This is a Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance? In a scene that has become an iconic one for the medium of film, American helicopters fly in to attack the Viet Cong to Wagners Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre. Its tremendously powerful right off the bat, matching the editing beautifully as we cut between the mounted weapons before the individual soldiers. We then get a sudden cut to an initially peaceful group of Viet Cong women and children, who quickly begin to flee while the beating of helicopter blades and Wagner steadily rises to a crescendo of violence that will live forever in the history of film. A number of films borrow elements from this scene, whether it is Watchmen using the same song in Doctor Manhattan and the Comedians desolation in Vietnam (this song must be banned over there) or Skyfalls big bad Silva playing Boom Boom when laying waste to Skyfall lodge. Nothing, however, can quite top Apocalypse Now, guaranteeing that we wont look a helicopter in mid-flight the same again.