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Operation Haylift is a 1950 American aviation film by William Berke starring Bill Williams, Ann Rutherford, and Tom Brown. The film - a fictionalized account of a true story - documents the United States Air Force mission in 1948–49 to save thousands of cattle caught in the snowdrifts of a sudden winter storm in northern Nevada.
1.49M subscribers. 971. 133K views 2 years ago ELY. Eighteen snowstorms in 27 days hit the Rocky Mountain and upper Great Plains states in December 1948-January 1949. This epic tells the tale of...
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by Daniel L. Haulman. Operation Name: Operation Haylift. Location: Montana. Date: December 18–21, 1964. Emergency: Blizzards isolated cattle and sheep in southeastern Montana, threatening them with starvation. Organizations: 349th and 452d Troop Carrier Wings; and 938th, 940th, 941st, and 945th Troop Carrier Groups.
With Bill Williams, Ann Rutherford, Tom Brown, Jane Nigh. Eighteen snowstorms in 27 days hit the Rocky Mountain and upper Great Plains states in December 1948-January 1949. This epic tells the tale of how the US Air Force airdropped food and supplies to stranded travelers, residents and livestock.
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By the fourth week in January, it was evident that some two million snowbound cattle and sheep in Nebraska and surrounding areas were in jeopardy. To feed stranded livestock, the Air Force launched Operation Hayride, better known as Operation Haylift, using C-47 and C-82 cargo planes.
May 9, 2017 · Operation Haylift ended Feb. 17, 1949. According Col. Adrian Williams, the mission’s commanding officer, Operation Haylift’s Air Force planes flew 1,600 hours and 270,000 miles with no...
Synopsis. Bill and Clara Masters and their ten-year-old son Roy live in the rugged ranch lands near Ely, Nevada. Bill's brother Tom has recently returned from service as an Air Force pilot, and Bill is expecting him to help in the ranching operations. One day Bill and Roy are out hunting for a cougar, when they come upon some rustlers loading ...
