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Space-age props for “Marooned.” Destruction of Pearl Harbor - “Tora, Tora, Tora.” gun, rented from a Hollywood prop house. Also the special effects men used over 3,000 wired charges to simulate bullets and bullet holes. “Pyrotechnics” Special effects with fire come under the dangerous heading of “pyrotechnics.” present motion picture productions, but when necessary is detonated by means of standard blasting caps or electric blasting caps. Black powder is the most common material used by special effects men for creating explosions, and may rather easily be modified as to brilliance or color of flash. “Bridges and Trains” The destruction of bridges and trains in motion pictures has long been a favorite part of the action plot. “The Bridge On the River Kwai” and “The Bridges of Toko-Ri” are notable examples of films past, and bridges and trains in “The Good Guys and the Bad Guys.” Controlled set fire. “The Great Bank Robbery,” “Kelly’s Heroes,” and “The Wild Bunch” carried on the same explosive tradition in this decade. “Tora, Tora, Tora” “Tora, Tora, Tora,’’ a 20th Century-Fox production, recreating the Japanese destruction of Pearl Harbor, makes the most of explosive movie special effects. The company used about -an informative article on special effects- BY ELMER PASTA one-and-a-quarter ton of explosives, nearly ninety-five miles of wire to set them off and about 120,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel oil to create the fires and smoke after the blasts. Much of these explosives were used in the form of mortars to recreate the blasting of “battleship row” and the military air fields neutralized by the raid. A mockup in full-scale model of the original stern-half of the battleship Arizona, plus many airplanes on the ground and hangar areas had to be “blown up” by explosives. The mortars are steel reinforcements for explosion holes. In this military epic, approximately 15,000 flak bursts (shot up in mortars) were fired at the aircraft, which consisted of .30 configuration Japanese warplanes, all modified from World War II Army Air Corps and Navy trainers. The defenders in the film also shot up about 30,000 rounds of .30 and .50 calibre ammunition. At this point, a special commendation should be directed toward the stunt man involved in simulated explosions. This is often a tough job and demands cooperation with the special effects man. “Kelly’s Heroes” Technique Filmic explosions must be carefully planned and executed. An example is a combination blow-up and editing technique used in M-G-M’s “Kelly’s Heroes,” produced on location in Yugoslavia. The World War II story has a scene wherein an actor-stunt man is blown up by a supposed land mine. Two film shots are made — one stepping into the explosion, and another of the actor bouncing off a trampoline fourteen feet into the air. TJie two shots are perfectly matched together, so it looks like the Continued on Page 39 21