12 O'Clock High (movie)

[DJS48]

Anyone have an id what A-2 Maj. Cobb is wearing? Perhaps a Cable or No-name 27753?

Cheers,
Don

 

[deand]

These might help the identification:

dean

 

[DJS48]

The collar looks like a RW........thanks for the pictures.
Cheers,
Don

 

[Dr H]

It's at times like these that you lament Jeff's absence...

 

[ausreenactor]

Has to be a Good Wear repro...and the two punters sitting out of focus in the background are wearing ELCs...

:lol:

Great movie, and I have lamented letting a repro of the Porcelain Mug go by on eBay many years ago. Love the
scene where the B-17 ramping out has the crewman in the nose acknowledging the camera. Certainly one of the
stand out AAF flicks..

Couchy

 

[better duck]

Gregory Peck is not wearing an issue A2. That is something that becomes obvious when you see the movie more detailed photos.

 

[ausreenactor]

VERY thick waistband....

Couchy

 

[unclegrumpy]

I can't remember which actors and jackets, but several also have a back seem across the shoulder blades....probably off that rack from Western Costume!

 

[GoodTimesGone]

12 O'Clock High is the best WWII Air Corps movie in my opinion. I just watched the 1944 release Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo last night. It doesn't come close but it's still worth owning for the period footage. By the way, I'm not a stitch-counting perfectionist, but every single aircrew member has a horizontal seam across the back of his a-2. I'm just speculating that since the war was not over, the military could not spare jackets and the wardrobe department bought a lot of civilian ones.
-Tom

 

[RCSignals]

I can't remember which actors and jackets, but several also have a back seem across the shoulder blades....probably off that rack from Western Costume!

Oh no, Western Costumes has all the originals they bought out the AAF in '43 or so, the the remaining later remember. :lol:

 

[unclegrumpy]

Oh no, Western Costumes has all the originals they bought out the AAF in '43 or so:lol:

Yes, but those jackets are still locked in their top secret temperature controlled storage vault, protected by a regiment of armed guards, tunneled 387 feet below the HOLLYWOOD sign! Rumor has it that the current owners would like to sell a few jackets to select elite collectors to recoup some of the storage costs, but the old fellow who last knew the combination to the vault door has retired....so the wait continues :lol:

 

[grommet]

I can't remember which actors and jackets, but several also have a back seem across the shoulder blades....probably off that rack from Western Costume!

I can't comment on the authenticity of all the jackets, but this summarizes a discussion of the movie costumes from the 12 O'clock High:

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[Peter Graham]

Off the subject of A-2's, there's a B-15 in one scene, which is not correct for 1942. But that's nit picking. It's a fantastic movie.

 

[regius]

Gregory Peck's jacket is a "private purchase" jacket, could be an Irvin Foster civilian jacket, horsehide for sure, typical high back low front, large collar.

 

[Phantomfixer]

12 O'Clock High is the best WWII Air Corps movie in my opinion. I just watched the 1944 release Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo last night. It doesn't come close but it's still worth owning for the period footage. By the way, I'm not a stitch-counting perfectionist, but every single aircrew member has a horizontal seam across the back of his a-2. I'm just speculating that since the war was not over, the military could not spare jackets and the wardrobe department bought a lot of civilian ones.
-Tom

and lets not forget about Fighter Squadron.....some nice originals in this movie????....made in 1947 if I recall...

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=a0Ji8gTAFHo[/video]