Call to Glory was intended as an ABC mini-series, deplicting the turbelent 1960's as seen through the eyes of an Air Force family, a pre-Coach Craig T Nelson stars as Col. Raynor Sarnac and Cindy Picket as his wife Vanessa and Elisabeth Shue and Gabriel Damon with David Hollander and C Thomas Howell and the late Keenam Wynn as the Sarnac family. The two hour pilot focuses on the Cuban Missle crisis of 1962. This pilot and the mini series itself were originally intended to be aired on ABC in the spring of 1984, but ABC smelled potential in the project and ordered that it be expanded into a thirteen week series. The premiere was moved up to August 13, 1984 with the pilot unveiled right after ABC'S Olympics coverage. Call To Glory was an immediate ratings success at the outset; alas ABC'S decision to move away from the historical aspects of the show to concentrate on the soapish goings on with the Sarnac family prompted a severe viewer dropoff.
During the darkest days of the Cuban missile crisis, Raynor is ordered to fly over Cuba to obtain proof that the Russians are installing nuclear warheads.
The entire Sarnac family is thrown into turmoil when Raynor receives a lucrative job offer in the private sector.
Raynor faces one of his toughest missions as he tries to prevent a bitter ex-pilot from exposing the details of a top secret mission.
The violence spawned by the Civil Rights Movement hits home when Wesley and a black friend are beaten by teenage racists.
A dangerous top-secret mission takes Raynor over Red China to see if the Chinese have developed an Atomic Bomb.
On a mission into the heart of Saigon, Raynor bears personal witness to the horrifying brutality of the government.
Raynor's involvement in a bitter political controversy could cost him a valued friendship... and ruin his military career.
Forced to bail out of a crippled plane, Raynor and a Japanese Air Force officer struggle to survive in a dangerous wilderness.
Raynor is torn between duty and friendship when an Air Force buddy suddenly develops a crippling fear of flying.
While testing a new flight system, Sarnec is hounded by an investigative reporter probing for revelations about defense spending.
Raynor and Vanessa are so involved in their friends' marital problems, they don't notice Carl is facing a crisis of his own.
Tension mounts in the Sarnac household as Raynor prepares for a mission that has already claimed the life of one of his best test pilots.
Raynor is forced to face the harsh truth that an old friend is really a spy for the KGB.
A flight over Vietnam turns into a journey of terror when Raynor is shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese.
Stiff penalties await a pilot who disobeys orders and brings a Russian defector back to America; Jackie makes her first solo flight.
Vanessa's joy over a job with an electronics firm palls when she learns she's pregnant; Sarnac works with NASA's astronaut program.
The Sarnac family faces an uncertain future when Vanessa decides she needs a break from her husband and children.
Raynor finds himself on an emotional roller coaster when he discovers the truth about Carl's illness... and about his daughter's relationship with a new boyfriend.
While on special assignment in Vietnam, Raynor launches a dangerous rescue mission to save a Vietnamese boy he wants to adopt.
Raynor and his family face difficult personal challenges in the days leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Jackie longs to follow in her father's footsteps and become an Air Force pilot.
Raynor returns to the United States after three years in a Vietnamese prison camp. He finds America and his family have changed much in his absence.
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