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[Image] AIRPLANES/FLYING CRAFT [Days of Heaven] The traveling circus troupe arrives on a plane. The same plane takes Bill away from the farm for a time. [The Thin Red Line] Japanese Zeroes buzz over the American troops as they approach Guadalcanal in the landing craft boats. Staros leaves the island on an airplane, and the camera tracks its departure as Staros reflects upon his soldiers being "his sons." [Badlands] 
A helicopter locates Kit on the prairie as his killing spree nears its end. A plane takes Kit back to South Dakota to be executed.
Similarities in Malick's Films, Part I
Badlands