0:00:32 > 0:00:35I want you to know about a new kind of American soldier,
0:00:35 > 0:00:39the most important of all our fighting men today.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42He is most important because upon him,
0:00:42 > 0:00:47finally depends the success of any mission in which he participates.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51The greatest bombing plane in the world, with its combat crew,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54takes him into battle, through weather,
0:00:54 > 0:00:59through enemy opposition, just so he may have 30 seconds over the target.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03In those 30 seconds, he must vindicate the greatest responsibility
0:01:03 > 0:01:07ever placed upon an individual soldier in line of duty.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I want you to know about him, and about those who had the faith
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and vision and foresight to bring him into being,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19to fit him for his task, long months before our war began.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25"Who is he? This soldier who rides alone, who must think alone,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29"and who must act alone in a war which can be won or lost by the..."
0:01:29 > 0:01:30EXPLOSION
0:01:35 > 0:01:37DRONE OF PLANES
0:01:53 > 0:01:55That's the way the German dive bombers do it.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59I think you'll all admit they're good at it, and if events should lead us into this war
0:01:59 > 0:02:03I don't think anyone who will deny the fact that we have got to be better.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06If events should force us into this war, there's only one thing to do -
0:02:06 > 0:02:10train pilots by the thousands - hundreds of thousands. Sacrifice everything else.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Well, gentlemen, you've just seen one side of the subject under discussion. Any comments?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18I'll argue with anyone who doesn't realise that someday
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Bombardiers will be recognised as the spearhead of our force.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Plane crews, ground crews, the supply lines behind them,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28the factories here at home, all working on one thing -
0:02:28 > 0:02:30to provide a Bombardier with 30 seconds to hit a target.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32I don't want to seem opinionated,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36but after one year as observer with the Royal Air Force, my unqualified opinion is
0:02:36 > 0:02:40that Bombardiers should be trained by their own pilots and squadron.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43That's the system the English and Germans use and I've seen it work.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Yeah, I know - you've seen a lot, but perhaps there's something
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- that you have never seen work. - And what might that be, Major Davis?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Our bombsight, affectionately known as the Golden Goose.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The Golden Goose, huh? I hope I don't end up talking nursery rhymes.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Put it on the table, men.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01DOOR SLAMS
0:03:05 > 0:03:07All right, we'll have a look at it.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09UNZIPPING
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Captain Oliver...
0:03:12 > 0:03:13meet the Golden Goose.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Where do I put my penny to see the goose lay an egg?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Right in there, and you get it back if it doesn't lay the bomb
0:03:18 > 0:03:22right on the top of a barrel at 24,000ft or dot an "i" at 18,000ft.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25You're looking at a bombsight to put anything in Europe out of date.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I'm still against the idea. The way to hit is to have pilots who'll bring a ship
0:03:29 > 0:03:34so close to the target that a bomb can't miss, and I say train them. Forget about everything else.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Captain Oliver, you'll see the day when a pilot will be nothing more than a taxi driver
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- to drive a Bombardier to his target. - Not from where I'm sitting, Major.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Gentlemen,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46you're my witnesses.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I'm challenging Captain Oliver to a bombing duel.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Dive-bombing versus high-altitude precision bombing.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53This is something new.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56The Military Affairs Committee should have front-row seats.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58What do you say, Buck - is it a deal?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59It's a deal, Chick.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Captain Oliver to Operations.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08292 observation post, ready for my attack release.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- This is your last chance, Captain. - Yes, sir - I've just been warming up. This is it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15DRONE OF PLANE
0:04:22 > 0:04:26What a little anti-aircraft couldn't do to that baby.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39EXPLOSION
0:04:41 > 0:04:43All right, Major - you're up.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47All right, gentlemen. I'll be right up there, 20,000ft.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51You won't be able to see me - just keep your eye on the target.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Where is he?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I can't see anything.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23We were under the impression this was a bombing demonstration - not an altitude test.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26This is a precision bombing mission at 20,000ft.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31And we're lucky that Major Davis is up there instead of down here, talking your arm off about it.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Navigator, what do you think of precision bombing?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I don't know, sir.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Don't know, huh?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Bombardier to pilot, Bombardier to pilot.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Altitude 20,130ft.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Let's fly a 90-degree heading.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Ready to open bomb bay doors.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54"All right, sir.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08"On course and level, your ship."
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Bombs away.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33DISTANT WHINING
0:06:36 > 0:06:39WHINING INTENSIFIES
0:06:39 > 0:06:40EXPLOSION
0:06:40 > 0:06:42You don't know, huh?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Well, he showed me. - That's remarkable.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- Impressive, General.- Thank you.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Lucky stiff.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Read that back.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Burton Hughes, Hughes Field, Almansor, New Mexico.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Dear Burt, when the securing of property for the new training centre first received approval,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- I immediately tossed your name in the hat.- That's right.
0:07:06 > 0:07:13All I had to do really was... to remind them that Hughes Field belonged to General Hughes, your dad,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16the greatest man ever to climb into a cockpit.
0:07:16 > 0:07:22So you can blame me for turning your highly respectable civilian flying school
0:07:22 > 0:07:24into a Bombardiers' training post.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30It all started as a crazy experiment perpetrated by an old friend of mine, Major Chick Davis.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Personally, I'm afraid he's due for a nosedive.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Whoever heard of building a vault to keep at trick glass eye in?
0:07:36 > 0:07:41They'll probably use it for a mausoleum one of these days, to bury poor old Chick and his dream.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I suppose Chick's assistants have already got the first classes of cadets under way
0:07:45 > 0:07:50and almost any day now Major Davis will be arriving to take charge.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52How do you like it here, Sergeant?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Very well, sir.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58We'll change that - from now on it's the Bombardier School.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Hello, Major.- Hello, Chaplain.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Long time no see. - Yes, it's been too long.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- How's it going, Lieutenant? At ease. - Pretty good I think, sir.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10The first class graduates three weeks from today. Morale seems good.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Good, good, good, but why all the women?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16We find them more efficient in this type of work.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Maybe, but it'll be tough getting used to it. I never soldiered with women.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Where do I park? Or do I work here for morale?- Right in here, Major.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25That's it, gentlemen, I'll see you on the line.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- You're kidding, aren't you? - Don't blame me, sir.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Oh, my.- Do you think the Major would like some tea?
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Do you think you'd like a chew of my tobacco?- Don't be silly. - It's just as unlogical.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Well, hello.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Who hired you? What's your name? - My name is Burton Hughes.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- After her grandfather, General Burton Hughes.- So you're the fella that owns the place?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I did, but I've turned it over to my brother Tom.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08That their father in that picture over there.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11General Tom Hughes, standing right by me.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16All right, Sergeant, leave a couple of desks in here,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20but get some hard chairs, after all this is the Army - not a sorority house.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- And take Grandfather's picture down. He said the Wright Brothers couldn't fly them.- Yes.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Leave that one up - he flew and bombed them.- Yes, sir.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Leave the filing cabinets here. I'll be working 25 hours a day. Leave a mirror to shave.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35And, Sergeant, get everything else out of here!
0:09:36 > 0:09:37And I mean everything.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45Just a minute, Major. If you'll examine the lease, you'll find that I still hold a job here.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47All right, so you still hold a job here...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52..but straighten your stocking.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55The right one.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02Sergeant, I suggest you get the Major an officer's guide - there's a chapter on good manners.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04He's just like your father. Don't you remember...?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08I wouldn't remember - not caring much for Army life, I never knew him well.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Well, I did - I used to be his orderly.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14I was with him the day your brother turned down his bid to West Point.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- Tom's not the type.- No, he's more the type to own a flying school.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22It's a nice business too, especially if you want to keep him out of the draft.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I'll get a couple of guys and get this place cleaned up.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55There's a new class, sir.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Don't tell me that's Captain Oliver.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Yes, sir, that's Captain Oliver.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Burt!- Oh, Buck!
0:11:10 > 0:11:12What goes on here?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Don't blame me, sir.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Will you marry me?- I can't hear you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Will you marry me?!
0:11:18 > 0:11:20ENGINE STOPS
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- What's the answer, Burt? - The answer is still maybe.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- I'm sure HE'D be for it.- Who?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- The guy whose sister's got me in a slow roll, your brother.- Hiya, Sis!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Tom!
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Hold it, I'll model it for you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Tom Hughes, you'll be arrested for impersonating a soldier.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44That's not what the recruiting sergeant told me.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Did you talk him into this?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Me talk anybody into joining the Bombardiers?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- I tried to sell him on pilot training.- He didn't talk me into it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Come on, I want you to meet the fella who did.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Hey, Jim, slip on something and come out here.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Burt, I want you to meet Jim Carter,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01All-American halfback when I was All-American. Hey, water boy, quiet.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05What I want to tell you, if bombardiering is his dish, that's for me.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- You seem to have a way with you, Mr Carter. - Well, let's hope so, Miss Hughes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Hello, Buck!- Greetings, my lad!
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I see you had a very happy landing.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- You picked a nice resort to the winter - you overlooked one thing, though.- What was that?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- You're going to have me for your commanding officer.- Well, well, well! I'll try to be helpful.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24There's your newest brood of little chicks. Look 'em over and see what you've got,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- wash-outs who couldn't qualify for pilot training, failures who wouldn't stay grounded.- Still in a rut?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I'm going to prove something to you - there are such things as boys
0:12:31 > 0:12:33who don't want to be pilots but who want to be bombardiers.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38..Do further swear to protect the secrecy...
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- ALL:- ..Do further swear to protect the secrecy...
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- ..of the American bombsight... - ..of the American bombsight...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47..if need be with my life itself, so help me God.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50..if need be with my life itself, so help me God.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56All right, men, at ease.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00At ease. Give me that personnel list, Sergeant.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Rafferty.- Here I am, sir.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09- Rafferty, are you sure? - Oh, I'm sure, my mother she said, my father he said, Rafferty.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11What nationality are you?
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- American, sir. My grandfather was congressman from Arizona. - Your grandfather Rafferty?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- No, sir, my grandfather Jose Maria Garcia.- Hmm.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Rafferty, why did you decide to become a Bombardier?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Lots of times I go hunting on my father's ranch -
0:13:26 > 0:13:29coyotes, jackrabbits, I never miss with the little bullets.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Maybe also I can shoot straight with the big ones.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Connors?- Here.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- What your story, Connors?- I haven't got a story, I'm just starting.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Jordan? Jordan, wake up!
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Did you ever think you'd want to be a pilot? - I never thought...
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Period.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Harris?- Here, sir.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Harris, why did you choose the Bombardiers?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Because I heard it would be interesting, adventurous,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01and requires a certain amount of intelligence.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Hughes?
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- Hughes, I don't have to ask you, your father was one of the first Bombardiers.- Yes, sir.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Isn't there anyone here who would prefer to be a pilot?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13- Carter?- No, sir!
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Thank you, men.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Thank you. Your hearts are in the right place,
0:14:20 > 0:14:24but don't forget this, men - you're going to be driven and driven hard.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29There'll be the times when you hate me. I expect that'll be most of the time.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33But those of you who pull through, you will have learned a great creed.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39The three greatest things in a Bombardier's existence are hit the target, hit the target,
0:14:39 > 0:14:44hit the target, and all day and all night, this creed will be hammered into you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Weeks before you ever get off the ground, you'll be learning the theory of bombing,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51aerial observation, meteorology,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55and you'll study and study
0:14:55 > 0:14:57and study.
0:14:57 > 0:15:04When your head aches, we'll dust the cobwebs off your brain, and then you'll study some more.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- How's it going, Hughes, pretty tough?- Yes, sir, but I'll be all right, sir.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I'm sure you will. Keep punching.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Hey, Rafferty, what's been distracting you?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Well, for years on the ranch, I see nothing but cow guys.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20I ride 20 miles horseback to play with the neighbour kids, all guy kids.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Sometimes I'm sent away to school - the school is absolutely for guys.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Then finally here I am with nothing but guys.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I'm getting to be a guy hater.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Well, if it's a girl, forget it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34There is no girl, and I can't forget it.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Harris?- Yes, sir?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You know...
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- ..you know something?- What, sir?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46You've made me madder than I've been all day...
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I can't find a thing wrong with that.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Connors?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Now, look, fella - you couldn't be born that dumb.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01After all, you were all right last week. What's the matter with you?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Why don't you drop in the office and we'll talk it over?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07There's not much wrong with any of you a little hard work can't cure.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11And whenever you get that feeling that you're chained to the ground,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14whenever you wonder if you'll ever get up there, just remember
0:16:14 > 0:16:17boys in advanced flight training have their troubles too.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Pilot to Bombardier. - Go ahead, sir.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Open the bomb bay doors - we're just about at our altitude. Stand by for orders.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Buck, you don't give orders to the Bombardier, ask him when he's ready to bomb -
0:16:28 > 0:16:30he'll tell you air speed, altitude and heading to fly.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Instructor to Bombardier. Instructor to Bombardier.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40- Yes, sir.- Listen, Sylvie, when you're on a bombing mission, you're in charge of the ship -
0:16:40 > 0:16:43make your calculations and give the necessary orders to the pilot.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- Yes, sir.- In my book, the ship has only one skipper, and he's the pilot.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50The bombsight's flying this plane - any orders you take from that boy
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- is only what the bombsight's telling him.- Very well.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Any time you can sell the idea to the pilots of the Army, you're a genius.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Taking orders from enlisted men who will still be nothing more
0:16:58 > 0:17:01than non-commissioned officers after they finish their training.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03That situation will be corrected. Until then...
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Bombardier to pilot. Bombardier to pilot.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Go ahead.- Our headings are 25 and 315 degrees...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15How do you like that?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17That guy burns me up.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Don't get excited, Sergeant, you'll start a war.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22No, he'll start it, and the Bombardiers will finish it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41German moth.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45You're quite an entomologist.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47No, but I know all about bugs.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Where's Major Davis? - A cadet dropped by with something on his mind.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- The major took him out to dinner. He should have been back by now. - Oh, must be that Joe Connors.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- I'll be in here for a while. I don't want to be disturbed. - Yes, sir.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05In here, fella.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08# Then she held my hands... #
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Hello. Looks like I'll be able to keep that dinner date.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- That's why I'm here. - Mind waiting a little while? - No, I'm getting used to it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21PHONE RINGS
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Hello. - Is this Headquarters?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Headquarters? Who are you calling at Headquarters?
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- Your snooty sister. I've been trying to get her for a date ever since we arrived.- Hey!
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- This is Headquarters. What do you want?- I wish to speak to Miss Hughes, please.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- Miss Hughes, eh? And who shall I tell her is calling?- You may say that the name is Captain Oliver.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Who?- She'll talk to me this time all right.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- You will be punished snafu if Captain Oliver ever hears about this.- He won't.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54- Would you mind repeating that name again?- Captain Oliver. Just tell her it's Buck.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I'm very sorry, Captain Oliver, but Miss Hughes can't come to the phone just now,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06but I have a suggestion. Why don't you come over here?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09That's Buck. That's Buck!
0:19:10 > 0:19:13PHONE RINGS
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Hello, Operator. - 'I'm ringing back, sir, but there's no answer.'
0:19:16 > 0:19:18PHONE RINGS
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Who's been ringing you giving out with that stuff that he's Buck Oliver? Fresh guy, I'll...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- Calling me on the phone using your name? - Yeah.- You must be hearing things.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- No, I am not hearing things - he just talked...- Maybe Major Davis was right when he said you needed a rest.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36What's that?
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Buck, you're to be grounded by the flight surgeon for ten days.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Chick arranged it, because we had a run-in over Bombardiers' orders. Where is he?
0:19:47 > 0:19:51In there, trying to straighten out one of those kids you said would never make a Bombardier.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53That's a waste of time.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55You do a lot of thinking, don't you, Joe?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Yes, sir.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Well, it's not so good. A guy shouldn't think alone too much.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Well, that's the way I figured it, Chick...I mean, sir.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06No, that's all right, forget it.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Go ahead, forget that "sir". You do a little thinking out loud.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Well, I'd seen a few Army camps before,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16but you know one thing struck me out here, the bombsight.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19They build a big vault out of concrete and iron,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23and I see a guys with Tommy guns hanging around there, looking pretty important
0:20:23 > 0:20:25about what they got locked up inside,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29a bunch of other guys carry it in and out and they've got side-arms strapped on them.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So that's what I keep thinking,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34that Little Miss Big Eyes they got wrapped up so tight
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- is a pretty important gimmick. - Mm-hm.- It's like money in the bank.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Give me a cigarette, will you?- I guess that gadget's worth a lot of money.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44It's worth more than money.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- What else impressed you around here? - Well, there were a lot of other things all sort of mixed up...
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- ..like that oath we swore to the day we landed? - Bet you don't even remember it.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I didn't think much about it. It seemed kind of...
0:20:58 > 0:21:00cooked up, sort of corny.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06How was it that thing went?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I do solemnly swear and affirm
0:21:10 > 0:21:14that I will accept the trust placed in me by my commanding...
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- Sacred trust placed in me by my commander-in-chief.- Yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Solemnly swear
0:21:20 > 0:21:26that I will keep inviolate the secrecy of any and all confidential information revealed to me,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and in the full knowledge that I...
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- that I...- Am a guardian.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37..that I am a guardian of one of my country's most priceless military assets...
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I remember it now.
0:21:39 > 0:21:45..I do further swear that I will protect the secrecy of the American bombsight,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- if need be with my life itself. - That's great, Joe - you remember swell.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I've been trying to remember...
0:21:52 > 0:21:56..ever since that bird who wants to get his hooks on the bombsight started talking to me.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05He wants me to meet him tonight, north end of the post ten o'clock.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Shall we meet him?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Yes, sir!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11See you later.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Here, thanks for the smoke.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Thanks for the dinner.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Burt, we've got a lot of unfinished business.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27The way he's piled the work on you, I've got to look quick to even see your shadow.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It's probably his way of getting even. He didn't want me here.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Now he can't run the office without you. Let's leave him flat - what do you say?
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Buck, you get the car, and I'll shoo him out. He never knows when to go home.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42OK, I'll keep. "Oily Oliver" they call me. I'll be waiting for you out front.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Did we get a report from the parachute supplier?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50That's been taken care of, Major.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- We were supposed to get a new shipment of bombsights. - They've arrived.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Oh.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Ordnance call about those flares?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01No, sir, I called Ordnance. They'll be ready tomorrow night.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Mm-hm. Where's that communication from the War Department?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Fine Bombardier you'd make!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Can't even see the end of your nose.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I can see where I'm aiming, though.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Well, Miss Hughes...
0:23:17 > 0:23:22..I've felt for some time that I owe you an apology
0:23:22 > 0:23:23because of my...
0:23:23 > 0:23:29- well, my abruptness.- Rudeness is the word. Apology accepted. I suppose you want this done tonight?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Yes, you'd better write it - anything I'd say might want to melt your typewriter.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38I want those kids to get commissions on their graduation. They certainly deserve equal rank to the pilots.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Washington can't make up its mind.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Miss Hughes, your efficiency is gradually driving me a little nuts.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50MY efficiency? You're darn near killing the cadets with efficiency.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Certainly, so they won't kill themselves in combat.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Together, you and I will do all right.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04What am I doing?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:24:08 > 0:24:14'Are you a flat tyre, a run-down heel with no appeal?'
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Joe?- Yeah.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I'm glad you decided not to be a chump, Joe.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36If you're half as smart as I think you are, you're going to be one of the richest boys in the country.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Now, here's what I want you to do for me.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Oh, so that's it, huh?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49You whistle swell, Joe.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Now, in this problem, you'll see that, with a no-wind condition, air speed 240,
0:24:53 > 0:24:58altitude 10,000 feet, and you have eliminated all personal error
0:24:58 > 0:25:02by killing your drift and making all the necessary arbitrary corrections,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04you will hit your target.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15This is the bomb release line.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22You will notice under these conditions, the path of the bomb through the air,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25known as the bomb's trajectory,
0:25:25 > 0:25:30is directly under the ship, but the point of impact will be trail distance behind the ship.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35With a crosswind, the ship would be upwind from the target.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38This distance upwind is known as cross trail.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Any questions, misters?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49All right, that finishes the classroom work.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53For those of you who pass your examinations tomorrow, there'll be no more ground school...
0:25:53 > 0:25:55for half a day.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Next week, you'll all start flying...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03..but only 12 feet off the ground
0:26:03 > 0:26:05on a bomb trainer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11The purpose of the bombing trainer is to familiarise students with operations of bombsight,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15methods of solving the bombing problem without going into the air.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19The motion of the trainer across the floor simulates the airplane in flight.
0:26:19 > 0:26:25The four-wheel, electrically driven, box-like affair on which the target is placed simulates wind.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31The bombsight is mounted on the trainer, and data is set by the Bombardier.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36The speed of the trainer to target simulates ground speed.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40The bomb used on the trainer is an electrically operated plumb bomb,
0:26:40 > 0:26:44dropped at the proper instant to hit the moving target.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Bombs away.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Bingo.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05How high is this supposed to be, sir?
0:27:05 > 0:27:068,000 feet.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Oh.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Bombs away.
0:27:18 > 0:27:209 degrees left drift.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27They look fine, Chick.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Hello, Buck. What are you doing here?
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Don't you feel well?
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Ground fever, swollen arches, and general lassitude due to inactivity and lack of companionship.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40You won't be lonesome long. You'll be doing what everybody else is doing, working.
0:27:40 > 0:27:45- Buck, this time no fireworks, behave yourself.- You mean I'll be flying again?- Yep, we need pilots.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47You mean you need good pilots for this outfit.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51You've poured ground knowledge into these boys, but in the air, parrots aren't eagles.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56In the air, you'll follow orders. On a bombing run, you'll follow the orders of the Bombardier.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- I'll follow them to the letter, sir. - If you don't, I'll break you down
0:27:58 > 0:28:01to what O for Oliver really stands for - zero.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Student Jordan, Peter. Fight A, altitude 4,00,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14estimated circular air 236 feet.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Nervous, poor coordination, bad procedure.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Borderline case. Recommend check for elimination.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Jordan, you've got to think, concentrate. The bombsight can't do everything for you.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Pilots to Bombardier.- Yes, sir. - You having difficulties, son?
0:28:30 > 0:28:32There must be something wrong with the sight, sir, or me.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I can't get my course set up.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Guess we'd better call it a dry run.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Student Carter, James. Always calm and relaxed.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Decisive, excellent coordination, excellent procedure.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Bombardier to pilot, ready to adjust automatic flight control.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Right.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Sure you wouldn't rather be a pilot?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00No, thanks.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03You've been showing promise with your flying lessons - a transfer might be arranged.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Thanks just the same, I hope to be a Bombardier, sir.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28You missed it by 50 feet - it would have been right down the pickle barrel if you'd killed your drift.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- Would that get a battleship? - Sure, it'd sink one.- Well...
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Student Harris, Paul. Very timid.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Instructor attributes poor bombing to fear.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Recommend change of instructor before checking for elimination.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51I think we're far enough upwind. Release the flare.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Flare away.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Bomb away.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17Mister, I often wonder what you think about when you turn them loose - you look scared stiff.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20The flick of a finger, 100 pounds of dynamite,
0:30:20 > 0:30:24500 or a ton if you like, just by moving a finger.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Yeah, that's the idea. What's the matter - afraid those bombs will jump back up and bite you?
0:30:28 > 0:30:33No, sir, I'm not afraid, not in the way people usually think of being afraid.
0:30:33 > 0:30:39We go by the records here, Mr Harris. Now, you've got three bombs left, you'd better make them good.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Release another flare.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Flare away.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53That flare didn't clear us - it's caught on our tail.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58There's a flare caught on the tail. Get back there and see what you can do.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Pilot to crew, pilot to crew - standby for an emergency.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- What is it?- It's caught on our tail.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14- I'll take a chance, sir, if someone will hold my feet and swing me. - Get a rope.- Yes, sir.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Hold my feet.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- You'll never guess who did it. - Who?- Harris.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- Harris?- Yep. You know I'll never savvy that kid - I guess I had him pegged for the wrong colour.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05I appreciate your confidence, Mr Harris, in showing us these letters from your mother.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Any man who can do what you did last night, any man with your brilliant ground school record...
0:32:09 > 0:32:12by theory should become an excellent Bombardier...
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- ..and yet your bombing average is one of the lowest in your class. - Yes, sir.
0:32:18 > 0:32:25I keep trying, sir, but when I look at the target, I see people...women and children.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Those letters...she says I'm making myself a murderer.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Have you've been reading the newspapers lately, Paul?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- Yes, sir.- Well, my philosophy has always been to turn the other cheek,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40but I'm afraid we've almost run out of cheeks.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45I believe in peace as much as your mother and these organisations she belongs to.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Peace isn't as cheap a bargain, Paul, as the price those people put on it.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Those people lock themselves up in a dream world.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55You see, there are millions of other mothers who are looking to you, boys like you,
0:32:55 > 0:33:00to destroy the very forces of murder that your mother mistakenly attributes to you.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05The enemy's targets are everywhere, but yours are clear and confined -
0:33:05 > 0:33:09not women and children but their arsenals for spreading death.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13That's why the American Bombardiers are trained to hit the target.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16There's a little prayer for that, Paul -
0:33:16 > 0:33:20God give me not the spirit of fear but of power and of love
0:33:20 > 0:33:24for the oppressed, a sound mind and a clear eye.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28God, make me a good Bombardier that I may destroy the poison in this cup
0:33:28 > 0:33:33and quench the violence of fire and overcome the false gods who make war with the Lamb,
0:33:33 > 0:33:38for He is the Lord of Lord and King of Kings, and they who are with him are called and chosen...
0:33:40 > 0:33:43..and faithful.
0:33:47 > 0:33:53Student Connors, Joseph. Hospitalised with broken ribs sustained in line of duty.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58Unless released for flying duty immediately, recommend that student be set back a class.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02What are the rumours about Joe Connors being washed out?
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- The man's in the hospital.- But I'm not in the hospital, sir, I'm here.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- How did you get out of the hospital?- By doctor's orders, sir.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13I told Cadet Connors he could take a little exercise...
0:34:14 > 0:34:18..but I didn't mean walking down the wall.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Excuse me, please, I'm looking for Mamie Foster.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Excuse me, please, I'm looking for Mamie Foster.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Mamie! Mamie!
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Hello.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Hello! How do you do?
0:34:33 > 0:34:40I am Chito Rafferty, and from Mamie Foster, I receive this note tied to my parachute. Did you write this?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Yes, I wrote that. It's a joke.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50It's not a good joke, and from a nice young girl, it's a terrible joke. What are you doing tonight?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- What?- I'll meet you at the PX at 20 o'clock.- What?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Why you say what? Can't you say yes?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Yes.- Hasta la vista, 20 o'clock.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Student Rafferty, Ignacius. Frequent deficiency ground school,
0:35:09 > 0:35:13unable to determine cause. Recommend change of instructors.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Rafferty, you have very good coordination between your mind,
0:35:16 > 0:35:20your eyes and your hands, but if you could only get over this air sickness.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Oh, it isn't air sickness. I got things on my mind.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Student Hughes, Thomas. Ground school very satisfactory,
0:35:32 > 0:35:36frequent air sickness partially due to air turbulence,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39also have reason to believe air sickness caused by fear.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Pilot to Bombardier,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43on course and level - your ship.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Where does he think he's taking us? - I don't know.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01Pilot to Bombardier, where are you heading, bub? The target's 30 degrees left.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04It's not me, sir - I haven't touched the control.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Cut off your bombsight.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Not that.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Hey, what's going on here?
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Captain Oliver, he's always kidding...I hope.
0:36:39 > 0:36:428134 to Bombardier radio.
0:36:42 > 0:36:458134 to Bombardier radio. Mayday, Mayday.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- 8134, go ahead.- Ship out of control, automatic pilot haywire.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Control's locked, ship in 20-degree bank, no immediate danger.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Tower to 8134, Roger.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Standby on tower frequency, we'll contact Major Davis.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Pilot to Bombardier, release all your bombs in salvo.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Adjust your trim tabs, see if that won't get us out of this bank.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- Sounds like they set off with the bombs.- Oh-oh.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22SIRENS
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Tower to 8134. Tower to 8134.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Buck, try everything. If you can't straighten her out, don't take any chances, bail out your crew.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36With a little time, I could bring her out of it.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39No use risking all those lives just for one training ship. Good luck, fella.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I'd like permission then, sir, to bail out the crew and bring her in myself.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45No, let her crash in the desert. Now you've got your orders.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Pilot to Bombardier, have Ellis come up here.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Hey, what's going on?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I didn't know. I guess he can't get her out of this bank.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Gee, maybe we'll get a chance to jump.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- What is it, sir? - We may have to bail out. A lot of the man had ever jumped before.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11You're pretty handy with that jump sack,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- so take off first and show them how easy it is. - Very well, sir.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Any of you men ever make a parachute jump?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23No, sir. Why practise something that has to be perfect the first time?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Well, you'd better make this perfect, cos we're going for a walk. Put on your chutes.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Pilot to crew, pilot to crew, stand by to abandon ship.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- What's the matter? - He says abandon ship.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Come on, the chutes are down here - let's get 'em on.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41Hey, Tom!
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Pilot to crew, when I give you two bells, jump and make it fast.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Carter, you and Tom go out the Bombardier hatch.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Be sure you push yourselves free, so you won't foul.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- Count ten before you pull your ripcord.- Yes, sir.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01Good luck.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04ALARM
0:39:04 > 0:39:06That's the signal.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Watch the way I go out. Fall freely and when you can't hear the roar of the motors,
0:39:10 > 0:39:11pull your ripcord.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Here I go.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- That swing's snappy. - Well, I ain't tired.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Just one last thing if I don't get down -
0:39:24 > 0:39:26tell that little Mamie in the parachute department
0:39:26 > 0:39:30I've been dying to marry her. Dying, why do I talk like that?!
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Er...you go first, Jim.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59No, you go. Come on, get your arm in here.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Wait, Jim, don't.- Let me help you. - No, no, let me alone, don't!
0:40:02 > 0:40:03I'm not going to jump.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- What's the matter? - I don't know but I can't. It's something in my head.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- I'd rather go down with the ship. - You'll be killed!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12I don't care but I'm not going to jump.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14I'll tell Buck. Buck, I'm not...!
0:40:20 > 0:40:22All out down there?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26No, sir. It's me, Carter, I'm just going.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27What about Tom Hughes?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30He's out, sir.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Good luck.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48All clear down there?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Carter!
0:41:17 > 0:41:21What does he think he's doing? I told him to bail out, not take any risks.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Tower to 8134,
0:41:25 > 0:41:26tower to 8134.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29'Major Davis to Buck Oliver.'
0:41:29 > 0:41:34- Major Davis to Buck Oliver! - 'No, sir, Carter, sir. Captain Oliver's left the ship.'
0:41:34 > 0:41:35He thought everybody was out.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Only six men bailed out, who didn't jump?!
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Cadet Hughes, sir. He stayed to try to make me bail out but I wouldn't listen to him.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Listen, Carter,
0:41:44 > 0:41:47you listen to me - you're not in college, this is the Army.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I'm ordering you and Hughes to bail out right now.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51I'm sorry, sir, I'd rather ride her down.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54How do you like that? He'd like to ride her down.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Kill your motors and try it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02ENGINES SLOWS
0:42:03 > 0:42:05ENGINES STOPS
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Jim? Jim!
0:42:23 > 0:42:25It won't work, it's still frozen.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27'Try killing them again.'
0:42:27 > 0:42:30This time, turn off the main switch.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32You know, behind the cabin bulkhead.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34He says turn off the main switch.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44It's off.
0:43:10 > 0:43:11That's it!
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Turn it back on!
0:43:16 > 0:43:17It's on.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22ENGINES RESTART
0:43:25 > 0:43:27That did it, didn't it, Carter?
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Yes, sir, the control's free now.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45See that this chute gets to training squad at Number One, will you?
0:43:45 > 0:43:46Hey!
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Give me a lift!
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- 'Carter.' - Yes, sir, I'm listening.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59Don't lower the landing gear, you're not good enough for a wheel landing. Come in on your belly.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Yes, sir.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Hold it in the glide.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Keep your air speed between 85 and 90 per hour.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14Yes, sir.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Set her down at the end of the runway.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Use every yard of space you've got to slide on, you'll need it.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53That's too steep, Carter.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00- Tap on the fins, straighten her out, you'll be in the right position. - Yes, sir. Anything else?
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Yeah, cut your switches.
0:45:03 > 0:45:04And pray.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- He will make it, won't see, Chick? - Sure he will.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13SIREN BLARES
0:45:48 > 0:45:51One of these monkeys is a darn good pilot.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54He'll get a washout for this disobedience of orders.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55- Tom, are you all right?- I'm OK.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57What's the matter with you men, are you crazy?
0:45:57 > 0:45:59No, sir, it's all my fault, sir.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02I refused to bail out and Carter had to bring her in.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06All right, Hughes, go with the flight surgeon and see me later.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12All right, Carter, come on out.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Coming, sir, as soon as I get the bomb sight.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16There's a lad that rates a washout, or a transfer.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Sure, that'd be right up your alley.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Transfer a good cadet to a pilot school.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Well, Mr Carter, I beg your pardon.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26- I'm sorry we didn't meet you with a band.- Certainly, sir.
0:46:27 > 0:46:28HE WHEEZES
0:46:28 > 0:46:31All right, Doc, here's another one for you.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- When he comes to, put him on the ramp, walking.- Yes, sir.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Mamie!
0:46:41 > 0:46:42Mamie!
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Oh, my poor angel.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Wait a minute, I'll be right down.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50See? What did I tell you?
0:47:03 > 0:47:04Jim!
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Jim, I'm over here.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- Be careful.- Oh, gee!
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Hey, don't go away, I'll be right back..
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Thanks for standing by Tom.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29I'm not so sure it was for Tom.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Be right back.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51If you walk your hours off, you'll still get your leave tonight,
0:47:51 > 0:47:53- could I see you then? - Could you see me?
0:47:53 > 0:47:55That's what I said.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Why, I've been wanting to make a date with you ever since I landed here.
0:47:58 > 0:48:03- Then why didn't you get in touch with me?- I did. Why, I... I...
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Go right ahead, son.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Don't be nervous, say what you want to say.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30After all, this is the time.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35I can be a Bombardier, sir, believe me.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38I've worked hard, but I'll work harder.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41I've had my heart set on getting up there.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43I know that, Jordan,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46there's nothing wrong with your heart.
0:48:46 > 0:48:50However, it's been the decision of this board that you be eliminated.
0:48:52 > 0:48:53Yes, sir.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Make a note to see if we can't find a place for that youngster
0:49:03 > 0:49:06in photographic or armament school. He's a good boy.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Cadet Thomas Hughes.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17All right, have a seat.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Cadet Hughes, this board is to consider you
0:49:24 > 0:49:27for elimination from Bombardier training.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Later on, you may make a statement in your own defence.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32However, at the conclusion of these proceedings
0:49:32 > 0:49:36- it will be impossible to reopen them. You understand that, of course?- Yes, sir.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Major Morris, please report Cadet Hughes' physical record.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45Cadet Hughes' record is satisfactory with one exception - he shows frequent addiction to air sickness.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48Major Driscoll, report Cadet Hughes' military record.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Perfectly satisfactory, sir.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54Captain Randall, report Cadet Hughes' bombing record.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56Bombing record - excellent, sir.
0:49:56 > 0:50:02On his mission, Cadet Hughes was given a command to leave his plane and parachute to safety.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05He disobeyed that command,
0:50:05 > 0:50:09endangering not only his own life but that of Cadet Carter, as well.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13Cadet Hughes has confessed that his refusal to jump was caused by fear.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Cadet Hughes, do you want to make a statement to the board?
0:50:18 > 0:50:19Yes, sir.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22I'd like to remind them again of my bombing record, sir,
0:50:22 > 0:50:25a composite circular of only 34 feet.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29I admit I was afraid, afraid to jump out of the plane...
0:50:29 > 0:50:35but scared as I was, I could still bomb the target, and that's the purpose of my training, sir.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39But don't you think you'd find that anti-aircraft or enemy fighter fire
0:50:39 > 0:50:44- would be even more nerve-wracking than the prospect of a parachute jump?- No, sir.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47I'd still hit that target.
0:50:49 > 0:50:50And someday,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53if the board will give me another chance,
0:50:53 > 0:50:55I'm sure I can overcome this other thing.
0:50:57 > 0:50:58Gentlemen, I believe that.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02I believe a good Bombardier is a good Bombardier.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04I believe Cadet Hughes was trying.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08If he were given a further chance, he'd justify it.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Somehow or other, Cadet Hughes has forced himself
0:51:11 > 0:51:16to overcome certain deficiencies to make an enviable bombing record.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I suspect he was trying to live up to an ideal.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22An ideal that was too big, perhaps,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25but as I said, gentlemen, he was trying.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29After all, Mr Hughes could have ridden through the glory with a secret,
0:51:29 > 0:51:31but he chose not to do that,
0:51:31 > 0:51:35because he has a certain quality of courage which is easily overlooked.
0:51:35 > 0:51:42Gentlemen, I know of no greater courage than for a man to call himself a coward.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50- Your time's up, Mr Carter, you're dismissed.- Thank you, sir.
0:51:50 > 0:51:51What about Tom Hughes, sir?
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Decision suspended, Major Davis got him another chance.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58Sorry, sir.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02HE SQUEALS
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Well, what do you think of that Washington letter?
0:52:07 > 0:52:09I don't know whether I like it or not.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15A new post would take me away from my school,
0:52:15 > 0:52:17go on observation duty.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I always did kind of want to get over there.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Of course, I would be Colonel Davis.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- Colonel Quitter Davis.- Hmm?
0:52:28 > 0:52:30Colonel Quitter Davis, that's what I'd call you.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Didn't you read this?
0:52:32 > 0:52:35The next class of Bombardiers that graduate get wings and commissions.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39- Isn't that something you've wanted, something you've fought for? - Yes, it is.
0:52:39 > 0:52:44And they'll establish Bombardier schools all over the country. Who's going to organise them?
0:52:44 > 0:52:46You'd better read it again.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Commissions.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55You go ahead and write it, write it like I should write it.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57I'd be delighted.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Tell them I don't want to be Colonel Davis on a foreign mission.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Tell them I'm grateful for all they've done for my cadets, tell...
0:53:04 > 0:53:08- That's all. - Major, you deserve a decoration.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13And you also need a shave.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- Hello.- Hello.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27"Hello, hello." Is that all you can say?
0:53:27 > 0:53:28Come on, let's get going.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Oh, hey, look! It's Buck.
0:53:33 > 0:53:34Buck who?
0:53:34 > 0:53:38You'll find out who when you get a kick in the tail assembly. Get down!
0:53:49 > 0:53:50He's still there.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59Come on, you mush head, let's get some Mexican food.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05- Hello, stranger, what are you looking for?- Never mind.
0:54:05 > 0:54:06Hey, where is she?
0:54:06 > 0:54:09- What's that, what did you say? - You heard me, where is she?
0:54:09 > 0:54:13- Who?- You know who, you've kept her here all hours. I've hardly seen her for days.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17- That ought to make her happy. - Have you been pulling rank to keep her away from me?
0:54:17 > 0:54:20I could take her away from you if I was a buck private.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Not if you were a regiment of buck privates.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Remember what General Forrest said in the Civil War?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Yeah, I know.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Get there first-est with the most-est.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32Ah, what a memory.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41You have been changed into a sleeping statue, Obmadali,
0:54:41 > 0:54:46so sleep a deep and pleasant sleep and float high into the heavens.
0:54:46 > 0:54:51Fly with me on the wings of the angels into a land where unhappiness is unknown.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Sleep on and float higher and higher,
0:54:54 > 0:54:58and now in the name of the unknown and all that is mysterious...
0:54:58 > 0:55:00Why don't you go up and get sawed in half?
0:55:00 > 0:55:02..Obmadali, to vanish!
0:55:02 > 0:55:04GASPS
0:55:05 > 0:55:06APPLAUSE
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Thank you. And now for my final presentation
0:55:09 > 0:55:11I would like to offer you the great Romosoli mystery
0:55:11 > 0:55:15and for this illusion I'll need two bright young men out of the audience.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17Come, come, you need not be afraid.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18Go on up.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Go on.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23You wouldn't...
0:55:23 > 0:55:25I went up on a stage for a hypnotist once.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29He went like that at me and I took off all my clothes.
0:55:29 > 0:55:30THEY LAUGH
0:55:32 > 0:55:34Hey, Buck!
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Ah, two of the bravest men in the house.
0:55:38 > 0:55:42Just a moment, gentlemen, I'd like to have you help me, if you don't mind.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46- Hello.- Hello.- Hello.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- Hello.- Hello.- Hello.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Stand over here, and, you, right over here,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55and, by the way, here's a bouquet for you.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Now, close your eyes and dream of something beautiful.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03That's right, just relax and rest in the arms of Morpheus.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08Now make a wish, and if it's within the power of the spirits of the great Obmadali,
0:56:08 > 0:56:10your wish will come true.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15And you. And now you close your eyes.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Oh, no hypnotism.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26Oh, no, no hypnotism just close your eyes.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30La Belle Circe.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- Oh, look.- I am looking.
0:56:49 > 0:56:50Bombs away.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52LAUGHTER
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Step over here. That's fine, right here.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Will you step in here, gentlemen? That's right.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00La Belle Circe, will you join the gentlemen in the enchanted cabinet?
0:57:00 > 0:57:03Now all join hands. Join hands, please.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06Don't be afraid of her, gentlemen, she will not harm you.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Now, hold her hands, and, whatever you do, don't let her go.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12You're in the land of enchantment.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17Abba-bada!
0:57:18 > 0:57:21LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:57:30 > 0:57:32TRUMPET FANFARE
0:57:32 > 0:57:36# Roll away with the Bombardiers
0:57:36 > 0:57:40# Rack up the eggs Line up the Golden Goose
0:57:40 > 0:57:43# Soar away with the Bombardiers
0:57:43 > 0:57:46# We're heading for the spot to turn them loose
0:57:46 > 0:57:50# High or low, in rain or snow Or 'neath the tropical sun
0:57:50 > 0:57:53# Off we go, look out below We've got a job to be done
0:57:53 > 0:57:57# With bombs, bombs, bombs dropped as souvenirs
0:57:57 > 0:58:00# From the US bombardiers
0:58:01 > 0:58:02# We're ready to make a fight
0:58:02 > 0:58:04# The gunner is at his sight
0:58:04 > 0:58:06# The bomber is fuelled and set to go
0:58:06 > 0:58:07# The weather is clear tonight
0:58:07 > 0:58:09# A typical bomber's moon
0:58:09 > 0:58:11# The motors are all in tune
0:58:11 > 0:58:12# The pilots are in the cockpit
0:58:12 > 0:58:14# So we've got to get going soon
0:58:14 > 0:58:16# We're going to make them yell
0:58:16 > 0:58:18# We're going to give them hell
0:58:18 > 0:58:21# So roll away with the Bombardiers
0:58:21 > 0:58:24# Roar up the eggs, line up the Golden Goose
0:58:25 > 0:58:27# Roar away with the Bombardiers
0:58:27 > 0:58:32# We're heading for the spot to turn them loose
0:58:32 > 0:58:35# High or low in rain or snow or 'neath the tropical sun
0:58:35 > 0:58:39# Off we go, look out below, we've got a job to be done
0:58:39 > 0:58:42# With bombs, bombs, bombs dropped as souvenirs
0:58:43 > 0:58:45# From the US Bombardiers! #
0:58:52 > 0:58:53Pilot to Bombardier.
0:58:53 > 0:58:57When are you going to give me your calibrated altitude?
0:58:57 > 0:58:58We're 12,000 now.
0:58:59 > 0:59:01We're at about 18,000, sir.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04Will you make the first approach a dry run, please?
0:59:04 > 0:59:06All right, mister, you'll probably need it.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50I'd like to drop some at 30,000 once.
0:59:50 > 0:59:54You'll get your chance. Wait till you get in a Flying Fortress.
1:00:56 > 1:00:58VOICE COMES THROUGH ON THE RADIO
1:00:58 > 1:01:00Major Davis to Captain Oliver.
1:01:00 > 1:01:04Listen, Buck, this is supposed to be a record bombing mission,
1:01:04 > 1:01:07not a demonstration of your flying ability.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15Instructor to pilot, instructor to pilot.
1:01:15 > 1:01:19Instructor to pilot! That's funny.
1:01:47 > 1:01:49What's that fool trying to do?
1:01:49 > 1:01:54Looks like somebody hanging out of the escape hatch!
1:01:54 > 1:01:56Help!
1:02:14 > 1:02:16Radio car to Army 102.
1:02:24 > 1:02:26Buck! Buck!
1:02:54 > 1:02:55Oh, Jim!
1:03:01 > 1:03:02Buck Oliver!
1:03:03 > 1:03:04'Report to operations.
1:03:04 > 1:03:06'Land as soon as possible.'
1:03:06 > 1:03:08You've just killed a man.
1:03:27 > 1:03:29Who were the cadets on that ship?
1:03:29 > 1:03:32Who were the cadets on that ship?!
1:03:32 > 1:03:34Cadets Carter and Hughes.
1:03:45 > 1:03:50Who was it, Sergeant? Was it Tom?
1:04:04 > 1:04:05Tom!
1:04:09 > 1:04:12- Sergeant, is Burt inside? - Yes, sir, crying.
1:04:16 > 1:04:19Buck, I wouldn't go in there now if I were you.
1:04:19 > 1:04:22But I got to see Burt, I want to explain what happened.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25It's going to be awful hard to make her understand now.
1:04:25 > 1:04:26Why don't you wait for a while?
1:04:26 > 1:04:28Chick, I want you to know that I didn't...
1:04:28 > 1:04:30Listen, Buck, I believe you.
1:04:30 > 1:04:32But there's going to have to be an investigation,
1:04:32 > 1:04:35and the Board is going to insist on knowing all the facts.
1:04:38 > 1:04:39Captain Oliver.
1:04:39 > 1:04:43Captain Oliver, the charges against you have been duly considered.
1:04:43 > 1:04:46This Board of Inquiry and Major Davis have investigated
1:04:46 > 1:04:51the evidence purporting to show that your oxygen equipment failed.
1:04:51 > 1:04:55- You have been found not guilty as charged.- Thank you, gentlemen.
1:04:55 > 1:04:57The Board is dismissed.
1:05:00 > 1:05:03Hey, Chick, I don't suppose it would mean much to say
1:05:03 > 1:05:06I appreciate all you've done for me in this mess.
1:05:06 > 1:05:08Forget it, nobody whitewashed you.
1:05:08 > 1:05:11The Board did what was right. There couldn't be any other verdict.
1:05:11 > 1:05:16Perhaps, but it doesn't make it any different.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21Every time I fly over that area, I think of that...
1:05:21 > 1:05:23That kid tumbling through space.
1:05:24 > 1:05:27- You didn't try to see Burt before she left?- No, I...
1:05:27 > 1:05:31What you said that day, Chick, was very true.
1:05:31 > 1:05:33I guess I was a little punch drunk,
1:05:33 > 1:05:35wanting to talk to her right after it happened,
1:05:35 > 1:05:38and finally, when my sights cleared, I couldn't talk, not to anybody.
1:05:38 > 1:05:39Except you, maybe.
1:05:39 > 1:05:41Funny, I always could talk to you.
1:05:41 > 1:05:44When do you expect her back?
1:05:44 > 1:05:47I don't know, she's going to be gone a couple of weeks, I guess.
1:05:47 > 1:05:48I'll be gone then.
1:05:48 > 1:05:51Your mind's made up?
1:05:51 > 1:05:54Yep, definitely. I want to be transferred away from here.
1:05:56 > 1:06:00OK, fella, I'll recommend it to Washington. I'm going to miss you.
1:06:00 > 1:06:04You're a great guy, Chick. Used to be a great pilot too.
1:06:04 > 1:06:06Always kind of hated to see material like Chick Davis
1:06:06 > 1:06:09wasted on an aerial kindergarten.
1:06:09 > 1:06:13Maybe someday you'll find it wasn't wasted. So long, Buck.
1:06:13 > 1:06:15Goodbye, Mr Chips.
1:06:20 > 1:06:23Oh, Buck, I just heard the good news. That's swell.
1:06:23 > 1:06:25- Thanks, Charlie. - Oh, I did what you asked me to do -
1:06:25 > 1:06:28I sent her the flowers and wrote that letter we talked about.
1:06:28 > 1:06:29Heard from her?
1:06:29 > 1:06:31No. Letters are funny things, Chaplain.
1:06:31 > 1:06:33If you wait for them, they don't seem to come.
1:06:33 > 1:06:35I guess if a letter really wants to find a guy,
1:06:35 > 1:06:37it'll catch up with him, somewhere.
1:06:45 > 1:06:47THEY SING
1:06:56 > 1:06:58And now, a moment of silent prayer.
1:07:14 > 1:07:15What?
1:07:16 > 1:07:18The Japs are attacking Pearl Harbor!
1:07:25 > 1:07:27Well, I guess you all heard.
1:07:28 > 1:07:31This is it.
1:07:31 > 1:07:33We've got a big job to do,
1:07:33 > 1:07:35we'll do it.
1:07:37 > 1:07:39Gentlemen, there's a date we'll always remember...
1:07:41 > 1:07:42..and they'll never forget.
1:08:05 > 1:08:06Bombs away.
1:08:10 > 1:08:14Come over in formation, drop the remainder of the bombs in train.
1:08:40 > 1:08:45Chick and Chaplain Craig explained to me exactly what happened in the plane that day
1:08:45 > 1:08:51and I'm sure you'll never quite realise how sorry I was to find you'd gone when I came back.
1:08:55 > 1:08:57Is that the letter you've been threatening to write to Buck?
1:08:57 > 1:09:00- Could be.- Did you tell him I was a full colonel?
1:09:00 > 1:09:02I'm telling him everything.
1:09:02 > 1:09:05Here it is. All trained combat crews are being dispatched
1:09:05 > 1:09:07to active duty with Colonel Davis.
1:09:07 > 1:09:09Yes, it's Colonel Davis now in command of the group.
1:09:11 > 1:09:12You'd better stop typing.
1:09:12 > 1:09:18- You may be leaving something out of there you really ought to tell Buck. - I think I'm covering everything.
1:09:18 > 1:09:22Burt, have you ever... Have I ever called you Burt before?
1:09:22 > 1:09:25- No, but I like it. - Yeah, I kind of like it too.
1:09:26 > 1:09:28Burt, have you ever thought of getting married?
1:09:28 > 1:09:30Oh, yes.
1:09:30 > 1:09:32- You have?- Well, certainly.
1:09:32 > 1:09:34So have I.
1:09:34 > 1:09:41You know in every fella's life... er...that is nine out of ten men, they've...
1:09:41 > 1:09:42there was always...
1:09:44 > 1:09:45Do I sound like I'm proposing?
1:09:45 > 1:09:47Vaguely.
1:09:47 > 1:09:49Yeah, I was afraid of that,
1:09:49 > 1:09:52but what I started to say was I...
1:09:53 > 1:09:56Those parachute flares arrived yet?
1:09:57 > 1:09:58Four weeks ago.
1:10:00 > 1:10:01Yeah.
1:10:02 > 1:10:06Four weeks ago - should have known that.
1:10:09 > 1:10:12What I was going to say, I might as well get it off my chest...
1:10:12 > 1:10:15Chick, I... I think you're a wonderful guy.
1:10:17 > 1:10:20You're so much like a man I knew when I was a little girl...
1:10:20 > 1:10:22I see what you mean.
1:10:24 > 1:10:27You mean your father.
1:10:27 > 1:10:29That's right.
1:10:29 > 1:10:30That's done it.
1:10:32 > 1:10:35I got to see a man about an aeroplane.
1:10:47 > 1:10:49Sarge, did you order a couple of extra 50s?
1:10:49 > 1:10:50Yeah, put them in my ship.
1:10:50 > 1:10:53I wonder if I've forgotten anything.
1:10:53 > 1:10:56- You forgot to salute, didn't you? - Yes, sir.
1:10:56 > 1:10:58I made it, sir.
1:10:58 > 1:11:02- After I was washed out, I got a transfer.- How did that happen?
1:11:02 > 1:11:06Oh, I don't know, sir, I guess brains and hard work,
1:11:06 > 1:11:10and what do you think, sir? I'm going WITH you, I'm your armament man.
1:11:10 > 1:11:14Oh, is that so? Well, that's amazing.
1:11:14 > 1:11:16- I'm glad to hear it, Sergeant. - Thank you, sir.
1:11:18 > 1:11:20Gee.
1:11:22 > 1:11:26What are you doing, Sarge, a little light housekeeping?
1:11:26 > 1:11:28Yeah, I think I get me some of them little bitty chintz curtains.
1:11:28 > 1:11:31- Why don't you get a canary? - Listen, bub, when I get in there,
1:11:31 > 1:11:33there ain't going to be no room for no canary.
1:11:33 > 1:11:38Chito, honey, where are you going? Please, darling, where can I write to you?
1:11:38 > 1:11:40It is a military secret especially for women.
1:11:40 > 1:11:42Well, baby, if you just give me a hint.
1:11:42 > 1:11:44Col Davis said we're going to Equis.
1:11:44 > 1:11:49- But where is Equis? - W X Y C, Equis marks the spot.
1:11:49 > 1:11:52Oh, X marks the spot.
1:11:52 > 1:11:53Chito, you can't take with you.
1:11:53 > 1:11:55That's what I keep trying to tell her.
1:11:55 > 1:11:57The base is back that way.
1:11:57 > 1:11:58I know, darling, I know.
1:11:58 > 1:12:02Sergeant, I want to personally to give this to Captain Oliver.
1:12:02 > 1:12:04- What is this?- I'll explain later.
1:12:04 > 1:12:06Captain Oliver, how do you know I'm going to see him?
1:12:06 > 1:12:09Oh, you know something I don't know, huh?
1:12:09 > 1:12:13Well, Colonel, you always wanted to go to combat,
1:12:13 > 1:12:16you must be the happiest man on earth.
1:12:16 > 1:12:20Yes, Burt, I've waited a long time for this.
1:12:20 > 1:12:23Chick, give those Japs hell.
1:12:32 > 1:12:34Sometimes I resent being so broadminded.
1:12:37 > 1:12:39Shoving off, Lieutenant.
1:12:41 > 1:12:44- ENGINE STARTS - Jim, we're shoving off!
1:12:45 > 1:12:46I don't like to say goodbye.
1:12:48 > 1:12:51So long, sir.
1:14:43 > 1:14:44CHICK!
1:14:46 > 1:14:48Major Oliver, sir, reporting for duty.
1:14:48 > 1:14:51Major, huh, they don't care who they promote nowadays, do they?
1:14:51 > 1:14:53That's what I was thinking, Colonel.
1:14:53 > 1:14:55Anyway, thanks for sending for me, Chick.
1:14:55 > 1:14:58- Don't thank me till you find out what your mission is.- When?
1:14:58 > 1:15:00Tonight, surprise attack.
1:15:00 > 1:15:01Good, you pitch 'em and I'll catch 'em.
1:15:01 > 1:15:03Come on, fella, I'll get your organised.
1:15:03 > 1:15:05Hey, Jordan!
1:15:05 > 1:15:07Couldn't be Pete Jordan, could it?
1:15:07 > 1:15:12Technical Sgt Pete Jordan, sir, I keep getting fancier stripes all the time. I can't figure out who...
1:15:12 > 1:15:16Have a talk with me sometime, Pete, something tells me it's the same bird who got me the oak leaves.
1:15:16 > 1:15:18- Quite a mind reader, aren't you? Sergeant?- Yes, sir.
1:15:18 > 1:15:23- Load Major Oliver's ship with incendiaries.- Yes, sir.- Hey, don't I get to play with these demos?
1:15:23 > 1:15:24No demolition bombs for you, Buck.
1:15:24 > 1:15:28No, I need you to fly that ship low, they like those Jap targets.
1:15:28 > 1:15:32- I remember when you didn't like fireworks.- Pay off for them over here.
1:15:32 > 1:15:37I figure you take off 35 minutes before the main squadron. You'll be on your own, of course.
1:15:37 > 1:15:43- Uh-huh.- These targets will be widely separated. By the time we get there I want to see plenty of flame.
1:15:43 > 1:15:46By the time you get there it'll look like the Chicago Fire.
1:16:21 > 1:16:24Hey, Sarge, when you get cooped up in that tail gun position,
1:16:24 > 1:16:27- what are you going to do about the juice?- Swally it.
1:16:41 > 1:16:43Go ahead, Buck, make tomorrow's headlines.
1:16:46 > 1:16:53All right, men, Major Oliver will light them, we'll bomb them.
1:16:53 > 1:16:56- Of course you've all played football?- Yes, sir.
1:16:56 > 1:16:57This is the kick-off.
1:17:32 > 1:17:35Flight Commander to crew, Flight Commander to crew.
1:17:35 > 1:17:40I'll circle the field once as you climb into formation and hit our heading west.
1:18:08 > 1:18:14- Navigator to pilot, navigator to pilot, we're approaching land. - That's Japan.- Yeah.
1:18:14 > 1:18:16'Attention, crew, approaching land.'
1:18:16 > 1:18:19- How do you all feel?- 'Connors, sir.'
1:18:19 > 1:18:24- I feel good but I've got funny bumps all over my arms. - Those are goose pimples.
1:18:26 > 1:18:28Could be.
1:18:32 > 1:18:35Navigator to pilot, navigator to pilot, directly over initial point,
1:18:35 > 1:18:38heading from here to target 30 degrees.
1:18:48 > 1:18:50'Navigator to Flight Commander.'
1:18:50 > 1:18:54Navigator to Flight Commander, from here on we fly a 280 degree heading.
1:18:54 > 1:18:58Roger. Flight Commander to group, Flight Commander to group.
1:18:58 > 1:19:02Stand by and keep your eyes peeled, from here on we can expect anything.
1:19:33 > 1:19:35'Pilot to bombardier,'
1:19:35 > 1:19:38lock right into your target and level off at 2,000 feet.
1:19:38 > 1:19:41- That'll give you 20 seconds to drop the incendiaries.- Yes, sir, I'm ready.
1:19:51 > 1:19:54AIR-RAID SIREN BLARES
1:20:32 > 1:20:33Hit number four motor.
1:20:36 > 1:20:37Other prop!
1:20:40 > 1:20:43Start number four extinguisher.
1:21:10 > 1:21:11Prepare to abandon ship.
1:21:11 > 1:21:14Ah! I didn't even get a shot.
1:21:14 > 1:21:17Radio operator,
1:21:17 > 1:21:19radio operator,
1:21:19 > 1:21:21code distance as it applies to Colonel Chick Davis.
1:21:21 > 1:21:25Listen, forced to bail out over Nagoya.
1:22:34 > 1:22:36Radio operator to Flight Commander.
1:22:36 > 1:22:3968 badly shot up over Nagoya, crew bailed out.
1:22:42 > 1:22:47- Anything else? - Yes, sir, it's rather difficult to decode, it says O stands for zero.
1:22:47 > 1:22:50- Do you understand it, sir? - Yeah, I understand.
1:22:53 > 1:22:57Flight Commander to all ships, Major Oliver shot down over Nagoya,
1:22:57 > 1:22:59there'll be no incendiaries to guide us.
1:22:59 > 1:23:02Change attack plans at final objective, area bombing.
1:23:02 > 1:23:06Drop them in train at intervals at 100 feet, I'll signal from my ship.
1:23:11 > 1:23:13O for zero.
1:23:35 > 1:23:36You stand.
1:23:39 > 1:23:40You stand!
1:23:49 > 1:23:51Major.
1:23:54 > 1:23:56Stupid!
1:23:56 > 1:23:58Bow head.
1:23:58 > 1:24:03- Bow head! - HE SPEAKS JAPANESE
1:24:16 > 1:24:18Hey, Major, that letter's for you.
1:24:24 > 1:24:27- Is it from Burt? - I forgot she told me...
1:24:37 > 1:24:39Major, where did you come from?
1:24:42 > 1:24:43Where did you come from?
1:24:45 > 1:24:49Maybe you would rather talk alone. Come along.
1:24:51 > 1:24:53< Hey!
1:24:55 > 1:24:58Buck... Buck.
1:24:58 > 1:25:00Eddie.
1:25:00 > 1:25:02Water...
1:25:11 > 1:25:13MAN IS SLAPPED
1:25:19 > 1:25:20Here they come.
1:25:23 > 1:25:25Japs ahead.
1:25:38 > 1:25:39On your toes!
1:26:25 > 1:26:27Nice shooting!
1:26:42 > 1:26:44You are very stubborn, Major.
1:26:49 > 1:26:52- Nobody talked. - ORDERS GIVEN IN JAPANESE
1:26:54 > 1:26:57Sergeant, you remain, please.
1:27:04 > 1:27:08GUNFIRE, MAN SCREAMS
1:27:08 > 1:27:15Japanese do not scream. Perhaps now you talk.
1:27:17 > 1:27:19Yes.
1:27:19 > 1:27:20HE SPEAKS JAPANESE
1:27:27 > 1:27:30Navigator to Flight Commander, target 12 minutes away.
1:27:40 > 1:27:41And here's Dutch Harbor,
1:27:41 > 1:27:43and this is Midway Island.
1:27:43 > 1:27:44You've heard of that.
1:27:44 > 1:27:48And here's... Here's the Land of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
1:27:48 > 1:27:49Is that clear?
1:27:49 > 1:27:54It is very clear, you have talked but have said nothing.
1:27:56 > 1:28:01Stupid Americans, all your planes have been destroyed.
1:28:01 > 1:28:07Your mission is a failure, there is no longer a reason to keep your base a secret.
1:28:07 > 1:28:09PLANES OVERHEAD
1:28:26 > 1:28:28AIR RAID SIREN BLARES
1:28:28 > 1:28:30GIVES ORDERS IN JAPANESE
1:28:33 > 1:28:36Now I give you ten seconds to talk.
1:28:41 > 1:28:43Talk!
1:29:06 > 1:29:08Shoot, shoot!
1:29:31 > 1:29:34- I see a little fire to the green side.- That's Nagoya.
1:29:42 > 1:29:44This is it. Welcome to Nagoya.
1:29:44 > 1:29:47Navigator number two to Flight Commander, fire on green side.
1:29:47 > 1:29:49Looks like Nagoya assembly plant.
1:29:53 > 1:29:55Oh, nice going, Buck.
1:29:57 > 1:30:03Flight Commander to all planes, Flight Commander to all planes, resume your original attack plans.
1:30:05 > 1:30:08Your target is on the green side, in flames.
1:30:24 > 1:30:27THEY SCREAM
1:30:52 > 1:30:57Come on, Chick. Bring on your bombardiers!
1:30:57 > 1:30:58There's your target.
1:30:58 > 1:31:02If you don't blow that to something, you'll have to answer to Buck and his crew.
1:31:10 > 1:31:14Come on, Rafferty, Harris, Carter - give 'em the works!
1:31:17 > 1:31:21Come on, Carter boy. Drop those blockbusters in there.
1:31:21 > 1:31:23But if Buck's down there, sir...
1:31:24 > 1:31:26Drop them, I tell you,
1:31:26 > 1:31:29or you don't belong in the same army with him.
1:31:32 > 1:31:35God make me a good bombardier.
1:31:35 > 1:31:40- Put one in the smokestack. - Which one?- Centre one.- That's easy.
1:31:40 > 1:31:41COME ON, RAFFERTY!
1:31:42 > 1:31:44COME ON, HARRIS!
1:31:45 > 1:31:46COME ON, CONNORS!
1:31:46 > 1:31:48COME ON, ALL OF YOU BOMBARDIERS!
1:31:48 > 1:31:51- Bombs away.- Bombs away.- Bombs away.
1:32:24 > 1:32:26So sorry.
1:33:16 > 1:33:18Goodbye, Mr Chips.
1:33:28 > 1:33:33To put out fire with fire - that is the crusade of the bombardiers,
1:33:33 > 1:33:36who are already building a great American tradition.
1:33:36 > 1:33:41And there are others on the way, a hundred thousand strong.
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