Who killed King Kong?

[Justo Miranda]

A customer has asked me to identify the model of the airplanes shooting the beast. Although I have watched 1933 film many times, I can´t identify them.
Can someone be of help please?

 

[Michel Van]

now Film fans argument about those two
Curtiss O2C-2
Consolidated NY-1 or 2
(under the assumption they come from Navy base at long beach)
my guess its a Curtiss F8C-4 not a O2C-2

Peter Jackson version they are
Curtiss F8C "Helldiver"

 

[Justo Miranda]

Thanks!

 

[sferrin]

AH-1s.

 

[Abraham Gubler]

Didn't you know, it was beauty that killed the beast...

 

[Justo Miranda]

;D

 

[pathology_doc]

Didn't you know, it was beauty that killed the beast...

"It wasn't the planes that got him - 'twas beauty that killed the beast." Indeed. And 'twas helicopters in the 1970s version (although at one stage we are given a tantalising glimpse of F-106s fuelling and arming...).

 

[Grey Havoc]

According to this, it was actually the Navy that did the deed. ;D

 

[sferrin]

And 'twas helicopters in the 1970s version (although at one stage we are given a tantalising glimpse of F-106s fuelling and arming...).

I imagine a Genie would probably do the trick. ;D

 

[shaba]

heldivers according to the inter net movie data base http://http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=King_Kong_(1933)

 

[Arjen]

Mickey Mouse killed King Kong.

You're wrong. All of you. Link.

 

[memaerobilia]

One of our most fun experiences, was when the wife & I were flown to NZ to be filmed for a "cameo shot" in the King Kong movie. Just a fast shot of us on screen but it was a giant close up from chest up, and filled the whole screen. It is priceless to us, because of the joy it gave to our grandchildren, to see us in it..By some great good luck, that scene was also widely used as part of the film clip advertising the "coming" of the King Kong Movie, in most of the advance publicity. So it was repeated several dozens of times, on TV, leading up to the opening. As an additional bonus, (as the red arrow shows) we were even given a film credit in the end credits. Also shown is a 50 gallon barrel full of spent brass machine gun casings. (to show that the machine gun firings were not mere sound effects..) We wanted to take some home as souvenirs for the grandchildren, but rethought that with the current complications of airport scanning and customs..The artwork image shows one of only 3 giclee prints made, of a great Original oil painting, painted by one of the great WWI aviation-theme painters, Jim Dietz, that he sent us.

 

[Madurai]

AH-1s.

The gunships in the 1976 version were Hueys, not Cobras, IIRC.