France in the long nineteenth century new government. Policy became considerably more radical. The government instituted the "levy-en-masse", where all able-bodied men 18 and older were liable for military service. This allowed France to field much larger armies than its enemies, and soon the tide of war was reversed. The Committee of Public Safety came under the control of Maximilien Robespierre, and the Jacobins unleashed the Reign of Terror (1793–1794). At least 1200 people met their deaths under the guillotine — or otherwise — after accusations of counter-revolutionary activities. In October, the queen was beheaded, further antagonizing Austria. In 1794 Robespierre had ultra-radicals and moderate Jacobins
Terror in the Sky Both pilots also ate the chicken. A man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the book, helicopter/war choppers in the film) is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes a very neurotic, but survivable landing. Terror in the Sky Terror in the Sky is a low budget 1971 television film remake of 1957's "Zero Hour!", which itself was based on the 1956 television play "Flight into Danger". Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book "Runway Zero-Eight" which was co-written with John Castle in 1958. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy