Because I've always been interested in studying and reading about military aircraft, I was excited to see this short film playing on TCM one afternoon. This film, a half hour in length, concerns itself with a residential area located near an air force base. It's the 1950s, and the jet age is underway. Because jets are much louder than propeller driven aircraft, the people in the town are starting to get irritated with all the noise. Jack Webb (who also narrates) travels to the base and meets with Colonel Breech, who is the man the civilians have been sending their complaints to. The mayor of the town wants the base to move somewhere else in order to make the complaints go away, but changes his tune after his private plane has a hard time landing one day because the plane's wheels won't fold out. Jets from the base are sent up to fly close to his plane and nudge the wheels, making them operate normally again. Being spared from a bad accident, the mayor is now convinced of the importance of having the base nearby. The formerly annoyed people of the town also show up to the base to show their support, and witness a huge spectacle of different aircraft, such as the massive c-130 cargo plane, f-84 Thunderjets, b-52s, and even an aerobatics team that flies f-86 Sabres, america's main offensive air weapon during the korean war. In the end, the town learns to accept the air force base because they realize its importance in making sure america is safe. While this film is pretty average, I thought it was good because it focuses on planes. Not only this, but you can see all the amazing and vibrant paint schemes on them because it's in color. They also show an experimental plane that never entered serial production: the Douglas Stiletto. Unfortunately, they only show it on the ground but it was nice to see it at all. To make a short story even shorter, 24 Hour Alert is a good enough film that features some interesting planes, but it's not really that memorable because of its lackluster story.