导演:林超贤
简介:? 索马里海域外,中国商船遭遇劫持,船员全数沦为阶下囚。蛟龙突击队沉着应对,潜入商船进行突袭,成功解救全部人质。 返航途中,非洲北部伊维亚共和国发生政变,恐怖组织连同叛军攻入首都, 当地华侨面临危险,海军战舰接到上级命令改变航向,前往执行撤侨任务。蛟龙突击队八人,整装待发。 时间紧迫,在“撤侨遇袭可反击,相反则必须避免交火,以免引起外交冲突”的大原则下,海军战舰及蛟龙突击队深入伊维亚,在恶劣的环境之下,借助海陆等多种装备,成功转移等候在码头的中国侨民,并在激烈的遭遇战之后,营救了被恐怖分子追击......
主演:卡莉·安·佩妮谢
导演:拉斯姆斯·A·西韦特森
简介:人类登月后五十年,外太空的游戏规则有了改变,最先在月球插下国旗的国家将可合法拥有月球领土。各国前仆后继抢着登月但纷纷失败,挪威小镇修车工发明的古怪太空船, 成了国家的最后希望,有「刺猬路卡」和「喜鹊路易斯」联手出马,登月任务看来势在必得,但其实问题大了⋯⋯导演拉斯穆斯席维特森,以挪威家喻户晓的卡通角色创作的停格动画系列,在全球缔造出一百七十万的观影人数,更是挪威史上最卖座的动画电影,将北欧国家的独特世界观融入讨喜的角色设定中,对世界局势做出迷人嘲讽,更对半世纪以来人类的登月想像有了崭新诠释。这部令人省思又能捧腹大笑的动画,大人喜欢,小孩也能看,荣膺本届柏林影展新世代单元开幕片。
导演:布拉德福德·梅
简介:当陆军上校格里夫卡森从德国休假两个月回国时,他考虑如果不能晋升为将军就退休。离开部署对格里夫来说很艰难,使他与妻子珍妮特和两个青少年金姆和奥利分开。随着他的孩子逐渐长大,他的妻子正忙于与一个卑鄙的商业伙伴开第二家面包店,格里夫突然觉得他不再适合自己的家庭。为了给他一种责任感,珍妮特指派他帮忙经营她古色古香的纸杯蛋糕店。起初不情愿,格里夫开始对他的新工作采取军事方式,没想到会适得其反。面包店很快就变成了战区,最后一次搞砸几乎让这个地方化为乌有。沮丧的珍妮特威胁说,如果他不能适应平民的家庭生活,就永远将他从他们的生活中剔除。拒绝放弃,
主演:莱内特·西尔弗
导演:克拉斯·埃里克森
简介:二战期间,新加坡不幸沦陷后,同盟军开始策划反击行动。在某一个晚上,新加坡港口里的七艘日本船,在一次神秘的破坏行动中遭到袭击。这次绝妙行动的幕后操手正是杰维克行动中的英国军官伊凡?里昂。杰维克行动的队员们为了这一刻训练了几个月,最终突破层层危机成功地完成了任务。但是在第二次行动中,里昂就没有那么幸运了。他和队伍中的主要队员,在激烈的枪战中被日军杀害,队伍中的幸存者被日军法庭以间谍罪判处死刑...
导演:梅小青
简介: 任职于律政署监控的唐志高(马浚伟 饰)主要事情是处理一些诸如随地吐痰、违章驾驶的事情。为了能大展拳脚,他申请调去政府做律师。志高的父亲大海非常支持儿子的工作,但另一方面,大海赌瘾很大,本来以为下了注赌马大赚一笔就可以弥补之前的欠款,可谁知这笔堵注是非法的。赌赢的钱不翼而飞,被追的债只有儿子志高来偿还。志高动用了本来要买房的资金,这让大海愧疚不已,不久选择离开人世。而成为律师的志高因为一次诬蔑被罢免职务。因为和某一服装集团主席的侄子童日进(吴卓羲 饰)相识且结为挚友,于是被引入该工资做法律顾问。而志高也和初恋女友徐颖(廖碧儿 饰)相逢。 看似一切越来越顺利,可志高和其警察好友殷向明(马国明 饰)却逐渐被卷入到一起事件中,危机重重……
主演:马丁·辛
简介: Agusta 109K2: Alpine Medivac Rescue Straight Up's exploration of vertical flight begins with a high-impact alpine rescue amid an avalanche. The dramatic opening sequence documents the dangerous work of the Rega mountain rescue team and the invaluable role of the Agusta A109K2 helicopter in saving lives and minimizing injuries. As the camera pans over beautiful vistas of the snow-covered Swiss Alps, it cuts to a cornice, as a chunk of snow breaks free, triggering an avalanche. The tranquil scene is shattered as the avalanche thunders down the mountain slopes. With terrifying speed, it heads straight for a mother and child trapped in their car, wheels spinning on the icy road. The mother calls for help on her cell phone, and a second call from a snowplow prompts radio dispatch. The Rega mountain rescue team already is airborne en route to the scene, the red cross painted on the helicopter's white underbelly signaling that medical help is on the way. The mother escapes, but her son is missing. Within minutes of the helicopter landing, the rescue team dig out the car, extract the trapped boy, apply first aid, and airlift him and his mother to safety. A significant mountain hazard, avalanches are responsible for many deaths each year. Time is of the essence in avalanche rescue work. A person has a 90 percent chance of survival if found within the first 15 minutes, but one's chances of survival diminish with each passing minute. Not only do helicopters provide quick access for rescue teams, they also provide a lifeline to medical care. Flying the injured to the nearest hospital as rapidly as possible is not the only type of rescue operation; often helicopters bring the hospital to the injured, who receive treatment at the scene. The powerful avalanche was shot in British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains under the supervision of the Canadian Avalanche Association. The CAA controls avalanche risk for the safety of heli-skiers. To capture the avalanche head-on, avalanche expert and filmmaker Steve Krochel and David Douglas developed a quarter-inch-thick steel container for the IMAX camera, which was equipped with a triggering device and a beeper so that the camera could be found once the avalanche had swept it down the mountain. The rescue was completed in Switzerland's Bernina Pass near the Italian border. Filming the Rega rescue helicopter air-to-air sequence turned into an international excursion as Douglas chased the sunlight over Italy in one direction and in Austria in another before setting down in Switzerland. In another dramatic shot, Douglas centered the red cross in the crosshairs of the camera lens as the craft descended. To facilitate this shot, Douglas dug a hole in the snow large enough to accommodate himself and the IMAX camera. Inside the hole, 3 feet below the helicopter, he filmed its takeoff. According to Douglas, "The helicopter is the instrument of rapid response to natural physical and social disasters around the world, alleviating human suffering on a major scale. For the individual caught beyond the limits of training or equipment, often the last chance for survival is the hope that a helicopter will get to them in time. " The Pitcairn PCA 2, "Miss Champion" For centuries humans dreamed of flight. The Chinese, in the 12th century, developed a toy helicopter made from a pair of slats mounted on a stick, but serious efforts had to wait until the early 20th century. Then, after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, we dreamed of flight unfettered by the limitations of runways and airports. Yet by the early 1930s we were still at the dawn of the practical rotorcraft, which promised to give form to humanity's vision. The ten year period between 1925 and 1935 was an exciting time in aviation history, but few aircraft so caught and held the public's attention, as the Autogiro. Nicknamed the "flying windmill," this strange-looking aircraft was first successfully flown in 1923 by the Spanish inventor, Juan de la Cierva, who had been working on the development of such a craft since 1919. The Autogiro fascinated the air-minded public because of its remarkable performance and high degree of safety, attracting such leaders of American aviation as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Juan de la Cierva sold the American manufacturing rights to Harold Pitcairn in 1928. Pitcairn's Autogiro boasted a more modern fuselage with better aerodynamic qualities. It also provided prospective buyers with a choice of either a 300- or 420-horsepower engine. In the film, Harold Pitcairn's son Stephen flies "Miss Champion," a 1931 model. This Autogiro, used for promotion by the Champion Spark Plug Company, is controlled like an airplane, but is lifted with blades. Although the original rotor blades have seen 1,600 hours of flight time, they are still airworthy. With a 330-horsepower Wright R 975-E engine, the Autogiro has a cruising speed of 98 mph and a top speed of 118 mph. "Miss Champion" led a National Air Tour and made the then-risky 300- mile-long flight from Miami to Havana, Cuba. (Until then, the longest over-water flight by an Autogiro had been 25 miles in length.) Later, "Miss Champion" flew nonstop over a distance of 500 miles to Chichen Itza in the Yucatan rainforest. "Miss Champion" was retired from active service in 1932 after setting a new altitude record for rotary-wing aircraft. Climbing to a height of 21,500 feet in 1932, the Autogiro surpassed the previous record set by Amelia Earhart. Today, the Autogiro is considered to be the evolutionary "missing link" from which the practical helicopter was born. Forty years later Stephen Pitcairn began the formidable task of collecting and restoring examples of his father's aircraft. He tracked down "Miss Champion" and in October of 1982 began the painstaking task of restoration, using the original Pitcairn factory drawings. In the spring of 1985 "Miss Champion" flew again. The Bell 47G: A Flying Lesson Since Pitcairn's Autogiro, improved control systems allow the airframe to rise directly from the ground with a powered rotor. Straight Up! puts you in the pilot's seat of a Bell 47G as the basic elements of helicopter operation are demonstrated. The Bell 47G's single-rotor configuration is by far the most common type used today. Your flying lesson begins. As a helicopter pilot, the pilot uses all four limbs to fly, all at the same time! With the left hand holding the collective pitch control lever, he pulls up ever so slightly, and we go straight up into a slow-motion hover. The spinning rotor blades act as small wings, but they spin so fast that they create one continuous disc of lift. When the blades change angle, or pitch collectively, the helicopter rises or falls. The pilot's right hand always holds the cyclic control, effectively tilting the whirling disc above. Point left, tilt left. Point right, tilt right. The camera then closes in on the tail rotor. Once again, the altering of the blades affects direction. The chopper spins in response to the pilot's depressing one of the two foot pedals. If he depresses the second pedal, the helicopter spins in the opposite direction. The Piasecki H-21B Tandem Rotor Aircraft, "The Flying Banana" The last flying H-21B helicopter in the world takes off, heads for the beach and cruises 100 feet above the Pacific surf off the coast of California. One of the earliest tandem helicopters, the H-21B represents the birth of the heavy lift helicopters and dates back to the early 1950s. Nicknamed "The Flying Banana" for its shape, the H-21B had more power and greater stability than previous helicopters. The tandem-rotor H-21B carries two sets of wooden blades situated nearly 50 feet apart but operated by one set of helicopter flight controls. The pilot must be ever vigilant, as this helicopter could rapidly invert should the pilot let go of the controls. The vintage H-21B used for the film was decommissioned from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and was restored by the California-based Classic Rotors: The Rare and Vintage Rotocraft Museum. This nonprofit museum and restoration facility, dedicated to the preservation of unique, vintage and rare rotorcraft, spent more than 10,000 hours returning the H-21B to airworthiness. Every hour flown requires 100 hours of maintenance. Classic Rotors is the only museum of its kind to maintain eight helicopters in flying condition. When its new facility in San Diego has been completed, the museum will expand its exhibits from 15 to 30 vintage rotorcraft. One of the highlights of its collection is a famous relative of the H-21B. This is a V 44 (the commercial version of the H-21)-nicknamed "The Holy One"-and is the only one to land at the Vatican and be blessed by the pope. While on a 1959 demonstration tour in Europe, the helicopter and its crew had provided help to Italian communities following a devastating earthquake. Future Helicopter Designs One aspect of current research centers around the development of "quiet technology" that will allow helicopters to become better neighbors and to operate more stealthily in police and military operations. Quiet technology advances rely on a combination of technologies, which include improved rotor blade design and the user of rotor systems with four or more blades. Replacing the tail rotor with a Coanda-effect NOTAR (NoTailRotor) system goes a long way in reducing noise, as does shrouding the tail rotor in an arrangement know as a "fan-in-fin." Other advances focus on noise-dampening air inlets and improved engine nozzles. New helicopter designs are tested in the world's largest wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Flight Research Center located at Moffett Field in California. Ames was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. NASA has the leading role in aerospace operations systems, which include air traffic control, flight effects on humans, and rotorcraft technology. NASA Ames scientists and engineers study robotic helicopters, high-speed hybrids, and advances in quiet technology. The center also has major responsibilities for the creation of design and development tools and for wind tunnel testing. The NASA-Bell XV-15 Tilt-rotor In the film, an XV-15 converts over Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The XV-15 is an experimental rotorcraft, the parent of a new family of aircraft called "tilt-rotors." The tilt-rotor combines the hovering ability of the helicopter with the speed of a fixed-wing aircraft. The XV-15 can take off and land like a helicopter. The audience will see the engines tilting forward as the tilt-rotor becomes a high-speed plane. The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey A V-22 Osprey unwraps, emerging like a prehistoric flying dinosaur. Built primarily for the U.S. Marines, Air Force, and Navy, the V-22 Osprey has wings that pivot and rotors that fold to facilitate its storage at sea. In less than 90 seconds, you will see the V-22 complete this process. Although still classified as a tilt-rotor, it is faster, with three times the range and more than ten times the payload of its predecessor. It shows the promise of long-distance travel, without airports. The Hawk 4 Gyroplane Rotorcraft evolution is also in the hands of the entrepreneur, and this independent spirit is most evident in the Hawk 4 Gyroplane. While some designs produce groundbreaking changes, this aircraft brought the economy and safety of the Autogiro into the space age. A rotor is used for slow-speed flight, but at high-speed cruising all the lift is provided by the wing while the rotor has no lift. The Gyroplane shows promise as a high-speed, low-disc-loading rotorcraft. The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche The Comanche rips and dips across the screen, set against a sunset. This prototype helicopter has stealth technology. It's smart, agile, fast and invisible to radar. It's the first helicopter to provide real-time digital data to headquarters. Seeing in the dark, sensing the forces at play around us and acting on the evidence in real time, the Comanche is a complex flying machine with a human being at its heart. Everyday, in unexpected ways, it extends our powers and puts us to work with a revolutionary tool. The Comanche is the central element of the U.S. Army's future Objective Force. In addition to its complement of missiles and 20-mm cannon, the aircraft carries state-of-the-art sensors and avionics to provide battlefield commanders with so much accurate information about enemy movements. This knowledge will translate into more precise targeting, increasing the effectiveness of friendly forces beyond current capabilities. The U.S. Army has defined a requirement of more than 1,200 Comanches for the Objective Force. The RAH Comanche, the army's 21st-century combat helicopter is being developed by the U.S. Army and a team of leading aerospace companies headed by the Boeing Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and AS 350 B2 AStar Enforce the Law Events swiftly unfold as the radar plane spots an "unidentified" Cessna dropping bundles of drugs off the coast of Miami at dawn. A signal alerts the Marine and Air Branch of U.S. Customs who speed out to intercept the smugglers. Just as the drugs are transferred from boat to van, The AStar helicopter bursts over the treetops, deploying a tactical team to arrest the driver. While the smuggler's Cigarette boat attempts to escape, a Black Hawk helicopter dips down to create a giant backwash. In a stunning display of impeccable teamwork, this action forces the fleeing boat to swerve to a halt as a Customs boat cuts it off and apprehends the criminals. On a typical day, the U.S. Customs Service examines 1.3 million passengers, 2,642 aircraft, 50,889 trucks/containers, 355,004 other vehicles, 588 vessels, 64,923 entries and undertakes the following enforcement actions: 64 arrests, 107 narcotic seizures, 223 other seizures, 9 currency seizures. These amount to 5,059 pounds of narcotics, $443,907 in currency, $228,803 in conveyances, $525,791 in merchandise and more than $15,800 in arms and ammunition. Filmed over a period of five days off the coast of Miami, the air, land, and sea drug bust was staged by the U.S. Customs Service, which relies heavily on helicopters during such operations. U.S. Customs pilot, Tom Stanton, participated in the shoot with his co-pilot Kimberly Kessel. Kessel is one of seven women U.S. Customs pilots and only one of two qualified to fly Black Hawks. Both pilots volunteered to work with the film crew. Says Kessel, a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, "They were phenomenal, ready to try anything." In addition to daytime flights, Stanton flies the riskier night missions. "Flying at night is dangerous as you lose all perception of what's up or down because both the sky and ocean are black, so they just kind of run in together. There's no horizon on those dark nights," says the veteran pilot. Typically he flies from 300 to 500 feet above the water at 120 to 150 knots. "Not many people fly that low, even in the daytime," says Stanton. "There's no autopilot, so it's hands on. Plus you're chasing someone. You have to be aware. It can get tense out there." Stanton describes an air chase: "Once there's a target, we launch a jet with radar. The jet pilot calls the helicopter out and we link up, flying in formation. We follow the bad guy wherever he goes. If he has extended-range fuel tanks, we leapfrog and send another helicopter out to take up the chase. (The Black Hawk carries five hours of fuel.) When he gets into his landing configuration, we call the local police or sheriff to help us out." The Black Hawk, which can carry up to 14 people, typically carries 4 or 5 armed personnel, "so we instantly have a force of police officers there to get the bad guys." "If it's a boat, we have Cigarette boats like the smugglers. We'll call our boat and have it intercept." Stanton flies the Black Hawk next to the boat, making it hard for the smugglers to navigate. "It intimidates them into giving up. Sometimes they do [but] sometimes we chase them for hours. Or we'll follow them into a marina and block them until our boats come. If they hit the beach, we'll call the state police or sheriff, and they set up a perimeter so the guy can't get out." Stanton, who flies missions as often as once or twice a week, has been flying for 26 years, 13 of those as an army helicopter pilot before he joined U.S. Customs in Miami where he is the "standardization instructor pilot." He makes sure that everybody flies the same way, so that when they team up, the pilots easily work in tandem. Pilots fly 8-hour shifts and the operation goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in areas covering both the Canadian and Mexican land borders, the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, and the Gulf of Mexico. The MD 500E Helicopter A MD 500 helicopter hovers directly above 500,000-volt power lines. As it inches closer, a lightning bolt suddenly zaps out from the hot line, arcing toward the wand extended by a lineman perched on an aluminum platform that juts out from the helicopter. The "hot-line-qualified" lineman clamps onto the power lines, and helicopter backs off, leaving him to "wire walk," crawling along parallel lines to inspect the PPL power line grid, 100 feet off the ground. To reboard the helicopter, the lineman must "bond off," reversing the procedure. "I don't give two hoots and a holler about flying inside a helicopter. Put me outside, that's where I want to be," says Daniel "Spider" Lockhart, AgRotors lineman. There's only three things I've been afraid of most of my life: One was electricity, one was heights and the other was women. And, I'm married too," he grins. "The safest lineman is one that is afraid of electricity. When we bond to the power lines energized at half-a-million volts, we have to bring ourselves to the same potential. That is why you see that arc jumping out to our wand as we make both the helicopter and the power line at the same potential, so that we can eliminate the flow of current," explains the veteran lineman. Spider wears a protective hot suit, 75 percent Nomex for fire retardation and 25 percent stainless steel thread. "The metal thread basically means I have a cage around me that can be energized at very high voltage levels. A half-million volts pass over my body, but I can work without interference from the electricity." He continues, "Watching that electricity jump out while you're energizing the helicopter is a thrill. Getting on the wire, walking the wire to do repairs is a thrill. The biggest thrill I get is from doing what I do is being able to do both together-the electrical part and the helicopter part of it, the speed at which we can do it and still be safe. There are so many things that the helicopter enables us to do as linemen, which is very rewarding." The teamwork of the skilled helicopter pilots and highly trained linemen ensure that the PPL Corp. provides a constant source of electricity to its 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania (in addition to 4.4 million in Latin America and Europe). To maintain the integrity of the transmission system to residential and commercial establishments, and to ensure the safety of the operation, the team plans and rehearses every move while on the ground before takeoff. Even so, unanticipated gusts of wind and glare from the wires can affect the pilot's depth perception, requiring total concentration during his hours at the controls. As the helicopter is isolated from the ground, the pilot and lineman, clad in protective stainless steel suits, must bond onto the transmission lines to bring themselves to the same voltage potential of the line to work safely-paralleling what a bird does when it sits on a wire. Probably the most unusual place that the director rigged the camera was on the end of the platform on the MD 500, which is designed to carry the lineman as he bonds onto the half-million-volt power line. "We took away the lineman and put the camera in his place; the lineman rode behind the camera and used his wand to draw the arc of electricity right onto the camera lens. I don't think it's been done before. It blew all the electronics out of the camera a couple of times before we figured out how to do it," recalls Douglas. The Boeing 234 Helicopter: Helilogging with Limited Environmental Damage Floating above the forest in northern California, a 12-ton Boeing 234 helicopter selects its target with precision. Selective logging is a process where only a portion of the available timber is removed from a logging site. A single tree is lifted straight up from the forest floor, leaving the rest of the area environmentally intact. Removing such timber-very often trees that are already dead or diseased-allows the remaining trees to thrive on the additional resources of sunlight, water, and soil nutrients. Helilogging is environmentally friendly in other ways as well. First, since the logs are lifted from the ground, little soil erosion, typical of conventional logging methods, occurs. Second, in many cases the helicopter is able to use existing roads for landings, meaning no new roads need to be built into the area being logged. Columbia Helicopters cuts more logs each year than any other helicopter logging company. To prepare the timber for the helicopter, the specially trained logging crew cut it into carefully weighed sections. Columbia's flight crews are among the most experienced at long-line work in the world. With speed and precision, they are able to move heavy loads of logs at the end of lines up to 350-feet long. Once the line is lowered from the Boeing 234 helicopter, steel tongs clamp the log and the entire tree is removed without disturbing the balance of nature. "It's kinda like lookin' down 25 stories and picking up a telephone pole," comments the helicopter pilot, Dave Stroupe, who deposits the timber at a nearby transfer yard. "The unique thing about this helicopter is that, when we take off from the ground, we weigh approximately 22,000 pounds. And we're rigged for about 26,000 pounds when we get low on fuel. So the load actually weighs more than the helicopter. It's exciting and harrowing all at the same time." The Boeing 234s have a lift capacity of 28,000 lb, (12,727 kg), but most often carry loads between 23,000 lb, (10,454 kg) to 24,000 lb (10,909 kg) due to elevation and air temperature considerations. The company trains loggers to work with helicopters because load weight is such a dramatic part of what they do. Weight is determined, using a formula, which are a function of the volume and the type of wood. Different tree species have different weights per volume. When one of the pilots suggested using the log as a platform for the camera, Douglas realized another exciting camera angle. The possibility existed that the branches could scrape off the camera as the log was hauled up. Douglas prevented this by placing the camera inside a heavy steel avalanche box, which he anchored on the end of a big log. Once the log was grappled, the helicopter hauled the protected camera right through the branches, giving the audience a breathtaking view from the perspective of the log! The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier, AH-1W Cobra, CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight on a Military Mission An AV-8B Harrier jet demonstrates its vertical landing ability followed by a force reconnaissance inservice exercise from an aircraft carrier, as Marines climb aboard the CH-53E. AH-1W Cobras and Harriers form an assault-support package, as the reconnaissance team sets out on a mission to obtain invaluable intelligence about the enemy. Inside the CH-53E, the machine-gunner is at the ready as a Cobra fires three rockets. The action heats up as the IMAX camera captures the Marines fast-roping through the "hell hole" and sliding down a rope dangling from the CH-53E, landing in enemy territory. The leader of the reconnaissance team says, "By the time you get to touch rope in a live situation, you and your men feel tighter than family. Your fates are tied like the strands of a rope." Two hours later the Marines have completed their mission and are ready to be evacuated. Now the enemy hunts them on the ground. Trees shake as the rescue CH-53E helicopter hovers overhead, lowering a rope to the squad, now up to their waists in water. One after the other, in a matter of seconds, the men clip themselves onto the rope. "Extraction, even more than insertion, is when you need speed. You've been awful quiet. Suddenly, you're awful loud," says Sgt. James Kenneke, the squad leader. He's first in and last out. Lifted up, like washing on a line, the squad dangles beneath the helicopter as it is escorted by Cobras, out over the Atlantic. "It's a relief to get out. But there's that moment of doubt. Everything slows down while you're exposed � holding your breath for that happy ending. And when you get it, you feel on top of the world. Of course, then we've got to commute home just like everybody else," smiles Kennecke. The Mi-26 and Mi-8 Deliver Humanitarian Aid Sometimes, something very precious must be delivered behind enemy lines-food. Sierra Leone is a nation that has suffered years of conflict. From the food depot to the hot spot, helicopters provide an air bridge. Hoisting food and medical supplies to distressed people behind rebel-held territories, they have the ability to hop over hot zones in desperate situations. The world's largest production helicopter-the Russian-made Mi-26-is the workhorse for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation in war-torn Sierra Leone. The heaviest production helicopter in the world, this majestic eight-bladed craft-one of four chartered by the UN from Russia-can carry a maximum of 44,090 lb (20,040 kg) of internal payload or up to 70 troops. The Mi-26's top speed is 183 mph (295 kph) and it has a range of 304 miles (400 km). In this sequence, the Mi-26 is loaded with cargo to supply UN troops protecting an isolated community in the center of rebel-held territory. The world's largest food agency, the UN World Food Program (WFP), organized a massive air campaign targeting internally displaced persons that had congregated near a clinic for malnourished children. Once rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had surrounded the area and blocked road access, the WFP was prevented from completing a bulk distribution. Instead, they loaded up their Mi-8 and flew to the Daru clinic where the most vulnerable women and children were located. "All children under five who are malnourished are given a special feeding program in Daru. And the under-five are always the first ones you target for any kind of extreme malnourished cases, because they die very quickly," says Aya Shneerson, program officer for the WFP. "Daru is a kind of an island, a safe island, surrounded by areas that are unsafe," she says, "and for that reason, it always served as a sort of magnet for the very vulnerable people coming out." Another big WFP operation, Food for Peace, gives food to child ex-combatants, in an effort to attract them to disarmament and demobilization camps. The heavily laden craft flew out of the capital city, Freetown, situated on the west coast of Africa between Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south. The WFP supervises a variety of feeding programs in the displacement camps, feeding 5,000 in an operation that targeted Bunbuna, Kabala and Daru in 2000. Throughout the world, helicopters have saved millions of human lives. There are 777 million people in developing countries, according to the WFP. In 2001 the WFP fed 77 million hungry people (10 percent of the hungry poor) in 82 countries. Diamonds, which should have brought prosperity to Sierra Leone, instead resulted in one of the modern world's most brutal insurgencies, dating back to 1991 when rebels launched a war to overthrow the government. In the ensuing years, continuous battles between the various factions-rebels, the army and the government-displaced tens of thousands of innocent civilians, resulting in hunger and famine. In 1998 UN observers documented reports of ongoing atrocities and human rights abuses. In 1999 negotiations began between the government and the rebels, and an agreement was signed in Lome to end hostilities and form a government of national unity. By 2000, the UN's expanded role resulted in the deployment of 17,500 military peacekeeping personnel to various parts of the country. Free elections in May 2002 have given hope and a fresh started in Sierra Leone. The AS 350 B2 and AS 350 B3 Used for Wildlife Relocation In South Africa, helicopters are helping to save the black rhino from extinction. Protected in a few remote preserves, their numbers are rising. However, should the rhinos feel overcrowded, they will fight to the death. To protect the species, some must be relocated to safe habitats, but this is easier said than done. A platform dangles from a helicopter overhead. Inside another helicopter, flying low over the South African veldt, a man with a rifle takes aim at a black rhinoceros, dodging through the bushes below. The pilot concentrates on flying 5 feet above and 10 to15 feet behind the rhino. Anticipating its every move, a wildlife veterinarian pulls the trigger of his gun loaded with a tranquilizer dart, scoring a direct hit that successfully penetrates the rhino's inch-thick skin. "When I am darting animals like the black rhino, there is this immense trust between myself and Piet, the pilot," says wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Douw Grobler, who specializes in immunizations and translocations. "I know exactly what he's going to do and where he's going to place me. I don't have to think. I can just concentrate on the animals. I just know he's gong to put me there in the right spot at the right time. It's almost that he senses what the animal's going to do. In that way, he can change the animal's mind with his helicopter." Grobler has measured a specific drug dosage, which can keep a rhino asleep for up to two hours. Once the rhino is darted, the ground crew lands as soon as possible to undertake a multitude of tasks. They monitor the beast's vital signs, take skin and blood samples to study its basic health and to detect any nutrients that are lacking. This ensures that the habitat is healthy for long-term propagation. They also conduct pregnancy testing. Each rhino's ear is notched so that it can be identified easily from the air and ground. The tip of the second horn is removed to provide material for genetic research, and a transmitter is fitted into the rhino's horn for tracking its whereabouts. Poachers present a constant danger to the rhinos' security. Should a poacher remove the horn for export, the transmitter would trigger an alarm. When two males inhabit the same territory, one must be relocated before they battle to the death. Placing a sling in position, the crew rolls the rhino aboard the platform, making sure it is fully asleep. With a lifting capability of 3,500 lb (1,590 kg), the AStar B 3 can relocate the 2,250-lb (1022-kg) rhino to an area of the sanctuary that is accessible only by helicopter. The extensive research on eleven black rhinos acquired during the four-day shoot was made possible only through SK Film's financial contribution. "My field of expertise lies in the capture and relocation of African wildlife. I am extremely grateful to Straight Up! for sponsoring this incredibly important research and relocation program at the game park. Without the film, this research would not have happened," says Grobler, who organized the capture, research and relocation project, with the film's production crew. "Every animal is just so valuable," he says, "and any information that can be collected on them is worth its weight in gold." The prehistoric ancestor of today's rhinos existed more than 50 million years ago. Among today's five rhino species, the black rhino, which has two horns, has suffered the most spectacular rate of decline. From a population of 65,000 in 1970 it had been hunted almost to extinction, declining to a population of 2,300 by 1992-93. Current statistics indicate that the African black rhino population has risen to 3,500 as a result of the protection of nature reserves, developed by conservancy groups, agencies and governments to facilitate breeding and relocation programs. This segment of Straight Up! was filmed in one such reserve in South Africa, where black rhinos had been reintroduced in 1986. The helicopter, an irreplaceable co
导演:罗伯特·西奥德梅克
简介: 罗伯特·西奥德梅克于五十年代执导的海盗片,至今仍为同类影片中的经典之作,也是伯特.兰卡斯特在年轻时主演的影片,是其成名之作。剧情描述十八世纪时,在地中海出没的一名海盗和一名古怪的发明家联手,协助海岛上的居民反抗暴君的残暴统治。
简介: "前所未见的太空探索“! 美国国家航空航天局打开了他们的保险箱,将珍贵的影片资料借给美国探索频道成就了这部惊人的高清纪录片。《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》讲述了人类最伟大的探险的迷人故事,并且由探索者亲自讲述。从早期的水星计划到载人航天,到影响深远的登月,从联盟号航天飞机对接到Bruce McCandless的人类第一次无绳太空行走,这就是太空时代的来临。本片汇集了古老的视频样片以及宇航员们亲自摄录的关键录像,加上飞船上的摄像机的珍贵记录,让本片能够以前所未见的角度给大家讲述这个太空探索的故事。 NASA(美国航空暨太空总署)1958年成立至今已经50年,Discovery频道推出划时代特别节目《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》系列节目,详细记录NASA所进行过的各种先驱任务。全系列共分六集。 《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》由得奖演员盖瑞辛尼斯担任旁白,记录人类脱离地球,在太空生活的英勇历程。从最早的水星计画到送一人上太空,再到历史性的登月壮举,乃至於布鲁斯麦肯德雷斯进行人类首次无繫绳太空漫步,节目中将为您详述太空时代如何来临。 《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》讲述人类最伟大的冒险故事,并由当事人现身说法。节目中请到第一位环绕地球轨道的美国人约翰葛伦,还有第一位踏上月球的人类─阿波罗号太空人阿姆斯壮,他们将在镜头前回忆他们缔造历史的职业生涯。包括他们在内,共有30多位知名太空人受访,他们分别参与过水星计画、双子星计画、阿波罗计画、天空实验室及太空梭任务,其中有史考特卡本特、巴兹艾德林、金柯能、吉姆赖佛、吉姆麦迪维、约翰杨恩、还有艾琳考林斯。 节目中将播出太空船上摄影机和太空人自己拍摄的原始画面,以空前的深度和观点为您阐述。《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》捕捉人类创新勇气和科技突破的重要时刻,不仅纪念太空之旅的光荣胜利,同时也带给世人更多啟发。 《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》由危险影片制作公司为Discovery频道制作。危险影片制作公司执行制作人是理察戴尔,Discovery频道执行制作人则为比尔霍华。 《从地球出发:NASA任务50年》单元简介: 第一集 先锋英雄 Ordinary Supermen 美国太空总署於1958年成立(苏联史普尼克卫星发射一年后),率先找寻有能力进入未知外太空的试飞员。获选驾驶水星太空舱的七人都明白此行要冒著生命危险,平均每週就有一位试飞员死於空难,但是搭乘火箭的危险对他们不足为惧。但第一位上太空的美国人仍要面对许多未解的问题:人类在太空中能否吞嚥食物或饮水?他会发疯吗?他会死於太空辐射吗?面对苏联的激烈竞争,他们必须抢先解开这些重要问题。甘迺迪总统放话要美国在十年内登陆月球,早期的每一项任务都肩负重责大任,它们要逐步将人类推向登月的最终目标。 第二集 漫步太空 Friends and Rivals 太空总署深知为了登陆月球并顺利返航,他们必须掌握在太空中连结两艘太空船的技术。为了实践这个目标,太空总署展开名为双子星的新计画,首度以一艘太空船送两名太空人上太空。双子星计划旨在实现一连串先进太空旅行的壮举,从长时间太空飞行到太空漫步。苏联太空人阿列谢李欧诺夫在1965年完成 人类首次太空漫步,几个月后,艾德怀特成为第一位在太空漫步的美国太空人。但美苏两国都还没能达成两艘太空船会合衔接的挑战。在一次大胆复杂的任务中,太空总署计画让双子星6号飞行数千哩,然后追上环绕地球轨道的双子星7号,进行令人屏息的太空会合。月球就近在眼前。 第三集 老鹰号登月 Landing the Eagle 1968年夏季,双子星计画已经达成目标,阿波罗计画也已全力进行中,太空总署将阿波罗8号的任务改为首次载人月球飞行。指挥官法兰克波曼、吉姆赖佛、威廉安德斯成为第一批脱离地球引力,看到月球另一面的人类。阿波罗8号太空人飞行的距离超越所有前人,这趟登月顺利返航之旅总计飞行25万哩。1969年7月16日,阿波罗11号太空船升空进行登月任务,载著阿姆斯壮、艾德林、考林斯和全球的祝福。世人引颈期盼机员的登月结果:登月舱是否会沈入尘土中?机员会遭到「月球细菌」攻击吗?完成任务后,他们能从月球表面升空吗?四天后,太空人登陆月球。这是太空总署最得意的瞬间,也是世界史上的最光荣时刻。 第四集 太空前哨站 The Explorers 太空总署信心大增,阿姆斯壮和艾德林试探性的脚步,被查理杜克、约翰杨恩和金柯能等人后来居上,他们搭著探月车在月球四处跑。登月任务变得更加雄心勃勃,高潮是阿波罗17号在宁静海停留3天。但预算考量使得最后三次任务被迫取消,阿波罗计画落幕,必须找寻新目标。人类已经能环绕地球轨道、在太空漫步、从一艘太空船横渡到另一艘太空船,甚至造访月球。太空总署开始进行下一步的太空探索,将天空实验室和一群科学家送上地球轨道。天空实验室任务证明人类能在太空生活工作一段长时间。后来美国太空人还受邀入住俄罗斯和平号太空站,早在地球上的冷战解冻前,美俄两国太空人便已在地球轨道上方建立交情。 第五集 太空梭起落航天飞机 The Shuttle 20年来,太空总署的太空舱顶多只能载运3人,都是由一群专属男性中挑选,这群人几乎都是试飞员。开发出可重复使用的太空梭,让太空旅行产生革命性改变。这是史上头一遭有6,7位太空人同时上太空。太空梭被形容为子弹上的蝴蝶,首航由约翰杨恩驾驶,他曾在双子星计画首航时,与盖斯葛瑞森一起上太空。太空总署载人太空计画的先驱带领我们迈入太空时代的现代纪元。但太空旅行依旧危险,1986年挑战者号太空梭惨剧,还有2003年哥伦比亚号太空梭意外在在证明了这一点。但国际太空站的发展—这也是人类至今最大胆的太空硬体大合作—意味著太空梭仍有其存在的必要性。 第六集 定居外太空 Home in Space 透支预算数十亿美元,进度落后10年后,太空总署的哈伯太空望远镜终於由发现号太空梭载运升空。哈伯太空望远镜是历来最复杂的仪器之一,也是一连串无人太空任务中的最新任务。哈伯太空望远镜原计能改变我们对宇宙的了解,但升空后却毫无动静。太空总署遇上大麻烦。这个环绕地球轨道的太空望远镜有块主要镜片因人为失误而故障,使得人类探索外太空的全能眼睛成了近视眼。太空总署决定派出奋进号太空梭前往修理,这项任务需要进行连续几个月的密集训练,并展开历来最漫长危险、也最复杂的多趟太空漫步。这是太空总署继阿波罗计画以来,最受到外界关注的一项任务。这项计画重新引发大眾的想像力,让人们继阿波罗计划的登月壮举后,再次关注太空的英勇事蹟。人类重拾探索发掘的自然渴望,而太空总署则打算再次送人登上月球、火星,甚至更远的地方。
导演:戴维·布莱尔
简介: 梅尔·吉布森之子米洛·吉布森自在《血战钢锯岭》里献出表演首秀之后,再次加盟二战题材新片《飓风》,出演飞行员约翰尼·肯特。肯特是一名加拿大空军上尉,他在不列颠之战(第二次世界大战期间纳粹德国对英国发动的大规模空战,亦是第二次世界大战中规模最大的空战)中领导一支编号为303的霍克飓风战斗机飞行中队,为抵抗纳粹入侵而奋战,肯特一人击落了13架敌机,并在1935-1956期间服役于英国皇家空军, 被认为是最出色的年轻皇家空军中队长。大卫·布莱尔(《伯特与迪奇》《完美计划》)将执导此片,斯蒂芬妮·马蒂尼和《权力的游戏》男星伊万·瑞恩有望担任制片,计划九月英国开拍。
简介:改革开放后,境外黑社会势力积极向大陆渗透。香港警署黄警司追查贩毒分子,来到珠海,被香港潜入的罪犯围住,幸得女警司郭秀云等前来,化险为夷。由于港粤警方互通情报,我方根据线报,刑警队长林啸带领沈丽珠等人,在交货地点抓到犯罪团伙的马仔胖子。审讯中,胖子只字未说,林啸放了他,对他实行监控。黑道人物因怕他泄密,对他进行追杀。胖子有幸躲过,但母亲被杀害,胖子由此幡然悔悟,答应与警方合作。黄警司查出犯罪分子与郭警司的舅舅曾兰江有关,对郭警司实行回避。郭警司以自己的行动,得到上司和同事的信任。港警重案组汤督察和陈宝莲帮办在侦察武器案中也发现幕后的曾兰江,警方决定采取进一步措施。大陆警方在胖子的配合下,抓住高老森一伙,案情有了重大突破。曾兰江的情妇云梦所开的美发厅是一个黑窝子,沈丽珠化装侦察。郭警司失散多年的妹妹找到了,原来是林啸的妻子阿皎。曾兰江知林啸是外甥女婿,当即拿出支票,意欲收买,遭林啸拒绝,于是决定杀掉林啸。云梦受曾兰江指使,以胖子为诱饵。林啸身负重伤,胖子为救林啸中弹身亡。曾兰江孤注一掷,指使手下把阿皎和一些骗来的姑娘绑架往香港,把阿皎当人质,别的姑娘卖进妓院。大陆警方分析敌情,迅速与香港警方制定了代号“天网行动”的计划。就在曾兰江以为即将得手之际,“天网行动”开始了,陆港军警夹击围剿,内线紧密配合,曾兰江集团被一网打尽,汤督察也为此献出了生命。
导演:安德里亚·迪·斯戴法诺
简介: 影片根据Anders Roslund 和B?rge Hellstr?m所著的瑞典畅销小说《Three Seconds》改编,讲述男主角Pete Hoffman是一个革新的罪犯以及前“特殊行动”组织的士兵,为了从监狱里释放出去和妻子女儿团聚,他参与了一项FBI组织的卧底任务,试图深入波兰毒贩集团在纽约的一桩交易,在这个过程中,他将回到自己试图摆脱束缚的Bale Hill监狱,而当一桩毒品交易出现差错,他的卧底身份也遭到曝光的可能... 影片由意大利演员、导演安德里亚·迪·斯戴法诺执导,其它卡司还有克里夫......
导演:吉迪恩·拉夫
简介: 《红海深潜》改编自伟大的真实救援任务,故事描述一群国际特工探员和勇敢的埃塞俄比亚人合作,在 80 年代初期透过苏丹一个废弃的度假胜地,将上千名难民暗渡至以色列。这个执行任务的卧底团队是由深具魅力的艾里·奇德隆(Chris Evans 饰)和英勇的当地人卡贝德·彬若(Michael Kenneth Williams 饰)带领。本剧卡士强劲,其他演员包括 Haley Bennett、Alessandro Nivola、Michiel Huisman、Chris Chalk、Greg Kinnear 及 B......
导演:阿里尔·弗罗门
简介: 一位知悉国家机密的CIA探员比利·波普(瑞恩·雷诺兹RyanReynolds饰)意外身亡,在弗兰克斯博士(汤米·李·琼斯TommyLeeJones饰)的协助下将其记忆与技能植入了一位极度危险且无法预测的罪犯杰里科·斯图尔特(凯文·科斯特纳KevinCostner饰)身上,而探员贵格·威尔斯(加里·奥德曼GaryOldman饰)必须靠这位不定时炸弹来摧毁企图攫取国家机密的犯罪组织。杰里科·斯图尔特为了救回换脑后渐渐爱上的比利·波普被胁迫的妻子和孩子,重新找回自己的生活,不得不在48小时的时间里,与犯罪组织展开殊死搏斗。
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