Those are the only exalting glimpses in the whole film . " Film historians consider " Thunder Birds " a classic aviation film.
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Local discoveries of fossils left by large Ice Age bird remains like giant condors, and teratorns may have inspired myths about the Wakinyan thunder birds.
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It is a half-mile uphill from a trail head on the north side of the North Mountain Preserve, near Thunder bird Road and Central Avenue.
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These were said to be alligator-like creatures living in the thunder birds can be distinguished from eagles in that they only had two claws on their feet.
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Clinging to its classic roots, the T-Bird comes in five colors : Inspiration Yellow, Torch Red, Thunder Bird Blue, Evening Black, and Whisper White.
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This portrayal of the Thunder Birds may also have been influenced by associations of fossils of " Pteranodon " with marine reptiles of the same age in the western United States.
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"Hollywood Reporter " wrote that Dana Andrews would play the lead in " Thunder Birds " opposite Gene Tierney and that either Bruce Humberstone or Archie Mayo would direct.
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They are sometimes referred to as Mihirung birds, or the " Stirton's Thunder Birds " .'Mihirung paringmal'is an Aboriginal word from the Tjapwuring people of Western Victoria and it means'giant bird '.
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William Wellman, however, agreed to direct in exchange for financial backing from Zanuck to film the novel " The Ox-Bow Incident ", which Wellman began immediately after production ended for " Thunder Birds ".
