Arabesque (1966) - during the climactic sequence,
horse-riding film stars Gregory Peck and Sofia Loren are chased through Welsh countryside in broad daylight by gunmen aboard the menacing red
helicopter (an Aérospatiale Alouette III), which flies around the Crumlin viaduct (shortly after filming, the actual structure, in Caerphilly,
was demolished). Pursued onto the bridge, our heroes become stuck halfway across, pinned down by shooting from the villains, until the action
sequence ends when the Alouette flies beneath the overpass and Peck drops a wooden ladder into the main rotors, causing the damaged helicopter
to spin and fall into the river, where it promptly explodes (the crash is an obvious combination of miniatures and physical effects work).
[Thanks to J.C. Hartley for donation of this DVD]
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