone else to say something, so then i could come in and say "its about time" and then call everyone else ignorant, when i didn't even know it in the first place until i read his comment, like you. MORON!
It's weird the stuff you remember when you were a small child. In the early sixties my father worked for the power company as a field tech. I remember a night standing on our front porch with my mother who was waving to my father as he left for work. Two things were odd about this, I don't remember my father working at night and my mother was crying. It's like a snapshot of a memory. Years later as an adult I mentioned this memory to my parents. They were amazed that I could remember something at 3 years of age. My father said it was a night during the Cuban missile crisis and he had been called into work with all the other utility workers. He said everyone was worried we were going to get nuked. This was in Connecticut. I remember duck and cover drills in elementary school.
A forgotten gem from my youth during the FIRST "cold war". I last saw this 50 years ago as a child. Despite a multitude of inaccuracies, this skillfully handled film still packs a wallop - to those of us who remember! Thank you for running it!
@ITS JUST MY OPINION Really? What happened in 2001, on 9/11, buster? Despite the idiotic conspiracy theories, the US was attacked, and it has resonated and had consequences since, not just in the US, but globally. Propaganda? I 'spect you'd live in happily in the lala-land under Biden, later Harris ('cause that's what you're getting - an unelected POTUS - not that you haven't got that now - who hates the US, Judeo-Christian and conservative values, and turn you into a China-style tyrrany) - high taxes, reduced military, overwhelmed and underemployed industries and people, cities ending up as skid row Detroit, as long as you get what you want - the whole of the US as a completely lawless megaversion of CHAZ, and you sitting pretty on the top of the pile.... Still, it might just all be a bad trip, eh?....
I started LIFE in the 1950s...and YES, I practiced hiding under my school desk with my friends! I knew that was 'stupid' since the building would be TOTALLY BLOWN APART by an ATOMIC BLAST WAVE, or just VAPORIZED!! Please STOP using ATOMIC REACTION WEAPONS PEOPLE OF EARTH.
The Russian invasion concept was also used in Call Of Duty too most notably in Modern Warfare 2 and 3 where the US gets invaded after a airport massacre called No Russian
I was born in 1948 and I do not know how old I was when I first saw this movie, but it has remained in my mind for over 60 years until I found it again. Perhaps it has helped to make me who I am today. The only thing I have remembered all these years was the scene of the swirling glass of liquor hypnotizing everyone.
This movie has an extraordinary amount of actual war footage the likes of which might not have been seen, except, in this film. Real war; real bombs; real explosions; real death. Even in B & W it's hard to take, we've been at it so long. Worth reflecting on.
Wowzers I've never seen this movie before and your description is very good. I remember watching NBC news and the reporting on the Vietnam war. And as a child, we never had to get underneath our desks in case of war. I was born in the 50's, 1957. And in the very early 1960's during Kennedy's time in office, there was the Cubin missile crises where Cubin goods were no longer allowed to be shipped from Cuba to the U.S. Cuba was banned. Cuba has a communist government.
Charming early1950's Cold War fantasy of a bad ol' unprovoked nuclear attack on the USA by our nasty ol' enemies, which are never named, only refered to as "the enemy." Since I don't remember hearing about it on my early 5-inch TV, I assume this is fiction, and not actual history. OMG, enemy planes destroyed Boulder Dam! Dammit!!! 😅
This is a great piece of cold war cinema. It comes across like a fever dream of surrealism. The film makers were probably making it from a serious perspective which makes the bizarre way it comes across very authentic.
They were taking it from a seriously fascist perspective. Labor conscription? And on what would have to be a massive scale, as the entire economy would have to be mobilized in the defense of the Fatherland, not just a few defense plants. This is Goebbels-style propaganda here. What Dan O'Herlihy's character advocates is exactly Nazi-style economics--except the slave labor wouldn't be coming from conquered countries.
This crazy movie is actually a master class in low budget film-making with expert use of stock footage. Some pretty good actors with both early Lois Lanes, an appearance of the always working William Schallert (388 credits in the IMDB), and I've always liked Dan O'Herlihy with his sonorous voice and diction (great in Fail Safe). Edward G. Robinson Jr. is the the son of the famous actor who died kind of young of a heart attack at the age of 40 (the son, not the dad).
The Beautiful Future Lois Lane From TV'S Superman Playing the Ticket Agent in this Movie Actress Noel Neil Sadly she passed Away in 2016 at Age 95 God Bless May she RIP And is Sadly missed by all of her Fans etc.
+leemon sampson Question which one played Lois Lane first? If you say Phyllis Choates you would be wrong. While Choates was the first TV Lois Lane, she was not the first of the two to play Lois Lane. Noel Neill played Lois Lane in Movie Serials before the TV version The Adventures of Superman. Interesting thing about the serials, Kirk Alyn the man who played Superman never got on air credit for the role. The studio promoted the serials by saying we could not find any actor worthy of playing the role of Superman so we hired the real Superman to play the role.
+leemon sampson I noticed that immediately at the casting and am glad you did too. of course, PC played LL first since she did so in the original movie.
Joseph Stalin was head of the Soviet Union in 1952. Harry Truman was President of the United States. We were also fighting the Chinese Communists during the Korean War.
Yes there is… But the Democrats want to take that away from us, take our guns, and remove the 2nd amendment!! Perhaps we should somehow force the Democrats, Leftists, and every “woke” college student to see this movie, Lol….
Thank you for posting this 'forgotten classic'. I saw this on TV in 1972. It convinced me to join the military when I was old enough. At that time it seemed to be so serious, but I guess that it was because of the 'Vietnam war'. Today, it's just so darn funny to me.
I'm pretty sure we had all sorts of radar defenses by the 1950's...Canada line and the DEW (defense early warning) line for our northern border against Russian invasion.
@@JohnKennedy-zi5oimodern day technology and communications was the game breaker for borders.. and the young people coming up all over the world will eat it up..all they know
Mr Spinks linked me to this movie with the boulder dam scene overtaking the family which I had remembered but not seen in over 45 years. Thanks and nice print. Subscribed.👍
I fell in love with Gerald Mohr's voice on the classic radio show "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe". I would like to see more of his films featured. I always thought that it would have been great to see some movies with Gerald Mohr and Humphrey Bogart together. They both seem like they would get along great playing off each other. I would like to know what caused Gerald Mohrs' death. He died so young. I love this movie, and the ending is a total shocker that has never been done in any other movie. Love it! Love it! Love it! Thank you for posting it!
He died of a heart attack in the later 1960's. I listened to him a lot on radio dramas---usually crime dramas---many of which are available as you probably know, on youtube. Btw, for a very different view of Mohr, he is in a very funny Jack Benny tv show from the late 50's/early 60's, I think the episode that also featured either Mamie Van Doren or Jayne Mansfield.
Oh, I miss the days when movies had a "moral to the story": "If you want to change what you will become, first change what you are." Then again, I was born the year this movie was released and "morals to the story" have now been relegated to the stuff of kid's book, myths, and fairy tales. The "moral," it seems to me, is the difference between "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" compared to "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of meaning and purpose".
Your words should be placed above every doorway at every school & government building, " LIFE, LIBERTY, & the PURSUIT of MEANING & PURPOSE " That's PERFECT!
It is so refreshing to see someone else who appreciates and recognizes the era of when television and movies had morals and lessons to share. I believe that part of the problem with society today is that we have removed that element from most of what we watch and thus, lost the goodness that it gave its audience. Anyway, thank you for pointing out this very important and critical element of this wonderful film.
This is the same time "duck and cover" was the precaution and action taught in school. 1952 is only 7 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The general world (and hollywood for that matter) had no real idea what the effects of an explosion were. Granted the ICBM that was 200 yards from my childhood home (70s and 80s) was known in the 80s to be able to vaporize at least a 20 mile radius...and they would even publish hypotheticals on the front page every week about a Russian ICBM direct hit on nearby Ellsworth. We all knew as my dad told me more than once, "You can kiss our ass goodbye if that thing ever opens up. There will be no shelter that will save anyone for hundreds of miles."
@@sirloxleymendoza972 Oooeee you named the religion that must not be implicated, or critisized, ever. Are you just trying to get banned? Best to just call it the Voldemort religion. Quite fitting, as they are both kinda evil.
Yamamoto said "If we invade USA, what our soldiers will find when they get there is a gun behind every blade of grass." Bombing/ICBMs? That's what we've always been afraid of... Invasion? Fat chance... They'd face TWO militias and they'd die... To a man... God bless a nation that bears arms...
Hahaha at 31:10, that's a Lockheed Constellation. Brings back memories. That's the first type plane I flew on going over seas and it took forever. There were no passenger seats or safety belts for me just fold down benches down each side, and it was operated by Tiger Lines. Even had the same snarling face used on the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk painted on.
@@lindycorgey2743 The designation I don't know about but I doubt is was Military surplus since this was during Vietnam. It was on government contract though.
I grew up in the fifties and sixties and this was everyone's worry. As school children, we had regular drills to hide under our desks in case of a military attack on the USA. This movie is very interesting. It exactly reflects the real fear people had in those days. It's interesting the President of the USA in this movie never faces the camera!
Pure propaganda.Thirty thousand dead .Believe that and I got a Bridge in Brooklyn for ya.!!!! No more exceptional nation after nuke war. You ain't beating up goat herders in Third World. Had JFK lived no more Cold War.Periid.After near miss of Cuban Missile Crisis he was ready to end Cold War and world would have had a chance. Too late now.RF surrounded by NATO on border.Dont mess with the bear and his Dead Hand Nuclear System.!!!!
No it's the near future.The morale of this tale is Get rid oF MI C and crooked mealy mouth politicians in their pay.While US goes bankrupt millions and millions with no decent jobs, drugs controlling 80 per cent of masses and Deviant beliefs of vOne Party System in DC. Too late however for this nation.. Big import coming IS war on Homeland.
This is a good movie. I remember when Americans were still loyal to America, and wouldn't listen to any traitor or anti-American talk. I remember when people would've reacted this same way. Not today.
The first time my father said to us that America had a Communist party, I squeaked, "WHAT? Why don't the police put them in jail?" He explained that in America you can be a Communist if that's what you prefer to be. It took my kid-self a while to digest all that.
@obrbob194] David Lanham, yeah man, don't act like you're in America, like you can say what you want, think what you happen to think without checking to be sure it's still allowed. We have special police on duty 25/8 to handle your type, as obrbob is here to attest. This is a High Holy Church you're butting up against. THE High Holy Church. Those who aren't members will all fall in line. It's guaranteed, as we can see. Orb Bob, why don't you go find a Confederate statue to have removed in a small town somewhere? That stinking thing over in Jackson Square in New Orleans is STILL THERE.
No - this is a soporific reminder of the paranoia America still has with alternative ideologies and an illustration of how dreadfully bad propaganda movies were in the 1950s
Richard Buxton And as the Comintern strategy for destroying the West, including the US, plays out in real time in our lives, you call that paranoia. No, there is something missing in your view of this reality, either you do not understand or are a willing participant. I heard an older lady on the radio describe how this happened to the Eastern European homeland of hers. Every incident that led up to her countrymen losing their freedom is being carefully duplicated here in the US. I heard these same experiences first hand from Cubans that escaped the communist island prison.
joesphx19 Will the tanks roll in from Mexico or Canada or will they air-drop them in? Paranoia is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes beliefs of persecution, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat - *Everyone is out to get us* Fear of a Communist threat began under Eisenhower at the time of Korea - this was when in 1954 the words *under God* were added to the pledge of allegiance - Communists do not have a God. You will notice that the USA has a new bogeyman these days - the Communist threat now takes second or third place behind Al-Qaeda and illegal immigrants. Powerful influences can control and manipulate the public more easily when the public are scared - media induced paranoia is the American disease.
Richard Buxton Richard, as a retired mental health professional I totally agree with your definition of paranoia as it is defining a classical presentation of irrational behavior. In this larger sense of world history, the political activities of communism and in particular the sad and terrifying result of communist dictatorship, more than point to a fear of communist activities as justified and frankly, rational behavior. Beyond this if we disagree then it is a disagreement of politics and not of the mental state of those that are fearful of communism and the warnings voiced by that fear.
It was one of the first invasion films since something like this has never been made before until Red Dawn came out decades later in 84 which was also popular with audiences at that time
@@CrossOfBayonne There was another good movie made around the same time where LA gets nuked. People flee to the countryside and try to survive without getting robbed or killed by other desperate people. Wish I could remember the name.
I'm glad you brought that up. In WWII, a B-29 landed in Russia and they refused to give it back. They reversed engineered it and built their own calling it the Tu-4.
Cpl. Adrian Shepard Hey dude! I was commenting on whether during this timeline, the Russians could attack with B-29/Tu-4 bombers! If you have issues...look it up. You realised of course, that this is a '50's propaganda film and if the Russian pilots didn't speak English the Americans couldn't understand them.
The film maker of this movie was really smart to realise the film could be made at minimum cost. It was made during the Korean war and there was all the battle stock footage he could possibly want. Back then the Army Navy surplus stores were full to the brim with just about anything military to could think of. I loved going to those stores, they even sold WWII weapons like Thompson Machine Gun, The Browning Automatic rifle and even Sherman tanks. Farmers converted them to bulldozers. As to the story plot, not a chance on hell. I was only 4 years old in 1952, but even at that age I knew the country was full of WWII battle hardened soldiers and sailors. The access to weapons would have had the Russians facing millions of well armed Americans. The Russians had very few nuclear bombs and we had a lot, including the hydrogen bomb. During the Berlin Airlift President Truman send a bunch of B-29 bombers to England and told the Soviets if they shoot down one plane he'll order a nuclear strike. In 1952 it was Russia who was the weaker. They simply didn't have the planes and ships that could make it to Alaska let alone the lower 48. Movies like this were merely intended to keep the American people from becoming too cocky and complacent. That's because the communists in Korea were so maniacal and aggressive. BTW, 1952 I remenber quite well. My mom was a single mother and she was engaged to marry and man who was perfect for her and me. He was an F-86 pilot and was shot down and killed in 1952. Thomas
td fisk But You know, that the Berlin Airlift was a complete Propaganda Mission? The Shops were full of food to buy, only not with the just released new currency. The Russians were only desperately responding to the Power-Question. Who controls the money, controls the Country.
I know it is good to be confident . But did you ever think the USSR may have had more battle hardened veterans in 1952 ? They did inflict 90% of axis casualties. I am not going to get into what ifs to much . What had happened has happened. We all could have done things different on out lives
Yes. Battle hardened vets. What do we have now? Metro sexuals, brats, and little yakkie mouthed foreign children telling us how WE are destroying THEIR world...sigh.
❤👍 well written, my father was a cold war soldier. He was stationed in Germany on the Czecholslavakian border. I quite agree with all you said. God Bless
I'm no fan of war movies - but, I was on the edge of my seat, throughout! The footage is first rate; like I've never seen, anywhere. This is one of those, "must see", films, with an important, realistic message.
You missed it. Around the 42:11 time stamp, the Navy shoots down a biplane. It's only shown for a split second, so I had to back it up and go frame by frame to be sure.
Information: Invasion USA is a classic movie Developed and Released by Taito Corporation in March 1993 (Even title screen says 1992) it runs the company's F3 System hardware with Ensoniq ES5505/OTIS. This game ported to Sega Saturn console in 1997 under Xing arcade gears. This can be played on PS2 on Taito legends in 2005. All music from the movie is done by ZUNTATA.
Also - remember how, in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks, commentators claimed that Americans now had to worry about foreign attack? I vividly remember worrying about a full nuclear exchange years before those attacks happened.
You have to remember that this movie was made in 1952, in the middle of the Korean War. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea (defended by the US) without any provocation (but with the tacit approval of the Soviets and Red China). US forces were nearly beaten and pushed back to a pocket around Busan. An amazing situation considering the all-powerful US Army in WW2, but it happened because the US lowered its guard, thinking that it had the men and the money to hold anything. But it took a lot of effort and casualties to reclaim the south and push up to the Chinese border - before China entered the war and pushed the US back. Almost a Third World War. So an unprovoked attack by communists was not a crazy idea, nor was an unprepared US response. The Korean War only ended in 1953.
I was almost 3 when this came out. My Dad was serving on a destroyer off the coast of Korea. Mom and I were Navy base hopping, as his home port changed. I started school in L.A. in the mid-50s - and through middle school 'enjoyed' spontaneous drop drills, diving under my desk and assuming the position - or being marched to the auditorium because that was 'safe' in case of a nuclear attack. Remember being terrified by the thought that my parents and younger siblings were going to be as protected. While my parents never discussed world events or expressed their concerns (and certainly never went to see movies like this), the fear was part of every day life. As a mother and grandmother now, I appreciate just how terrifying it was. Found this film by accident. Glad I did.
We had nuclear weapons. Gen. MacArthur was dying to use em even as the "Infantry" pressed the Yalu River and the China border. And Russia had no capability to get in our way should we have nuked China. The point is, we did not do it. It was immoral. Much like the Ukrainian invasion we currently are trying to cope with while the M.A.D. doctrine is now a triangle of certain annihilation for all should we fail or run headlong into another madman. Pray earnestly.
@@jamesl3920 True, but at the beginning of the war, the US army was in Korea was caught napping and it had lost a lot of the expertise that had been gained in WW2. We all gained because as a result of the initial US setbacks, the US determined that it would never be caught like this again and hence has become (more or less successfully) the world's policeman and guardian of liberal democracy.
THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE SHOWN TODAY SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT AS THEY WANT TO TURN THIS COUNTRY OVER TO THE COMMUNISTS. BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE DONALD TRUMP AS OUR PRESIDENT THAT WON'T HAPPEN. TRUMP2020!🇺🇸
How does voting for neo liberals lead to the country getting bombed? Pretty sure Obama and Clinton were just as militaristic and would still allow the military to invade
Alaska did not become a US state until 1959. The Aleutians were invaded by Japan in WW2, and they were able to bomb parts of Canada, so this is partly based on history.
The key part of the film for me is at 36 mins. There must be many 5th columnists in the UK who would gladly help an enemy nation to invade if Facebook is anything to go by.....
I just stumbled upon this film, expecting something so bad that it would be laughable . nothing could be farther from the truth . this movie had more actually war footage than any film that i've seen . such a very interesting, and well done film.
I have a confession to make, which might sound silly after seeing this wonderful movie, but I thought the title "Invasion USA" was about being invaded by Extraterrestrials from outer space. I have never seen this movie before, not even on TCM. I wonder why.
I Remember 1952,( in the UK)....one phrase hung over us like a black curtain....the 3 minute warning. Today, it's hard for anyone to imagine the dread that permeated Western populations, the constant anxiety of atomic war and Armageddon....the reason why Strategic Air Command and the RAF's three V bombers ruled the skies. This film was cutting edge at the time, a portent of what might happen if the West lowered it's Big Stick; fortunately, it didn't and we settled into the Cold War instead....continuing dread but not out and out conflict.
Man, judging by certain attitudes of young people nowadays, and the lack of attitude of some older people towards this, bad things can happen. As they are just now, in November, 2023. And, I think we are all, somehow guilty. Food for thought.
@@CrossOfBayonne "Invaded." You mean when the Capitol Police invited the protesters in? No one was complaining when lefties actually did invade the Senate chamber during the Brett Kavanaugh nomination. They got $50 fines.
@@dennissvitak5475 Yes, Republicans do little or nothing to stop us from turning into a communist country. And then you have the -communists- Democrats themselves getting their way in almost everything.
@@hurryandleave9680 Please define communism, I keep seeing people call the Dems communists when they're very much not. Unless you're of the opinion that communism is when the government does stuff.
@@Terranallias18 Communism in theory is a system in which the workers gain control of the means of production and take ownership of society. Communism in practice is a small elite group taking over society and enslaving everyone else. People think they have a say in our government, but they do not. Our politicians are bought and paid for by elite special interests -- a small group of rich oligarchs -- and our politicians do what they are told to do. We live in a communist system, which is similar to a feudal system, except the feudal system is actually better because the serf owns his land and only has to give a portion of his crop to his lord, who gives him protection in return. You, on the other hand, do not truly own anything. There is nothing you "own" that cannot be taken away from you by our communist government.
I saw this in a theater when it first came out and it scared the crap out of me. I thought the Russians were going to invade any day. Even now with the cheezy inaccurate stock footage and bottom of the barrel production values its still kind of scary. It had a great storyline and if a remake of it was done with modern FX it would be an awesome movie.
I remember 1952 - barely. I remember the Klieg lights at night, used for advertisement. All civilian planes then were propeller planes, so those trying to get home 2000 miles away by plane would take many hours. There were military jets though. If the number of casualties seems small, remember that the Hiroshima bomb was only 15 kilotons. Not megatons. The film is very realistic in terms of what existed at that time, and what people imagined could happen. In my childhood we had air raid drills at school and once at home because I wanted to. The drill at home was boring because we just sat in the hallway with the doors closed.
I've been reading one complaint after another here. Just face the fact that the gov't has declared war on its own citizens and then passed laws making it illegal to fight back. We are where ancient Rome was, absorbing foreign elements until the very nature of the nation is changed beyond belief.
+Lee Larson Well, hello Lee. I was beginning to think I was alone. They have us surrounded so we can either back up quietly and slowly or RUN LIKE HELL.
+Lee Larson Well first off, despite the volumes written about "ancient Rome," we know a lot less about Rome and its government and culture than what is still unknown - there are whole periods where there is virtually no documentation whatsoever, and some speculation and conjecture has to be applied - but what we DO know, is that it was very, very different from American culture and our democratic government, or our economy. Bad comparison.
A couple of other good cold war flicks of this time were "Dr. Strangelove" and "Fail Safe". An 80s film similar to this is "Red Dawn", starring a young Patrick Swayze.
Gerald Mohr very unappreciated actor who excelled in any role he played in The Rifleman ,Perry Mason ,Twilight Zone be it a scumbag , cunning con man or even a sympathetic character plus countless radio episodes so talented 🙌👏👍RIP
Shows us how far we technically advanced since the 50's. If we had a rating table back then you would not have seen one thumbs down. You people should be a little more understanding. This was a top notch movie back then and their popcorn was better too.
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To those who are screaming about there being a flat screen TV in the bar, It was a new-then technology of Fresnel lens magnifier screen which is built into a wall cabinet with a TV placed a distance behind the screen. It magnified the TV into what appeared as a large flat screen. The device was developed for venues such as bars and clubs or other public venues. They were expensive with etched and polished lens cuts in the plate glass. Only the rich had such for private home use. They were very inventive with the primitive tech available back then. :)
Finally!!! Thank you Phillip! Was getting a bit tired of all the ignorant comments about it! Lol.
@@russellmooneyham3334 i was getting tired of the ignorant comments about it to. i was almost going to say something about it myself, but i was waiting for someone else to say something, so then i could come in and say "its about time" and then call everyone else ignorant, when i didn't even know it in the first place until i read his comment, like you. MORON!
@@SG-ug9xj it only took you a year to get enough guts to call me a moron. Not bad. Take one "kudo" out of the "kudo's" jar. Dumbass.
Thanks, I spotted that right off and was wondering.
There is more than one way to skin a cat.
It's weird the stuff you remember when you were a small child. In the early sixties my father worked for the power company as a field tech. I remember a night standing on our front porch with my mother who was waving to my father as he left for work. Two things were odd about this, I don't remember my father working at night and my mother was crying. It's like a snapshot of a memory. Years later as an adult I mentioned this memory to my parents. They were amazed that I could remember something at 3 years of age. My father said it was a night during the Cuban missile crisis and he had been called into work with all the other utility workers. He said everyone was worried we were going to get nuked. This was in Connecticut. I remember duck and cover drills in elementary school.
A forgotten gem from my youth during the FIRST "cold war".
I last saw this 50 years ago as a child.
Despite a multitude of inaccuracies, this skillfully handled film still packs a wallop - to those of us who remember!
Thank you for running it!
@ITS JUST MY OPINION Really? What happened in 2001, on 9/11, buster? Despite the idiotic conspiracy theories, the US was attacked, and it has resonated and had consequences since, not just in the US, but globally. Propaganda? I 'spect you'd live in happily in the lala-land under Biden, later Harris ('cause that's what you're getting - an unelected POTUS - not that you haven't got that now - who hates the US, Judeo-Christian and conservative values, and turn you into a China-style tyrrany) - high taxes, reduced military, overwhelmed and underemployed industries and people, cities ending up as skid row Detroit, as long as you get what you want - the whole of the US as a completely lawless megaversion of CHAZ, and you sitting pretty on the top of the pile.... Still, it might just all be a bad trip, eh?....
@@chrismaguire3667 You're deluded.
I started LIFE in the 1950s...and YES, I practiced hiding under my school desk with my friends! I knew that was 'stupid' since the building would be TOTALLY BLOWN APART by an ATOMIC BLAST WAVE, or just VAPORIZED!! Please STOP using ATOMIC REACTION WEAPONS PEOPLE OF EARTH.
It's a fucking propaganda hack job. Himmler cranked out bullshit like this, too.
The Russian invasion concept was also used in Call Of Duty too most notably in Modern Warfare 2 and 3 where the US gets invaded after a airport massacre called No Russian
I was born in 1948 and I do not know how old I was when I first saw this movie, but it has remained in my mind for over 60 years until I found it again. Perhaps it has helped to make me who I am today. The only thing I have remembered all these years was the scene of the swirling glass of liquor hypnotizing everyone.
Did you become an alcoholic?
This movie has an extraordinary amount of actual war footage the likes of which might not have been seen, except, in this film. Real war; real bombs; real explosions; real death. Even in B & W it's hard to take, we've been at it so long. Worth reflecting on.
Wowzers I've never seen this movie before and your description is very good. I remember watching NBC news and the reporting on the Vietnam war. And as a child, we never had to get underneath our desks in case of war. I was born in the 50's, 1957. And in the very early 1960's during Kennedy's time in office, there was the Cubin missile crises where Cubin goods were no longer allowed to be shipped from Cuba to the U.S. Cuba was banned. Cuba has a communist government.
Today 2023 you can watch all of the real war scenes you want. Thanks to little man putin.
Charming early1950's Cold War fantasy of a bad ol' unprovoked nuclear attack on the USA by our nasty ol' enemies, which are never named, only refered to as "the enemy." Since I don't remember hearing about it on my early 5-inch TV, I assume this is fiction, and not actual history. OMG, enemy planes destroyed Boulder Dam! Dammit!!! 😅
I fell in love with Peggy Castle when I was around 13 years old. She was an absolute godess to me.
RIP lovely lady.
Haha
This is a great piece of cold war cinema. It comes across like a fever dream of surrealism. The film makers were probably making it from a serious perspective which makes the bizarre way it comes across very authentic.
They were taking it from a seriously fascist perspective. Labor conscription? And on what would have to be a massive scale, as the entire economy would have to be mobilized in the defense of the Fatherland, not just a few defense plants. This is Goebbels-style propaganda here. What Dan O'Herlihy's character advocates is exactly Nazi-style economics--except the slave labor wouldn't be coming from conquered countries.
This was the kind of McCarthyite prattle that was being pushed during Hollywood's "Red Scare".
Dad was a research chemist and we watched this together. Good times. We lived a few miles from a Nike-Zeus launch site.
"Hey Natasha, just light fuse and Moose and Squirrel go kaboom."
"Boris, darlink! I love you!"
"Where is boom?"
@@AnimeboyIanpower BOOOOOM!!!🎆
ALWAYS making problems for Moose and Squirrel!
Boris Badenov. Him must have referred to fearless leader.
This crazy movie is actually a master class in low budget film-making with expert use of stock footage. Some pretty good actors with both early Lois Lanes, an appearance of the always working William Schallert (388 credits in the IMDB), and I've always liked Dan O'Herlihy with his sonorous voice and diction (great in Fail Safe). Edward G. Robinson Jr. is the the son of the famous actor who died kind of young of a heart attack at the age of 40 (the son, not the dad).
Being prepared for war is one of the best ways to preserve peace.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.
I agree but it comes at quite a cost both in lives and money
A very effective film. I knew from the get go that this movie would be a good one, and I wasn't disappointed. BTW, great footage throughout, too!
The Beautiful Future Lois Lane From TV'S Superman Playing the Ticket Agent in this Movie Actress Noel Neil Sadly she passed Away in 2016 at Age 95 God Bless May she RIP And is Sadly missed by all of her Fans etc.
Phyllis Coates who played the first Lois Lane was in the car that got caught in the flood and washed away.
TY! Was racking my brain trying to place her!
Not just her but the actress who left the series JUST before she was hired, Ms. Coates
Atomic bombs are dropping and people are enjoying happy hour in a bar.
Can you think of a better time to drink?
@@johnm6642 no I guess I can’t. 😂
This movie contains BOTH LOIS LANES from Adventures of Superman, Phyllis Coates and Noel Neill! How cool is that?
+leemon sampson Question which one played Lois Lane first?
If you say Phyllis Choates you would be wrong. While Choates was the first TV Lois Lane, she was not the first of the two to play Lois Lane. Noel Neill played Lois Lane in Movie Serials before the TV version The Adventures of Superman.
Interesting thing about the serials, Kirk Alyn the man who played Superman never got on air credit for the role. The studio promoted the serials by saying we could not find any actor worthy of playing the role of Superman so we hired the real Superman to play the role.
Rick Johnson
Noel Neill, in the 40's serial!
+leemon sampson I noticed that immediately at the casting and am glad you did too. of course, PC played LL first since she did so in the original movie.
+Philip Bourdon Of course, I was only noting the Tv series with George Reeves
+Rick Johnson ha HA very clever that!!
Joseph Stalin was head of the Soviet Union in 1952. Harry Truman was President of the United States. We were also fighting the Chinese Communists during the Korean War.
I love a great Red Scare Movie. Thanks for the upload.
What the potential invaders didn’t know is that there are 400 million guns in private hands in this country. A mom behind every door w/ a 12 gauge.
Yes there is… But the Democrats want to take that away from us, take our guns, and remove the 2nd amendment!! Perhaps we should somehow force the Democrats, Leftists, and every “woke” college student to see this movie, Lol….
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Well said.
Who for God's sake would want to invade the USA.......??????😜🌅🦨
Is that all?
Thank you for posting this 'forgotten classic'. I saw this on TV in 1972. It convinced me to join the military when I was old enough. At that time it seemed to be so serious, but I guess that it was because of the 'Vietnam war'. Today, it's just so darn funny to me.
So America indeed prepared for war but forgot to lock the bloody back door.
This is what happens when you don't have borders and you let anybody into the country this is what happens this movie isn't far off from the truth
I'm pretty sure we had all sorts of radar defenses by the 1950's...Canada line and the DEW (defense early warning) line for our northern border against Russian invasion.
Same way we let in the 'rona a few months back...
@@JohnKennedy-zi5oifor the folks on top running the show there are no borders.anywhere..nonexistent.. that's a complete scam for people to believe...
@@JohnKennedy-zi5oimodern day technology and communications was the game breaker for borders.. and the young people coming up all over the world will eat it up..all they know
Absolutely fantastic aerial photography!!!!
I remember this flic from the 50s. There was a full house at a Manhattan movie house. Thanks for the great memories. T Y Pip.
Mr Spinks linked me to this movie with the boulder dam scene overtaking the family which I had remembered but not seen in over 45 years. Thanks and nice print. Subscribed.👍
The wise will think and reflect on this great old film, for it is timeless-if you want peace prepare for war.
But for most, this film will just be remembered as fodder for MST3K & its merciless mockers. 😂
Lockheed Constellation! Most beautiful plane to ever fly.
i lived near LaGuardia airport & used to see the constellations flying all the time...dig em'
Both of the women who played Lois Lane in the Adventures of Superman appear in this film!
Yes!! They sure do!! It was a small Hollywood community back then, lol… It was good to see them both!
Phylis Coats and Noel Neil
Wow ! I've only watched the 1st 35 seconds , and it's hitting the Really hard areas of American /Christian/Human Philosophy & Decency. Thank you
I fell in love with Gerald Mohr's voice on the classic radio show "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe". I would like to see more of his films featured. I always thought that it would have been great to see some movies with Gerald Mohr and Humphrey Bogart together.
They both seem like they would get along great playing off each other.
I would like to know what caused Gerald Mohrs' death. He died so young.
I love this movie, and the ending is a total shocker that has never been done in any other movie. Love it! Love it! Love it! Thank you for posting it!
He died of a heart attack in the later 1960's. I listened to him a lot on radio dramas---usually crime dramas---many of which are available as you probably know, on youtube. Btw, for a very different view of Mohr, he is in a very funny Jack Benny tv show from the late 50's/early 60's, I think the episode that also featured either Mamie Van Doren or Jayne Mansfield.
Gerald’s voice, I thought was perfect for Mr Fantastic Reed Richards on the 1960s Fantastic Four cartoon.
The stock footage is great. Notice how initially two squadrons of jets fighting it out suddenly have propeller aircraft getting shot down.
All footage from WO2.
And they where not ready for bombers that drop the nuke.
"There've been several attacks on the Pacific Fleet. It's been wiped out." Riiiiight...
Oh, I miss the days when movies had a "moral to the story":
"If you want to change what you will become, first change what you are."
Then again, I was born the year this movie was released and "morals to the story" have now been relegated to the stuff of kid's book, myths, and fairy tales.
The "moral," it seems to me, is the difference between "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" compared to "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of meaning and purpose".
Your words should be placed above every doorway at every school & government building, " LIFE, LIBERTY, & the PURSUIT of MEANING & PURPOSE " That's PERFECT!
@@strangebiped" life, liberty and the pursuit of my happiness"... USA 2023
It is so refreshing to see someone else who appreciates and recognizes the era of when television and movies had morals and lessons to share. I believe that part of the problem with society today is that we have removed that element from most of what we watch and thus, lost the goodness that it gave its audience. Anyway, thank you for pointing out this very important and critical element of this wonderful film.
so let me get this straight. The country is being invaded yet patrons are still meeting in a bar for happy hour
Probably the most realistic thing about this story. ;-7
hell, yes. what would you do? grab your .22 squirell killer?
Sounds like California :P
They did the same thing on 9/11
Keep calm and carry on! London WWII. You lived life as normal as possible or you roll over.
A great movie . No animals, awkward adolescent kids, or relational problems.
At the start the guy in the bar obviously annoyed with the TV
says "shut that thing off" - a neat comment.
I ranked this movie 9/10 in Imdb. I know there are many inaccuracies but this very simple movie drew me into it. Great work.
I love the ground zero "A-Bomb" explosion survival, I think that is almost as good as Indiana Jones climbing in a fridge.
This is the same time "duck and cover" was the precaution and action taught in school.
1952 is only 7 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The general world (and hollywood for that matter) had no real idea what the effects of an explosion were.
Granted the ICBM that was 200 yards from my childhood home (70s and 80s) was known in the 80s to be able to vaporize at least a 20 mile radius...and they would even publish hypotheticals on the front page every week about a Russian ICBM direct hit on nearby Ellsworth.
We all knew as my dad told me more than once, "You can kiss our ass goodbye if that thing ever opens up. There will be no shelter that will save anyone for hundreds of miles."
better
Indiana Jones often did things that reality would not allow. But the general public, for the most part, doesn’t know this. 🤠👍🏻
This movie is indeed shocking. In the first 15 seconds the newsman says that the chicago cubs won.
And last year they did !!!! only 60+ years after the movie was made.
What prophecy!
They got it wrong who would invade us.. Not Russia but Mexico and Is lam
@@sirloxleymendoza972 Oooeee you named the religion that must not be implicated, or critisized, ever. Are you just trying to get banned? Best to just call it the Voldemort religion. Quite fitting, as they are both kinda evil.
Internet was invented for comments like these. Thanks.
"He wasn't only wrong. He's dead."
Well, if the Reds hadn't killed him, his obesity and heavy drinking would have. ;)
Saw this as a kid always wanted to see it again....
Yamamoto said "If we invade USA, what our soldiers will find when they get there is a gun behind every blade of grass." Bombing/ICBMs? That's what we've always been afraid of... Invasion? Fat chance... They'd face TWO militias and they'd die... To a man... God bless a nation that bears arms...
Different, I really liked it. Thanks for posting it.
Hahaha at 31:10, that's a Lockheed Constellation. Brings back memories. That's the first type plane I flew on going over seas and it took forever. There were no passenger seats or safety belts for me just fold down benches down each side, and it was operated by Tiger Lines. Even had the same snarling face used on the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk painted on.
Must have flown a C69 or C121Surplus Military version
Ha ha! Notice how the enemy somehow got ahold of some A6M fighters and were flying kamikaze missions...
@@lindycorgey2743 The designation I don't know about but I doubt is was Military surplus since this was during Vietnam.
It was on government contract though.
I grew up in the fifties and sixties and this was everyone's worry. As school children, we had regular drills to hide under our desks in case of a military attack on the USA. This movie is very interesting. It exactly reflects the real fear people had in those days. It's interesting the President of the USA in this movie never faces the camera!
The President at the time was Ike! I imagine they couldn't get him to play himself in the movie.
You Can't bomb New York????? Oh ya.
Damn. there goes Wal Street. No big loss.
Pure propaganda.Thirty thousand dead .Believe that and I got a Bridge in Brooklyn for ya.!!!! No more exceptional nation after nuke war. You ain't beating up goat herders in Third World.
Had JFK lived no more Cold War.Periid.After near miss of Cuban Missile Crisis he was ready to end Cold War and world would have had a chance. Too late now.RF surrounded by NATO on border.Dont mess with the bear and his Dead Hand Nuclear System.!!!!
No it's the near future.The morale of this tale is Get rid oF MI C and crooked mealy mouth politicians in their pay.While US goes bankrupt millions and millions with no decent jobs, drugs controlling 80 per cent of masses and Deviant beliefs of vOne Party System in DC. Too late however for this nation.. Big import coming IS war on Homeland.
This is a good movie. I remember when Americans were still loyal to America, and wouldn't listen to any traitor or anti-American talk. I remember when people would've reacted this same way. Not today.
David Lanham
You f-ing twit!
Loyal means stupid like livestock to be handled easily.
The first time my father said to us that America had a Communist party, I squeaked, "WHAT? Why don't the police put them in jail?" He explained that in America you can be a Communist if that's what you prefer to be. It took my kid-self a while to digest all that.
@obrbob194] David Lanham, yeah man, don't act like you're in America, like you can say what you want, think what you happen to think without checking to be sure it's still allowed. We have special police on duty 25/8 to handle your type, as obrbob is here to attest. This is a High Holy Church you're butting up against. THE High Holy Church. Those who aren't members will all fall in line. It's guaranteed, as we can see. Orb Bob, why don't you go find a Confederate statue to have removed in a small town somewhere? That stinking thing over in Jackson Square in New Orleans is STILL THERE.
@@BackSeatHump Are you a writer? You ARE, I can tell. Anybody I might have heard of???? PLZ do tell!
When I was a kid in the 60's there were a ton of fallout shelters built. You never see one anymore.
Well, at least, they probably make great tool sheds.
These days shelters would be of little use even against conventional bombs
Peggie Castle, who was in "Lawman", then unfortunately passed away in 1973.
She had a fondness for the bottle. Too bad.
I remember this movie when I was very young. Back in the late 50's.
Holy crap, for 1952, this movie was so flipping DEEP - unexpected ending too...well done 👍🏼👍🏼
They had to have the invading Russians wearing American uniforms in order to use all that stock footage that makes up most of the movie.
Plus they had plenty of US uniforms laying around.
It takes a great deal to scare me at my time of life; (60) -but this did!!! "certainly worth watching!!". enjoyed it !!!
I love how these movies from the 50's use WWII combat footage
Actually it's Korean War footage but a good portion is from World War II some even from World War I
Good to know that no matter how bad things get, there will still be regular deliveries of beer and liquor!
... and Cuban cigars!
And there will ALWAYS be STUPID people like you !!!
@@humblewarrior6585 Don't be cross.
This is a sobering reminder of how precious freedom is and how easily it can be lost! Let's never lose our vigilance for our liberty!
No - this is a soporific reminder of the paranoia America still has with alternative ideologies and an illustration of how dreadfully bad propaganda movies were in the 1950s
Michael Forrest Well - if you were paranoid you would say that.
Richard Buxton
And as the Comintern strategy for destroying the West, including the US, plays out in real time in our lives, you call that paranoia. No, there is something missing in your view of this reality, either you do not understand or are a willing participant. I heard an older lady on the radio describe how this happened to the Eastern European homeland of hers. Every incident that led up to her countrymen losing their freedom is being carefully duplicated here in the US. I heard these same experiences first hand from Cubans that escaped the communist island prison.
joesphx19 Will the tanks roll in from Mexico or Canada or will they air-drop them in?
Paranoia is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes beliefs of persecution, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat - *Everyone is out to get us*
Fear of a Communist threat began under Eisenhower at the time of Korea - this was when in 1954 the words *under God* were added to the pledge of allegiance - Communists do not have a God.
You will notice that the USA has a new bogeyman these days - the Communist threat now takes second or third place behind Al-Qaeda and illegal immigrants.
Powerful influences can control and manipulate the public more easily when the public are scared - media induced paranoia is the American disease.
Richard Buxton
Richard, as a retired mental health professional I totally agree with your definition of paranoia as it is defining a classical presentation of irrational behavior. In this larger sense of world history, the political activities of communism and in particular the sad and terrifying result of communist dictatorship, more than point to a fear of communist activities as justified and frankly, rational behavior. Beyond this if we disagree then it is a disagreement of politics and not of the mental state of those that are fearful of communism and the warnings voiced by that fear.
Never heard of this movie, but wow! It was actually very well done in the style of the 50s. I loved the twist at the end.
It was one of the first invasion films since something like this has never been made before until Red Dawn came out decades later in 84 which was also popular with audiences at that time
@@CrossOfBayonne There was another good movie made around the same time where LA gets nuked. People flee to the countryside and try to survive without getting robbed or killed by other desperate people. Wish I could remember the name.
@@hurryandleave9680 This situation is also in the video game Halo too.
@@hurryandleave9680Panic in Year Zero.
@@garywest8705 Wow, thanks for title. I'd like to watch it again!
"To win a war a nation must concentrate" then hypnosis trick used to emphasis the point.
Longest. Minute. EVER.
I like how they used American planes: shooting stars, flying boxcars, sabres, B-29's, etc and I saw one Mig 15. Great movie.
yes b29 with russian crew lolll!!!!
I'm glad you brought that up. In WWII, a B-29 landed in Russia and they refused to give it back. They reversed engineered it and built their own calling it the Tu-4.
Cpl. Adrian Shepard Hey dude! I was commenting on whether during this timeline, the Russians could attack with B-29/Tu-4 bombers! If you have issues...look it up. You realised of course, that this is a '50's propaganda film and if the Russian pilots didn't speak English the Americans couldn't understand them.
An excellent movie. Thanks
This movie is a truly a timeless classic a masterpiece
What a promo for the MIC.
The film maker of this movie was really smart to realise the film could be made at minimum cost. It was made during the Korean war and there was all the battle stock footage he could possibly want. Back then the Army Navy surplus stores were full to the brim with just about anything military to could think of. I loved going to those stores, they even sold WWII weapons like Thompson Machine Gun, The Browning Automatic rifle and even Sherman tanks. Farmers converted them to bulldozers.
As to the story plot, not a chance on hell. I was only 4 years old in 1952, but even at that age I knew the country was full of WWII battle hardened soldiers and sailors. The access to weapons would have had the Russians facing millions of well armed Americans. The Russians had very few nuclear bombs and we had a lot, including the hydrogen bomb. During the Berlin Airlift President Truman send a bunch of B-29 bombers to England and told the Soviets if they shoot down one plane he'll order a nuclear strike. In 1952 it was Russia who was the weaker. They simply didn't have the planes and ships that could make it to Alaska let alone the lower 48. Movies like this were merely intended to keep the American people from becoming too cocky and complacent. That's because the communists in Korea were so maniacal and aggressive. BTW, 1952 I remenber quite well. My mom was a single mother and she was engaged to marry and man who was perfect for her and me. He was an F-86 pilot and was shot down and killed in 1952.
Thomas
td fisk But You know, that the Berlin Airlift was a complete Propaganda Mission? The Shops were full of food to buy, only not with the just released new currency. The Russians were only desperately responding to the Power-Question. Who controls the money, controls the Country.
I know it is good to be confident . But did you ever think the USSR may have had more battle hardened veterans in 1952 ? They did inflict 90% of axis casualties. I am not going to get into what ifs to much . What had happened has happened. We all could have done things different on out lives
Yes. Battle hardened vets. What do we have now? Metro sexuals, brats, and little yakkie mouthed foreign children telling us how WE are destroying THEIR world...sigh.
❤👍 well written, my father was a cold war soldier. He was stationed in Germany on the Czecholslavakian border. I quite agree with all you said. God Bless
I’m with you on the plot merits. 😂
18:10 Damn shame Truman couldn't even keep us safe by making sure the US had decent radar and AA guns.
Truman knew commies were in the government and did nothing about it.
@@hurryandleave9680 What was his stance on Communists in real life? Considering he still let the cold war be a thing
I always loved this movie. Thanks for the upload. 🇺🇸
I'm no fan of war movies - but, I was on the edge of my seat, throughout! The footage is first rate; like I've never seen, anywhere. This is one of those, "must see", films, with an important, realistic message.
What is the message?
Two "Lois Lane" actresses in the same movie.
Surprised we didn't see some Sopwith Camels thrown in for good measure.
Ronbo710 theycouldntstarthem
You missed it. Around the 42:11 time stamp, the Navy shoots down a biplane. It's only shown for a split second, so I had to back it up and go frame by frame to be sure.
watch it again. they are in there
@@migmadmarine Swordfish
Information:
Invasion USA is a classic movie Developed and Released by Taito Corporation in March 1993 (Even title screen says 1992) it runs the company's F3 System hardware with Ensoniq ES5505/OTIS. This game ported to Sega Saturn console in 1997 under Xing arcade gears. This can be played on PS2 on Taito legends in 2005. All music from the movie is done by ZUNTATA.
Also - remember how, in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks, commentators claimed that Americans now had to worry about foreign attack? I vividly remember worrying about a full nuclear exchange years before those attacks happened.
Heard at 3:20 - "I'm a cattle raiser." Perhaps he momentarily forgot his lines and meant to say "rancher"?
Ess Dubya Read your history both plus other terms are valid.
Hey, those cattle aren't going to raise themselves.
You have to remember that this movie was made in 1952, in the middle of the Korean War. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea (defended by the US) without any provocation (but with the tacit approval of the Soviets and Red China). US forces were nearly beaten and pushed back to a pocket around Busan. An amazing situation considering the all-powerful US Army in WW2, but it happened because the US lowered its guard, thinking that it had the men and the money to hold anything. But it took a lot of effort and casualties to reclaim the south and push up to the Chinese border - before China entered the war and pushed the US back. Almost a Third World War. So an unprovoked attack by communists was not a crazy idea, nor was an unprepared US response. The Korean War only ended in 1953.
I was almost 3 when this came out. My Dad was serving on a destroyer off the coast of Korea. Mom and I were Navy base hopping, as his home port changed. I started school in L.A. in the mid-50s - and through middle school 'enjoyed' spontaneous drop drills, diving under my desk and assuming the position - or being marched to the auditorium because that was 'safe' in case of a nuclear attack. Remember being terrified by the thought that my parents and younger siblings were going to be as protected. While my parents never discussed world events or expressed their concerns (and certainly never went to see movies like this), the fear was part of every day life. As a mother and grandmother now, I appreciate just how terrifying it was. Found this film by accident. Glad I did.
We had nuclear weapons. Gen. MacArthur was dying to use em even as the "Infantry" pressed the Yalu River and the China border.
And Russia had no capability to get in our way should we have nuked China. The point is, we did not do it. It was immoral. Much like the Ukrainian invasion we currently are trying to cope with while the M.A.D. doctrine is now a triangle of certain annihilation for all should we fail or run headlong into another madman.
Pray earnestly.
@@jamesl3920 True, but at the beginning of the war, the US army was in Korea was caught napping and it had lost a lot of the expertise that had been gained in WW2. We all gained because as a result of the initial US setbacks, the US determined that it would never be caught like this again and hence has become (more or less successfully) the world's policeman and guardian of liberal democracy.
Although luckily unlike WW2 didn't affect daily life with rationing or shortages of food and raw materials
Peggie Castle & tons of stock footage but still an intriguing & effective little sci-fi
Good selection of stock footage helps boost this grim Cold War drama.
Gerald Mohr is good here (I only knew him from his radio work).
THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE SHOWN TODAY SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT AS THEY WANT TO TURN THIS COUNTRY OVER TO THE COMMUNISTS. BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE DONALD TRUMP AS OUR PRESIDENT THAT WON'T HAPPEN. TRUMP2020!🇺🇸
Feb 2, 2021... now it may happen... starting learning Chinese
How does voting for neo liberals lead to the country getting bombed? Pretty sure Obama and Clinton were just as militaristic and would still allow the military to invade
@@scorason Then why the fuck does Biden still support Taiwan from Chinese aggression.
Of course if Don Trump is elected, we will be fascist instead.
In light of the current world situation, this was very interesting to watch.
A really good film, with an amazing twist - never saw that coming. ending blew me away A++++
Love the stock footage a starfighter goes after a mig 15 which turns into a ww2 Japanese Betty bomber. Awsome.
SAME i was thinking about this yesterday so it was weird seeing it hahah
Its Stealth
Safe the allspark! Call Optimus Prime!!
Most of the planes seen here are B29s and Tu4s but there was also the new B36 shown in a few parts.
That would be amazing, considering the F-104 Starfighter didn't have its first flight until two years after this film debuted. 🙄
Alaska did not become a US state until 1959. The Aleutians were invaded by Japan in WW2, and they were able to bomb parts of Canada, so this is partly based on history.
The key part of the film for me is at 36 mins. There must be many 5th columnists in the UK who would gladly help an enemy nation to invade if Facebook is anything to go by.....
i would and press the button
yeah hoards of them around by now.
There's one in No10 right now.
Russell White --- I prefer the accuracy of latrine-wall graffiti over that of the right-wing Facebook.
I just stumbled upon this film, expecting something so bad that it would be laughable . nothing could be farther from the truth . this movie had more actually war footage than any film that i've seen . such a very interesting, and well done film.
despite my negative remarks. a pretty good movie, if totaly unrealistic thank goodness
I have a confession to make, which might sound silly after seeing this wonderful movie, but I thought the title "Invasion USA" was about being invaded by Extraterrestrials from outer space.
I have never seen this movie before, not even on TCM. I wonder why.
TCM and AMC are run by commies.
@@hurryandleave9680 What's a communist
I half-expected it to be an extraterrestrial surfing movie.
@@Terranallias18garbage
Oh, I meant to mention how great the aerial photography is in this!! It is really fantastic, and I truly love it!! Thank You for this movie!
The planes flying in formation overhead Alaska are B-29s, made in Russia in the late 40s.
I Remember 1952,( in the UK)....one phrase hung over us like a black curtain....the 3 minute warning. Today, it's hard for anyone to imagine the dread that permeated Western populations, the constant anxiety of atomic war and Armageddon....the reason why Strategic Air Command and the RAF's three V bombers ruled the skies.
This film was cutting edge at the time, a portent of what might happen if the West lowered it's Big Stick; fortunately, it didn't and we settled into the Cold War instead....continuing dread but not out and out conflict.
"We will bury you without firing a single shot!" Nikita Khrushchev.
I thought Bob the Builder said that.
As he removed his shoe and pounded the heel on his desk.
and they have.
And look at our Country today.
Thank you for the great movie
Man, judging by certain attitudes of young people nowadays, and the lack of attitude of some older people towards this, bad things can happen. As they are just now, in November, 2023. And, I think we are all, somehow guilty. Food for thought.
I loved this it was great thank you and I liked and subscribed
Red Dawn (1984) did it better.
@@luisreyes1963 yes but it’s early cold war
"too much government in business already" and that was in 1952!!!!!
Don't forget ironically on Jan 6th the Capitol was invaded but not by a foreign enemy.
@@CrossOfBayonne "Invaded." You mean when the Capitol Police invited the protesters in?
No one was complaining when lefties actually did invade the Senate chamber during the Brett Kavanaugh nomination.
They got $50 fines.
@ cross of Bayonne nancy and joe sure aren't foreign nod nod wink wink u losee
For those who were paying attention to the special effects... you missed a fascinating movie.
No one considers the enemy from within, until it is too late.
Yep..those effing Republicans...
@@dennissvitak5475 Yes, Republicans do little or nothing to stop us from turning into a communist country. And then you have the -communists- Democrats themselves getting their way in almost everything.
@@hurryandleave9680 Please define communism, I keep seeing people call the Dems communists when they're very much not. Unless you're of the opinion that communism is when the government does stuff.
@@Terranallias18 Communism in theory is a system in which the workers gain control of the means of production and take ownership of society. Communism in practice is a small elite group taking over society and enslaving everyone else. People think they have a say in our government, but they do not. Our politicians are bought and paid for by elite special interests -- a small group of rich oligarchs -- and our politicians do what they are told to do. We live in a communist system, which is similar to a feudal system, except the feudal system is actually better because the serf owns his land and only has to give a portion of his crop to his lord, who gives him protection in return. You, on the other hand, do not truly own anything. There is nothing you "own" that cannot be taken away from you by our communist government.
I saw this in a theater when it first came out and it scared the crap out of me. I thought the Russians were going to invade any day. Even now with the cheezy inaccurate stock footage and bottom of the barrel production values its still kind of scary. It had a great storyline and if a remake of it was done with modern FX it would be an awesome movie.
I loved the mst3k version of this😅
THey got hit by three nukes, then had a meeting, then they finally went to red alert. duh.
They had B-36s'. What would be the point of hurrying?
...."There's too much government in business now...." how prophetic.
The actual definition of fascism.
Carley wins moron of the decade. You’re on a computer. Look up a word before completely embarrass yourself like that in the future.
@@Carly8Cordayfascism, communism same crapola.same plan.. control
I remember 1952 - barely. I remember the Klieg lights at night, used for advertisement.
All civilian planes then were propeller planes, so those trying to get home 2000 miles away by plane would take many hours. There were military jets though.
If the number of casualties seems small, remember that the Hiroshima bomb was only 15 kilotons. Not megatons.
The film is very realistic in terms of what existed at that time, and what people imagined could happen. In my childhood we had air raid drills at school and once at home because I wanted to. The drill at home was boring because we just sat in the hallway with the doors closed.
The beautiful woman in the bar early in the movie is Peggy Castle, who, sadly, died of alcoholism at 46..
Sad isn't it.
Peggie Castle (December 22, 1927 - August 11, 1973)
@@JFPriest Thanks, I changed my post.
I've been reading one complaint after another here. Just face the fact that the gov't has declared war on its own citizens and then passed laws making it illegal to fight back. We are where ancient Rome was, absorbing foreign elements until the very nature of the nation is changed beyond belief.
+Lee Larson
Well, hello Lee. I was beginning to think I was alone.
They have us surrounded so we can either back up quietly and slowly or RUN LIKE HELL.
+Mark Anthony haha
+Lee Larson so you think the NATURE of your nation is YOU ? ! hahaha
+Lee Larson I must have missed this. Which parts of America has America invaded?
+Lee Larson Well first off, despite the volumes written about "ancient Rome," we know a lot less about Rome and its government and culture than what is still unknown - there are whole periods where there is virtually no documentation whatsoever, and some speculation and conjecture has to be applied - but what we DO know, is that it was very, very different from American culture and our democratic government, or our economy. Bad comparison.
A couple of other good cold war flicks of this time were "Dr. Strangelove" and "Fail Safe". An 80s film similar to this is "Red Dawn", starring a young Patrick Swayze.
Gerald Mohr very unappreciated actor who excelled in any role he played in The Rifleman ,Perry Mason ,Twilight Zone be it a scumbag , cunning con man or even a sympathetic character plus countless radio episodes so talented 🙌👏👍RIP
Also as the voice of Mr Fantastic on the Fantastic Four cartoon.
Can't beat an ol' "Reds under the bed" movie!
Shows us how far we technically advanced since the 50's. If we had a rating table back then you would not have seen one thumbs down. You people should be a little more understanding. This was a top notch movie back then and their popcorn was better too.