That was Janet Leigh in all her glory circa 1953 when the film was shot, but producer Howard Hughes mucked around and did not release it until 1957.
I saw that film in its first run in a theater in Dallas, Texas. I went in a 10-year old boy... But when Janet took off that sweater in the first reel... I became a man!
BTW Hughes was able to get a lot of USAF support in making the film (Like those 60 plus F-86s flying in formation!) including many aircraft semi-secret like the X-1 and its B-29 carrier. However, all the delays over four years before its release made all those geewiz planes nothing special. The film did not do much at the box office and as I recall was not released to video until the 1990s.
Bombers B52
Twelve O'Clock High
Remember them?
U-571 is worth a mention.
You are sooooo right about that scene. Meow!