White boy: How ""bout you, Johnny Sims?Johnny: (Me?) My Dad saysI""mgoin"" to be somebody big!A horse-drawn white ambulance wagon pulls up in front of the Sims house, bringing an abrupt catastrophe to the boy""s youth:Jimminy crickets! It""s stoppin"" at your house, Johnny!An inquisitive crowd gathers outside as men carry a stretcher up to the second floor.The typical Hitchcock MacGuffin was the question:Why do the strange attacks occur?The main inspiration for the film""s bird attacks came from mysterious, real-life avian deaths occurring in the summer of 1961.The President sent a team (including Cabot and Ryan) for a routine inspection of Russia""s nuclear decommissioning facility named Arzamas."[Although his authority was dubious during the war itself, Tetley""s wearing of the Confederate symbols helps to reinstate his military position.