0:00:59 > 0:01:03Somewhere in the vast distances of the Pacific,
0:01:03 > 0:01:10an American battle squadron speeds toward a cluster of little pinpoints of land.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16As the prows cut into the waters of the islands of the Japanese mandate,
0:01:16 > 0:01:24serious men are getting ready to maintain a flow of messages from the people of America to Tojo.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29The eyes of the fleet rise into the air to cast a glance ahead.
0:01:40 > 0:01:48Waiting to soar after them are the dive bombers - their bellies loaded with the US's answer to December 7th.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54But in all their minds - the men who load the planes and the men who fly them -
0:01:54 > 0:01:58one question burns - what will the planes find?
0:01:58 > 0:02:03These islands were the Japs' most carefully guarded secret -
0:02:03 > 0:02:07the surrounding waters barred to foreigners.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12When under orders, you don't ask questions, but fly toward targets,
0:02:12 > 0:02:17and you wonder how your operating information was obtained.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21You hope the radio will give some answers.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26'Base from Red Leader. All objectives as indicated.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50'Base from Red Leader, I'm going down. I'm going down.'
0:02:50 > 0:02:54The order comes - launch the attack group.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03The boys are coming, and the Japs are finding out that we also have secrets.
0:03:03 > 0:03:10Unknown objectives on the Pacific, and the success of this attack in 1943,
0:03:10 > 0:03:15somewhere in the far Pacific, depends on the wisdom and might of our Navy,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19and on a pretty girl, for without her brave effort,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23this offensive would never have been possible.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29Her name is a byword now - a strange pattern of events made it so.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33It began in 1932 when she made her first solo flight.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53- You hurt?- No!- Sure?- Only my feelings!- How did you hit him?
0:03:53 > 0:04:00Me?! That dope doesn't know his left from his right! My first solo and it has to wind up this way!
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- You were fine - you kept your head! I'm proud of you!- Miss Carter?
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Yes?- I'm afraid I'll have to ground you for 60 days. Sorry.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- But HE ran into ME!- He did!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Did you see?- Did you?- No... - Then why blame her?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Well, she collided with Randy Britton!
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Hold it - did somebody mention me?
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Hiya, Paul - one of your dodos, huh? What's the beef?
0:04:26 > 0:04:30He's handing out 60 days - didn't see it. First solo, too.
0:04:30 > 0:04:37The same thing happened to me on my first solo - the best thing is to go right up again. 60 days?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- You didn't see?- No... - It wasn't the dodo's fault -
0:04:41 > 0:04:49- I came in against the traffic. - On a left turn?!- I was in a hurry and I forgot which field was which!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52My mechanic will fix up your plane.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Sorry I gave you a scare!- Thanks! - A girl?!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- You teach women?!- Only good ones.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- She's good?- At least I know my left hand from my right!
0:05:04 > 0:05:12- Women should stick to what they know.- What?!- If I'd known you were a girl, I'd have let him ground you!
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- You're kidding?!- I bet you call every man you know by his last name!
0:05:17 > 0:05:21There are other names that would fit you better(!)
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- Take it easy! - I should ground you both!
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Why don't you ground him?!- You don't want to make trouble for Randy.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I didn't until I met him!
0:05:32 > 0:05:39Randy's right about most women. They want to make a couple of flights for publicity.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- They treat it like a racket. - I hate that, too.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- How could Randy know that?! - He could wait to find out!
0:05:48 > 0:05:52He never waits for anything - that's why he's a great flyer.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Is he really that good? - Better - a flyer's flyer!
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I was in love with him until today! Just reading about him!
0:06:00 > 0:06:07Leave it at reading! And tomorrow, when you solo, come in on a left turn!
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- I did!- YOU were the one who came in against the traffic!
0:06:11 > 0:06:18- He must think I'm horrible! Why didn't you say?- He has enough women dizzy about him!
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Where can I find him to explain?
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Don't worry, I'm sure he isn't... Flyers aren't good for women.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Every flyer's married to his plane!
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Not THAT bad, but they never know what's going in inside other people.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38They live 10,000 feet up in a world of their own!
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Any girl's safer to leave 'em there!
0:06:41 > 0:06:46Dad always used to say, "When you're safe, you're dead!"
0:06:48 > 0:06:50It's legal now - haven't you heard?!
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Our old speakeasy customers like to feel at home!
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Just a minute, madame, PLEASE!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Under a high-tension wire... >
0:07:11 > 0:07:17He was forced to fly sideways between two trees with a very mild tailwind.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Boy! That's flying! > (HEY!) >
0:07:20 > 0:07:23In a minute... Snag me a scotch!
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Don't talk about business...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26(Hey!)
0:07:30 > 0:07:33The front room - no ladies here.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Is this where the flyers hang out? - Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Well, I'm a flyer.- I bet -
0:07:39 > 0:07:42a high-flyer! I'm sorry, Miss.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- May I have a table, please?! - It's like a club - just for men.
0:07:47 > 0:07:54- Johnny always lets me eat back here. - Who?- Johnny - don't you know who you're working for?!
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Madam,- I- am Johnny!
0:07:57 > 0:08:03Oh, how nice! I thought I'd have to send for YOU! I'll take the one in the corner.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09Please! Why are you making trouble? What's wrong with the front room?!
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- It's cooler out there, the drinks are bigger!- I'm comfortable here, thanks!
0:08:14 > 0:08:19The boys like to feel free out here - maybe swear a little.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Oh, if they're going to swear... But I can put my fingers in my ears!
0:08:24 > 0:08:29If you wasn't a girl, I'd chuck you out. Maybe I should.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Take that up with Randy Britton.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- You a friend of Randy Britton?- Yes...
0:08:35 > 0:08:41- Did he say meet him here?! - Well, I...- Why didn't you say so?!
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- If Randy says OK - OK! - You're fond of him, aren't you?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Did you ever see him fly? He's, er, he's...
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- That guy can fly! - You're a flyer, too, then?
0:08:54 > 0:09:00Me? I never get off the ground - I get sick. My feet stuck in asphalt!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Thank you.- Hi, boys! - < Hi, Randy!
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- When do you take off? - I don't know yet.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- Randy, your lady friend is waiting. - MY lady friend?!
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Hello...- Hello!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Well, if it isn't, er...- The Dodo!
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Oh, sure! You'd better be careful - you look almost like a girl!
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- Funny how we keep running into each other!- Yeah!
0:09:36 > 0:09:41- Did you tell Johnny you were expecting me?- Well, here you are!
0:09:41 > 0:09:46I had to apologise, somehow. I mean, the accident being all my fault.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- Who told you that?- Paul, and YOU knew! You should have said!
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- If I had, he'd have lost a student. - Oh, you did it for him?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Sure... How about a Martini?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Thank you, I'd like one!- Johnny!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Due Martini direttamente!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Tell me, why do you object so to women flyers?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Let's not go into it. - I want to know.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Flying isn't a sport any more - it's a business for professionals.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- Do the Allies take women pilots?- No. - Or the Navy?- No...
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Why do women go into it? To get in the papers.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Are you afraid women might make it look easy?!
0:10:30 > 0:10:35- Women shouldn't try to be men. - I don't! I try to be a good flyer.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Why dress like a grease monkey with your looks?!- Is that a compliment?!
0:10:40 > 0:10:44I mean, you look like a special job to me. Why spoil it?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Martini extra special!- Thanks!
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Thank you.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Contact?- Contact.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Scaloppine?- It's the only thing fit to eat in this place!
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- Scaloppine?- Is this an invitation to dinner?!- If you can stand it, I can!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- May I have some clams first?- Sure!
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- Do you like clams?!- Yes.- With sauce Delaware?- I never heard of that.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16You haven't begun to live!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- I got ketchup!- Order a cab!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Can't a girl have some clams?!
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- That's what you're going to get! - Where?!- Not far.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- It's comfortable here.- Drink up!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Contact?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- Oh, what's your name? - Carter, Tonie Carter.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- I want to make a phone call. - < Good night. - Good night.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- I'm waiting for someone.- Where to?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- He'll tell you. ..What's funny?! - That way, it's always the park!
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- I thought I'd lost you! ..You got it?- Got it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Where are we going?- Not far.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Relax! I'm not going to kiss you!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I didn't think you were!
0:12:26 > 0:12:33Why not?! You're very pretty! In fact, you're beautiful - I'd LIKE to kiss you!
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- I won't if you don't want me to. - You're a mind-reader, too(!)- Yeah!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41But I'm better at palms. OK, let's see.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Uh-huh. I see a strange man - tall, dark...
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Never mind his looks - is he steady?
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Steady? No... Not the guy I'm thinking of!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06New York airport - are you crazy?!
0:13:06 > 0:13:10That crate's ready to go! I borrowed it from a friend.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15- But it's so LATE! - We'll be in Philadelphia in no time!
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- She's all set, Randy.- Thanks, Pat!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Am I being kidnapped?!- Maybe!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- I'm not worth the trouble!- No?!
0:13:23 > 0:13:28- There's no-one to pay my ransom! - Then I can bring you home late!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Well, how about it?- It's beautiful!
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- No, I mean the sauce Delaware! - Oh, marvellous!
0:13:44 > 0:13:50- Are you crying? What's wrong?!- Just my reaction to beauty and alcohol!
0:13:50 > 0:13:56Imagine spending a week here! ..Hadn't we better start back home?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- I can stay till that wing is fixed. - How long?- A week.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Never mind... But you can't blame a guy for trying!
0:14:07 > 0:14:11It's a new experience running around with an old-fashioned girl!
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Oh, I'm not THAT! It's only...
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Well, I'm not organised to play at this!
0:14:17 > 0:14:22For me, it's got to be real - all wool or nothing!
0:14:22 > 0:14:27- How do you know it isn't all wool? - You don't know me - I'd bore you!
0:14:27 > 0:14:33- We'll never know each other till we've seen the world together. - In one gulp?!
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Well, I never know where I'm going to be next month,
0:14:37 > 0:14:42and, then, all of a sudden, there isn't any more time left.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Meaning you might be killed?
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Is that an appeal to my girly sympathies?!
0:14:51 > 0:14:56I must have said that wrong! It's supposed to work - all of it!
0:14:56 > 0:14:58It's true about the flying you do!
0:14:58 > 0:15:04Suppose we stay on YOUR terms - just go places and have fun together.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10Of course, maybe you don't like me. Maybe this is one-way. How about it?
0:15:10 > 0:15:15I'm going to solo in the morning - Paul will be waiting at the field.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18That's right - I forgot. The lady pilot.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- Waiter! - You called, sir? >
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Get me the check. - Yes, sir. >
0:15:24 > 0:15:30You're mad. I would be, too. The coffee here isn't very good, anyway.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Sorry.
0:15:32 > 0:15:39- After the best clams in the world, we ought to have the best coffee. Don't you think?- Huh?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- Well, where do you get it? - Virginia Beach.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Well, hadn't we better get started? - Yeah!
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- A beach bower at night blacks out the rest of the world.- Mmm.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10- Sleepy?- Uh-uh. Just satisfied to have the rest of the world be you.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16You know, they say a good flyer is married to his plane!
0:16:16 > 0:16:20In that case, my plane has grounds for divorce!
0:16:20 > 0:16:25And that flyers never know what's going on inside of other people.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Who says?- They.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35You're a flyer - you mean to say you don't know what is in my mind?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- No.- Shall I tell you? ..You!
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Say that again!- Uh-uh, it loses force with repetition!
0:16:48 > 0:16:51What would you say if I gave up flying?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Why would you?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Oh, to become a lady.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00That's a good idea!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- Why?- I wouldn't worry about you.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Oh, I see(!) Of course, it doesn't matter how much- I- worry.
0:17:07 > 0:17:14- But I won't. I'll always know you're coming back.- What'll you do if you give up flying?
0:17:14 > 0:17:20Now, what does a lady USUALLY do? It might be fun to fix up a house.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- Interior decorating? - Mmm - something like that!
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Then if I get bored, well, it might be fun to, er, train young flyers.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- Sort of a school, huh? - Mmm - something like that!
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- That's a good idea.- Oh, darling!
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Hey, the tide is coming in! What! What!
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- I hate to leave! - We'll come back tomorrow night!
0:17:46 > 0:17:50There... So we'll be sure and find it!
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- There, now we can't miss it! ..Come on!- Where?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Here!
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- How big IS your friend?!- He's a bit bigger than you - not as pretty!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Good morning! - Morning!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Good morning! Beautiful day!
0:18:15 > 0:18:19I guess any day would look beautiful to you and him!
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I get it(!)
0:18:32 > 0:18:35There! Oh!
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- Here's a present!- A present?- I got the jeweller out of bed to get it!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- It's beautiful!- Look at THIS side!
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- New York, Delaware, Virginia! All the places we've been!- Yeah!
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Thank you, darling!- Thank YOU!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Next year, there'll be a stone there...
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- Mexico!- You like bullfights?- No, I like swimming!- Honolulu?- Mmm.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- OK - one there, one there... - Randy! >
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Hello, Mike!
0:19:07 > 0:19:11This came for you.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- How did you know I was here? - Are you kidding(?)- Thanks!
0:19:18 > 0:19:22The wing's fixed - they want me to go to California.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- When?- Right now.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Today?! - I've to be in New York by 11.00.
0:19:28 > 0:19:35- You'll be coming back, won't you? If it's only a few days, I could wait here.- I can't tell.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40If the ship performs well, I have to fly to South America. Survey job.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Oh, well, you couldn't pass that up, could you?!
0:19:44 > 0:19:49No! I thought it would take a week to patch that wing. I hoped so.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Well, if you've got to go, you've got to go!
0:19:53 > 0:20:00You're a great guy - all the woman there is! I never met a girl willing to shove off any time.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- You drift so well. - Yeah... Yeah, I'm streamline -
0:20:04 > 0:20:08easy on the takeoff, and no trouble to set down(!)
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- Meaning what?- Meaning you've got to come out of the clouds sometime.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- Yeah, I guess we'd better shove off! - You go along...
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- I'll take the train, if you don't mind.- What's the idea of that?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Well...- Hey, not again!
0:20:26 > 0:20:33Always when people go away! Last month, my laundryman went back to China - I cried over him!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Well, so long, Tonie.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Goodbye, Randy.- What?!
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- I mean...so long.- That's better!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50So long.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59HUM OF ENGINE
0:21:47 > 0:21:51SHE SOBS
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Is it snowing?- Yeah.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Here's a couple of bills and a cable for Tonie Carter.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11- From Rio de Janeiro. - Who would she know down there?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It's a big place.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24- That's right, Bill. Keep her at it. - She keeps ME at it!
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Hiya, Paul.- Cablegram.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28For me?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- Trouble?- Nothing I can't handle...
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I hope.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Come on, Bill. Let's finish her up.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- All set!- Happy landing!
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- How's she doing? - She's like a homing pigeon.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Not bad.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Not bad?! She flies better blind than most pilots do by visual reference.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- She could pass the test tomorrow. - Wait until she's had her 45 hours.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49Try and stop her! She said that she wants to be as good as Randy Britton!
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Oh, well. One day she will.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- Nice-looking job you got there! - Ain't she a honey?!
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- Haven't I seen you somewheres?! - Not for two years.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Who owns it?- Paul Turner - he's entering her in the Bendix race.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17- Good for him. Where can I find him? - In the office.- Thanks.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- So you finally got a ship?- Britton.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- Hi.- You were away. - Just got back.- For good?
0:24:29 > 0:24:35I'm meeting a gent at the National Air Races. I have an idea for a new airline.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- So you're entered in the Bendix? - I'm going to win it, too!
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Ain't that a trick propeller? - A controllable pit propeller, yes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- That's why I'll win. - I hope you do - it's a smart idea.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- Who's going to race it?- Don't know.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- Would you be willing? - Yes! Who's backing it?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Nobody - I built it myself.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01You hold the record - want to break it?
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I promised my backers I'd only try for them.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Too bad - I need the prize money for production. I'd win it with YOU.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15I wish I could do it for you. Do you remember that girl Tonie Carter?
0:25:15 > 0:25:20- Certainly, yeah.- Where is she? I've been trying to find her.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Didn't you two quarrel or something?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27No! Maybe she got sore when I didn't write. A guy gets busy!
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Next time I see her, I'll tell her you're in town, huh?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35I leave tomorrow to take my naval reserve physical.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40- Did she give up flying? - That was your advice.- She took it?!
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- You have more influence than you think.- So long, Paul!
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Good luck in the race!- Oh, thanks.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18- How are you going?- Just finishing up with the last coat. Want to help?!
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- I have some news for you. - You've found someone to race her?!
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- No.- Paul, what is it?! Don't be mean!
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Randy Britton is back.- Oh.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34I didn't say you were here in case you wanted to know first.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39- It doesn't matter.- He's leaving tomorrow if you want to see him.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46- I don't care about seeing him.- I wish you could say that and mean it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Would you like to race this ship?
0:26:51 > 0:26:55- Paul, you wouldn't?! - I want to play my hunch!
0:26:55 > 0:27:01But it means such a lot to you! You ought to get a really GOOD pilot.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06If a top pilot won, he'd get the credit. If you win - a girl...
0:27:06 > 0:27:09See, I'm being quite selfish.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14- I know how it would be... Don't tempt me - I might say yes!- You have
0:27:23 > 0:27:26We're ready for the next takeoff!
0:27:26 > 0:27:30The pilot is Jack Gates - holder of many speed records.
0:27:30 > 0:27:37A great flyer, although this is his first appearance as a contestant in this race.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Here he comes up to the sliding line!
0:27:40 > 0:27:43He's flying 16 - his famous Hornet.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Are you ready?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04She's getting away from him!
0:28:04 > 0:28:08SHOUTING
0:28:12 > 0:28:17Steady! Steady! The next plane will take off immediately!
0:28:17 > 0:28:19SIREN
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- Why don't they hurry?!- Why watch?!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25He was so nice - even to me -
0:28:25 > 0:28:29and so sure he'd win... SO sure.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32He had 150 gallons. You're carrying 180.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Scared?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Petrified.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43- Not enough to take off light - refuel in Wichita?- Not enough for that, no.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46You might even make better time.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51Paul agreed - you heard him. He said I should go straight through.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Sitting in LA - he don't have to watch you take off!
0:28:57 > 0:29:03Number five - ready to take off? She's not to leave for 30 minutes.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08- We'd like to take the crowd's mind off the accident.- OK.- Thank you.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13I don't see any name to your ship.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- What do you call her?- Just her! What's a good name, Bill?
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Lipstick! Now, how's that for a name?!
0:29:26 > 0:29:28OK, Lipstick it is!
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Did you see it? What happened?
0:29:36 > 0:29:42- Headwinds?- Yeah, up to 18,000 feet. At 20,000, I could catch a nice tailwind.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47- You'll catch more than that without oxygen(!)- I'd just come down again.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52If you had the sense to(!) It's like getting a jag - nothing matters!
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Why take a chance?! You're not out to break the record!
0:29:57 > 0:30:00You couldn't if you tried! Nobody could!
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- It's Britton's record. - That settles that(!)
0:30:04 > 0:30:07'Number five to the starting line.'
0:30:08 > 0:30:14Here we go! Thanks for everything! You've both been wonderful!
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Miss Carter, we're waiting for you.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Bye, boys! - So long!- So long, Bill!
0:30:23 > 0:30:27All the breaks, Tonie! See you around!
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Coming? Let's watch it take off! Are you morbid(?)
0:30:42 > 0:30:49Coming up to the starting line is our only lady contestant - Miss Tonie Carter!
0:30:49 > 0:30:52She's flying "Lipstick".
0:30:55 > 0:30:58You've seen her pictures? Sure!
0:30:58 > 0:31:01She used to hang out at MY place!
0:31:01 > 0:31:05The first time I see her, I said, "That babe is 100 proof!"
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Yes, sir! 100 proof!
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Are you ready?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42KNDX, Wichita, Kansas.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47Phillip's favourite to win the Bendix race took off at 6.12am.
0:31:47 > 0:31:55The contestants are fighting bad conditions - the latest reports indicate headwinds up to 19,000 feet.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25'Ladies and gentleman, while you are awaiting the arrival of the racers,
0:32:25 > 0:32:29'you'll be entertained by aerial acrobatics!
0:32:29 > 0:32:34'The Three Musketeers are now taking off together...'
0:32:34 > 0:32:38SPEAKER DROWNED OUT BY HUM OF ENGINE
0:32:44 > 0:32:47How's your ship doing?
0:32:47 > 0:32:52- Winning.- No kidding?! What was your last report?- There hasn't been any.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Winning, eh? Hey, who's your pilot?
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Tonie Carter.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39The Hotel Riviera.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Amarillo, Los Angeles calling. Amarillo, Texas.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47PHONE RINGS
0:34:47 > 0:34:52Amarillo Airport? This is Los Angeles National Air Races.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Have you had any report on Tonie Carter?
0:34:55 > 0:35:01No, not a word since she took off in New York... Thanks, anyway.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10- How about Salt Lake? - No, she obviously cracked up - may be hurt.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15It's my fault - putting up to a girl just because I taught her to fly!
0:35:15 > 0:35:19- She may be OK! KNOCK AT DOOR - Come in!
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Anybody still speaking to me?- Tonie! - Paul!- You're OK!
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- Hello! - I knew you'd show up! How's the ship?
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- Are you OK?- Yes. Wait till you hear...- Never mind.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- Sit down! - We're glad to see you!- Take that!
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Cancel it!
0:35:41 > 0:35:46You'll never forgive me - any of you - and I don't blame you!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50I got lost! ..Please don't!
0:35:50 > 0:35:55I ruined everything - your prize money, the chance of a factory...
0:35:55 > 0:36:00- How's the ship?- It's perfect! Marvellous! It was ME, just ME!
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- You're here NOW! - But everybody beat me!
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- So what?! - No-one wins first time!
0:36:07 > 0:36:14I COULD have! I wanted to beat the record, so I went up 20,000 feet to get a tailwind!
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- 20,000? - Yeah, I'm a smart girl(!)
0:36:17 > 0:36:23Charlie and Bill both warned me! I swore I'd come down when I felt bad!
0:36:23 > 0:36:27But I didn't! The funny part was that I felt fine!
0:36:27 > 0:36:31So relaxed! Just as if I were floating!
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- Mind if I cut in?- No.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Hello!- Hello.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- I've been away, you know. - Yes, yes, I know.
0:37:16 > 0:37:21- I've been away for two years. - Two years - that's a long time!
0:37:22 > 0:37:29I guess you've forgotten how I felt about you two years ago... It's worse now.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37- I hear you're going to Singapore. - I don't have to leave for a couple of days.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- What's wrong?- I'm tired.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Thank you.- May I join you?
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Yes, of course! Sit down!
0:37:58 > 0:38:03I hope you have sense enough not to let Tonie try the Bendix again.
0:38:03 > 0:38:09- She's a good flyer. - That's not enough. You've got to have luck working for you.
0:38:10 > 0:38:18- What happened?- I followed a railroad - I was on the wrong track! - It can happen to anybody.- Yes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Once, maybe, but it shouldn't happen a second time.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I don't think it will.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32Well...!
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Ever think of adding stones to this?
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I like it the way it is.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47If you two don't mind, I'll go to bed. I'm terribly tired.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- So nice seeing you again, Randy. Good night. Good night, Paul.- Tonie.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59You want a drink?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- I said, er...- No, I'm on the wagon.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Thanks.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Room 704, please.- 704?- Yeah.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Hello?- Hello, Tonie? Were you asleep?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- Yes.- You were? Didn't you know I'd call?
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Have you ever tasted the crab in San Francisco?
0:39:29 > 0:39:34You haven't?! Look, we can still make it tonight.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- I'm not in the mood. - You're not in the mood?!
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Don't let the race get you down!
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Don't worry about Paul's prize money!
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- There are more important things in life than flying a plane.- I know.
0:39:50 > 0:39:56- You're not sore at me, are you?! - Why should I be? - I don't know why you SHOULD be.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01Look, I'm down at the bar, Meet me here in a half-hour.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- 704, please.- Sorry - Miss Carter checked out 20 minutes ago.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42- Did she say where she was going? - No, she didn't say where.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Thanks.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58Why can't she use HER mechanics?! Probably they're stewed!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Where is she going? 180 gallons!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05It's not enough to take her where I'd like her to go!
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- All set!- Thanks! Is that all there is to it?
0:41:12 > 0:41:1612 hours to New York is a record hard to beat.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- But it'll be official? - If the barograph seal is intact.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25When you get to New York, whatever the machine records is official.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28That's the way I like things - official.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Let's go, boys!
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- Clear? - < Yep!
0:41:38 > 0:41:43- Aren't you going to wait for Paul? - Huh? What's that?!
0:41:43 > 0:41:48- Isn't he coming to see the takeoff?! - Thanks for everything! Goodbye!
0:41:53 > 0:41:58PHONE RINGS
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Hello...?
0:42:07 > 0:42:09What...?!
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I wouldn't have let her go!
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Call her back!
0:42:16 > 0:42:19No use - she'd only cut off her radio!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Copy boy!
0:43:14 > 0:43:19- Britton!- What do you want?!- I should splatter your map all over the wall!
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- What's wrong?!- I think I can guess.
0:43:22 > 0:43:28- You think I knew!- You and that trick propeller - it's all you care about!
0:43:28 > 0:43:35- You're a smart promoter. - You're some flyer, but you couldn't think your way to that spittoon!
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- I'm aware of the odds against her! - You're right, you are!
0:43:39 > 0:43:47She's only had two hours' sleep! No-one will blame your propeller - it'll make the papers, either way!
0:43:47 > 0:43:53- You're not the only person who cares about Tonie!- It's how it pays off!
0:43:53 > 0:43:59If she cracks up, I don't care whether it was your idea or not!
0:43:59 > 0:44:04- If she gets hurt...!- If you two wanna fight, go out on the sidewalk!
0:44:06 > 0:44:13There won't be a fight. I don't blame you for feeling that way - I'd feel the same.
0:44:13 > 0:44:21- But she won't crack up! Less than an hour ago, she was only 350 miles out of Mitchell Field.- 350?!
0:44:21 > 0:44:24< That's the last word we had!
0:44:24 > 0:44:27That's an hour ahead of the record!
0:44:39 > 0:44:42- Are you tired?! - Not yet!
0:44:42 > 0:44:46- Where are you going first? - To send a telegram!
0:44:46 > 0:44:52- Who to? You got a boyfriend?! - Be a good boy - put me down!
0:44:56 > 0:45:00Telegram for Mr Britton! Telegram for Mr Britton!
0:45:00 > 0:45:04- Over here.- Yes, sir. ..Thank you, sir.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09No tricks before the boat sails!
0:45:16 > 0:45:20You have to lay out that route to Singapore!
0:45:22 > 0:45:26- Sorry?- It's too late to back out now!
0:45:26 > 0:45:29You're under contract for one year.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Only one? Why not make it more(?) Make it ten(!)
0:46:14 > 0:46:18- You weren't worried, were you? - Frankly, yes.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21- Congratulations!- Thank you!
0:46:32 > 0:46:36Hi, Johnny! Hello, fellas! Hello, Jake!
0:46:36 > 0:46:41Whose is the new coat hook?! Tonie Carter! > Tonie Carter?!
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Who's that?! I've never heard of him!
0:46:44 > 0:46:49Him?! She ain't a him! Ah, you know! Quit your kidding!
0:46:49 > 0:46:55A girl?! Only flyers come back here! She's a better flyer than you guys!
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Really?! What does she fly - a kite?
0:46:58 > 0:47:02I was just out to the field to see her land.
0:47:02 > 0:47:06She laid a crate down blind - soft like it was glass.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10So what?! He calls that flying! Ah!
0:47:11 > 0:47:14What's the matter with you guys?!
0:47:14 > 0:47:17You're getting softening of the brain!
0:47:17 > 0:47:23What did you say?! What do you know about it?! Me?!
0:47:23 > 0:47:26Flying blind isn't so tough! Oh, yeah?!
0:47:26 > 0:47:29< He's been reading the papers!
0:47:29 > 0:47:33This used to be a nice place - now they let anybody in!
0:47:33 > 0:47:37Is that how you feel? All right! Get out! ALL of you!
0:47:37 > 0:47:41Get out and don't come back! I can still make my living?!
0:47:41 > 0:47:48In tutta la mia vita, non ho mai visto degli ingrati di questo genere! Gli ho dato da mangiare e bere!
0:47:48 > 0:47:51Get out! Get out, you goats!
0:47:58 > 0:48:01- Oh, hello, Charlie! - Hello, Tonie!
0:48:09 > 0:48:14- I was only looking for someone. - Come in! Any time, come in!
0:48:18 > 0:48:21It's yours now - I just fixed it.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26But...a woman?!
0:48:27 > 0:48:32It's MY place, and if they don't like it - phoowee! You're one of the boys!
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Here you always hang your hat!
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Next time, I'll wear a hat!
0:48:44 > 0:48:47< Where would you like to sit?!
0:48:53 > 0:48:57Johnny, really, I don't think I'll stay after all.
0:49:08 > 0:49:15# ..Tonie Carter ain't got no style Got style all the while
0:49:15 > 0:49:18# She's a high-flying, rollicking swell
0:49:18 > 0:49:21# Here's to Tonie Don't she look well?
0:49:21 > 0:49:25# They say Tonie Carter ain't got no style
0:49:25 > 0:49:28# Got style all the while Style all the while
0:49:28 > 0:49:31# She's a high-flying, rollicking swell
0:49:31 > 0:49:35# Here's to our Tonie Don't she look well?! #
0:49:39 > 0:49:43They've never done this for a man, never.
0:49:43 > 0:49:48Great work, Miss Carter! We've never met before, have we? My name's...
0:49:48 > 0:49:53- As if I didn't know! I've been looking forward to this!- Me, too!
0:49:53 > 0:50:00- If I ever try around the world again, I'd rather have you along than any pilot I know!- You mean that?!
0:50:00 > 0:50:06I'll follow the equator. The other trips were 18,000 miles, not the full 25,000 -
0:50:06 > 0:50:10like flying around the collar, not the waist!
0:50:10 > 0:50:18And to do that, I ought to have someone to spell me, and I'd rather it was you than any MAN I know!
0:50:18 > 0:50:21I mean it!
0:50:23 > 0:50:28No matter WHAT happens to me, nothing can EVER top this!
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Paul...did you arrange it?
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Pleased?!
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Oh, it's all so much I'm kind of dizzy!
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Thank you, Johnny. I'll do it!
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Dizzy?! That's altitude!
0:50:56 > 0:51:01You've climbed high - even in a high-climbing profession!
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Now, I will drink a toast...
0:51:04 > 0:51:06Here's to a great flyer!
0:51:06 > 0:51:10Better than that - to a flyer's flyer!
0:51:11 > 0:51:14And here's to you, who made it all possible!
0:51:17 > 0:51:25Remember what you made possible for me - the business, the factory - sponsoring cigarettes to pay for it.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28You paid me back by financing my flights!
0:51:28 > 0:51:34Now you can do your own financing out of your account at the bank.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38- I don't have an account at the bank! - You've had one for years!
0:51:38 > 0:51:44- Your share of our profits. We've been partners.- Paul, you didn't?!
0:51:44 > 0:51:49According to their last statement, you have just over 100,000.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52- 100,000?!- All taxes paid.
0:51:52 > 0:51:58I won't take it! Oh, darling, it's so like you, but I don't want it. Honestly!
0:51:58 > 0:52:02Not now, maybe, but later - after you've quit.
0:52:02 > 0:52:08- After I quit flying? - Sure.- I'll be in a hurry - I won't need the money then!
0:52:08 > 0:52:14You've already accomplished so much, there's very little left to do.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17Very little that's new or important.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21Call it a career - quit while you're tops.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25What would I do with myself if I gave up flying?!
0:52:25 > 0:52:29Start a brand-new career, but with the same partner...
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Marriage.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36Oh!
0:52:36 > 0:52:43We'd make a success of it, Tonie! It'll be happier and more lasting than any other career in the world!
0:52:43 > 0:52:50It'd be my career, too. You'd be all I'd ever live for, and work for. Will you?
0:52:50 > 0:52:56- Paul, I, er... - All right, I know, don't say it.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01But I must say it, because it's yes!
0:53:02 > 0:53:05Oh, Tonie! Oh, no!
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Tonie! ..Let's get out of here!
0:53:12 > 0:53:17Let's go anywhere - anywhere we can be alone! I'll get the bill!
0:53:17 > 0:53:20I'll... I'll be right back!
0:53:44 > 0:53:48- I tried to pay and Johnny wanted to kill me!- Paul!
0:53:48 > 0:53:54- Before we're married, there's one thing I have to do.- Yes, what?
0:53:54 > 0:53:59I can't explain it... Maybe I don't even know myself,
0:53:59 > 0:54:05but I HAVE to fly around the world - the waist of the world, alone!
0:54:08 > 0:54:14Tomorrow, Tonie Carter will take off on her solo flight around the world.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17She'll fly over to Honolulu,
0:54:17 > 0:54:22carrying a heavy load of gasoline and good wishes from everyone in America.
0:54:45 > 0:54:50- How about a cup of coffee? - Yeah, we might as well.
0:54:50 > 0:54:56'This is KPO, San Francisco. Tonie Carter's flying at 6,000 feet over scattered clouds.'
0:54:56 > 0:55:04'WABC. Our bulletins on Tonie Carter's transpacific hop report her halfway to Honolulu.'
0:55:04 > 0:55:07'WRC, Washington DC.
0:55:07 > 0:55:12'At 1.34pm, Tonie Carter was sighted about 600 miles off Oahu.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15'Reports indicate low ceiling.'
0:55:17 > 0:55:21Any word on Tonie Carter? I missed the last broadcast.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25The last we heard was from the steamship Metsonia.
0:55:25 > 0:55:30- She passed over them flying west. They had headwinds.- Thanks.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42- The admiral is ready now.- Thanks.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- How are you? - Gentlemen.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53- When did you get in? - Last night.- Glad to see you!
0:55:53 > 0:55:56- Thanks. - So that's where they got you?- Yes.
0:55:56 > 0:56:02Your information contains too much dynamite to be trusted to despatches.
0:56:02 > 0:56:07- Yes, sir.- When did you fly over the Japanese mandated islands?
0:56:07 > 0:56:13- January 12th.- You know that violates our agreement with Japan?
0:56:13 > 0:56:16I know, sir, but it was unavoidable.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20I was making a test flight from here to here.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24I got caught in a typhoon. I let it carry me for a while.
0:56:24 > 0:56:30When the storm broke, I was here. Then I saw the submarine base.
0:56:30 > 0:56:35- < Are you sure? - Positive.- You must be dreaming!
0:56:35 > 0:56:41Japan's pledged not to fortify those islands, and the Japanese are honourable.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44Yes, sir. We all know THAT(!)
0:56:44 > 0:56:48The next thing I knew, I was fired at - anti-aircraft.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52One piece hit the fusillade, and one got my shoulder.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57It might have been some Jap who mistook me for a duck(!)
0:56:57 > 0:57:00- It's too bad I didn't have a camera. - Yes!
0:57:01 > 0:57:08When I got back, I made some drawings. They're crude - I had to use my left hand!
0:57:10 > 0:57:15- Out here, eh? ..Excuse me, Britton! - Yes, sir. Right there, sir.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17A sub base, eh?
0:57:17 > 0:57:23It'd be silly to assume that they have other bases in these islands,
0:57:23 > 0:57:28or landing fields, or naval bases. We must be able to find out.
0:57:28 > 0:57:34How?! No tourists are allowed on the islands. Planes can't fly over them.
0:57:34 > 0:57:41Look! An enemy arsenal from here to here. There are guns aimed at the Philippines, our west coast...
0:57:41 > 0:57:47- It's possible that they'll attack us.- No - it's certain, and soon!
0:57:47 > 0:57:52The world's headed for war. It'll be a fight for our national survival.
0:57:52 > 0:57:57We must know exactly what the Japs are doing here...
0:57:57 > 0:58:04- I could fly over the area, and take a camera.- When you were discovered, you'd never come back. No.
0:58:04 > 0:58:10We need an excuse for sending planes to photograph all of those islands,
0:58:10 > 0:58:14and, by George, we'll do it soon, before...
0:58:14 > 0:58:18- You keep checking your watch - anxious to leave?- No.
0:58:18 > 0:58:23My friend is flying over the Pacific. She's 90 minutes overdue.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26- Tonie Carter?- Yes.- A friend of yours?
0:58:26 > 0:58:33- I'm a friend of HERS. The broadcast has reports on the half-hour. - Let's find out.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37Station WRSC, sir.
0:58:37 > 0:58:41'We interrupt this programme to announce
0:58:41 > 0:58:46- 'that Tonie Carter has just landed safely at Honolulu.'- Good girl!
0:58:46 > 0:58:49< She's a great flyer!
0:58:49 > 0:58:52She's one of the best!
0:58:52 > 0:58:55Gentlemen...
0:58:55 > 0:58:59I think I've found the solution to our problem.
0:59:04 > 0:59:09- Why do you fly?- To see the world! - There are easier jobs!- Not for me!
0:59:09 > 0:59:12- Are your clothes specially made?- No.
0:59:12 > 0:59:17- How long are you staying? - Just long enough to refuel!
0:59:17 > 0:59:20- A wave, please. Happy landing!- Thanks!
0:59:25 > 0:59:28Miss Carter! Miss Carter!
0:59:28 > 0:59:31- A message from Admiral Paige. - How nice!
0:59:52 > 0:59:56- Any answer? > - Tell him I received his message!
0:59:56 > 0:59:59- Thank you! So long!- Happy landing!
1:01:50 > 1:01:54- Your luck was with you! - That's right!
1:01:54 > 1:01:58Oh, gee! The ship sure took a beating!
1:01:59 > 1:02:02Thank you.
1:02:10 > 1:02:13- The press just came aboard! - Thank you.
1:02:13 > 1:02:17- Are you going to try it again? - Indeed, I hope to!
1:02:17 > 1:02:24- How do you explain that happening to a flyer like you? - It's what you call the breaks!
1:02:24 > 1:02:30- Tonie!- Paul! If you'll excuse me, I'll see you at the gangplank and talk then.
1:02:30 > 1:02:33One more, please!
1:02:33 > 1:02:35Paul, darling!
1:02:35 > 1:02:41- In one piece?- Not my arm - I played slot machines all the way back!
1:02:41 > 1:02:47- I couldn't believe the papers! - I'm not the flyer you thought I was!
1:02:47 > 1:02:55- You're not trying it again?!- I'm leaving this morning for Washington to see the Department of Commerce!
1:02:55 > 1:03:00- We had a deal.- We still have - once I've flown round the world.
1:03:00 > 1:03:08- Why all the rush?!- The sooner I get that settled, the sooner I can start, and the sooner I'll be back!
1:03:15 > 1:03:17This way!
1:03:20 > 1:03:24- This is Admiral Graves. How do you do?- How do you do?
1:03:24 > 1:03:28- Admiral Sturgess. Delighted!- Admiral!
1:03:28 > 1:03:32I'm afraid we've caused you a lot of trouble.
1:03:32 > 1:03:39Sorry our message didn't reach you sooner. ..And I trust you destroyed the despatch?
1:03:39 > 1:03:43Yes, I did - just in case the crash was serious.
1:03:43 > 1:03:48Your response to our request was really admirable!
1:03:48 > 1:03:51There's no trick to crashing up a plane!
1:03:52 > 1:03:58You know that everything that happens in this meeting must be kept secret?
1:03:58 > 1:04:00Yes, of course!
1:04:02 > 1:04:07Miss Carter, we want you to do a job for us...a BIG job.
1:04:07 > 1:04:14I've no hesitation in saying that the safety of our country may depend on a successful outcome.
1:04:16 > 1:04:19Are you sure you want ME?
1:04:19 > 1:04:23It's a job that can be only carried off by an expert female flyer
1:04:23 > 1:04:27whose personality has caught on with the world.
1:04:27 > 1:04:31- So far as I know, there IS only you. - Thank you.
1:04:31 > 1:04:35You understand there is nothing obligatory about this?
1:04:35 > 1:04:41If you volunteer, you do so knowing that the dangers are VERY great.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44I should like to know what it is.
1:04:45 > 1:04:50The Japanese have been arming and fortifying the mandated islands,
1:04:50 > 1:04:55in preparation for war against the United States.
1:04:55 > 1:05:00To protect ourselves, we must know the scope of these preparations.
1:05:00 > 1:05:05We can't force Japan to tell us, as a large body of opinion in this country
1:05:05 > 1:05:10says that we must not offend the little sons of heaven(!)
1:05:11 > 1:05:19So the only way that we can get this vital information is not by underhand, but by overhead strategy,
1:05:19 > 1:05:22and that, Miss Carter, is where YOU come in.
1:05:23 > 1:05:26How?
1:05:26 > 1:05:32You resume your solo flight, as soon as we get your ship repaired,
1:05:32 > 1:05:38this time, changing your direction, and going from west to east.
1:05:38 > 1:05:45You'll take off from Miami, go down to South America, Africa, India, Australia, New Guinea.
1:05:45 > 1:05:50From New Guinea, you'll take off on the transpacific part of your flight.
1:05:51 > 1:05:59- Somewhere between New Guinea and the Hawaiian Islands, you'll get yourself in trouble.- Yes?
1:05:59 > 1:06:04Your distress call will be on every front page in the world -
1:06:04 > 1:06:08your calculations are off and your gasoline is low.
1:06:08 > 1:06:12Another frantic call for help, and then...silence.
1:06:15 > 1:06:18What happens? Do I come down?
1:06:18 > 1:06:23Yes. Actually, you land on that little speck there - Gau Island.
1:06:23 > 1:06:28It's only a coral reef, but we'll stack it with provisions.
1:06:28 > 1:06:32You'll stay there until the Navy comes to get you.
1:06:32 > 1:06:35As far as the world knows, you're lost!
1:06:35 > 1:06:40There'll be a search for you - the public will demand it!
1:06:40 > 1:06:44That search will include the mandated islands.
1:06:44 > 1:06:49Japan won't interfere, as we are looking for the greatest woman flyer.
1:06:49 > 1:06:55During that search, we'll photograph every square mile of those islands.
1:06:55 > 1:07:03When war comes, we'll be able to defend ourselves, and strike back at the nerve centres of their empire.
1:07:04 > 1:07:06- Now do you understand?- Perfectly.
1:07:07 > 1:07:10Now you see that only YOU can help us.
1:07:10 > 1:07:16There's a difference between a man falling into the ocean and a woman,
1:07:16 > 1:07:18especially when it is Tonie Carter.
1:07:18 > 1:07:22There's one thing that bothers me.
1:07:22 > 1:07:25I fly a land plane and while I CAN navigate,
1:07:25 > 1:07:31your plan means that I take off from New Guinea and aim for Gau Island,
1:07:31 > 1:07:35which I'd say is about... 2,000 miles away.
1:07:35 > 1:07:41- It'll take expert navigation to hit that pinpoint.- We considered that.
1:07:41 > 1:07:46The Navy will furnish you with a navigator who'll wait at New Guinea.
1:07:46 > 1:07:51That won't be necessary. All I'll need is brushing up.
1:07:51 > 1:07:56Sorry. We can't afford the time, or risk the possibility of failure.
1:08:00 > 1:08:03I see.
1:08:05 > 1:08:08When do you want me to leave?
1:08:09 > 1:08:13Can you take off in Miami on the 16th?
1:08:14 > 1:08:17I'll be ready.
1:08:57 > 1:09:02- I'll say goodbye now.- Hmm?- I'd rather watch the takeoff from here.
1:09:02 > 1:09:06- You're not worried, are you?! - You'll make it, I'm sure!
1:09:06 > 1:09:11- I wish I felt just as sure about... well, about you.- Me?!
1:09:11 > 1:09:17Since you came back from Hawaii, you've been shying away from me.
1:09:17 > 1:09:24You're imagining things! You need imagination to be the best plane designer in the world!
1:09:24 > 1:09:28- You haven't changed your mind? - We'll be married!
1:09:30 > 1:09:36- Paul, if something does happen to me on this flight...- You'll make it!
1:09:36 > 1:09:44Yes, but suppose I DO have trouble and have to come down, and you don't hear from me for a while...
1:09:44 > 1:09:48- I want you to know that I'm coming back.- Sure you are!
1:09:48 > 1:09:53- You'll believe that while I'm away?! - You're coming back to ME!
1:09:58 > 1:10:00- So long, Paul!- Happy landing!
1:11:33 > 1:11:38- No! I took a little longer than I expected.- It was rainy.- It was!
1:11:38 > 1:11:42Thank you! I wish I could stay, but I take off in the morning.
1:11:42 > 1:11:47- It's been a pleasure!- Thank you! - Goodbye, Miss Carter!
1:11:47 > 1:11:54- I reserved the Royal Suite. - Royal enough for a bath?! - With running water!- Lead me to it!
1:11:58 > 1:12:02- Mr Yokohata - the proprietor. - How do you do?
1:12:02 > 1:12:08- Welcome to New Guinea!- Thank you. - The rooms are ready for you.
1:12:08 > 1:12:14The gentleman you were expecting has gone out. I think to the flying field.
1:12:15 > 1:12:19- Gentleman?! - You were expecting somebody?
1:12:20 > 1:12:24Oh, yes, of course! It must be the mechanic.
1:12:24 > 1:12:32The people in Detroit were to send a man from Manila to check the motors. Did he say he was to meet me here?
1:12:32 > 1:12:35So I thought. Perhaps it was a mistake.
1:12:36 > 1:12:39- What's his name? - Mr Johnson.
1:12:39 > 1:12:44Would you tell him I'd like to see him as soon as he comes in?
1:12:44 > 1:12:48- And thank you for all the trouble you've taken!- Not at all!
1:12:48 > 1:12:52- We're expecting you for dinner - a big turnout!- How nice!
1:12:52 > 1:12:57- You won't mind if I leave early? - Fine. I'll be back at 9.00.
1:12:57 > 1:12:59Bye!
1:13:01 > 1:13:05Radiogram for you, Miss Carter. This way, please.
1:13:21 > 1:13:25WHISTLING
1:13:44 > 1:13:46Hello!
1:13:46 > 1:13:53It's a long way to come for a vodka, but you and I are used to going places for the best!
1:13:54 > 1:13:57Private stock of the Tsar!
1:13:57 > 1:14:01Power and glory in every drop! ..Excuse me!
1:14:01 > 1:14:05I forgot to introduce myself! The name is Johnson -
1:14:05 > 1:14:08- Harry Johnson.- ..They sent YOU!
1:14:08 > 1:14:12I put in for the job. You and I will make quite a team.
1:14:13 > 1:14:16Of ALL the people in the world!
1:14:16 > 1:14:21You haven't grown a swell head? You rate one after this little junket.
1:14:21 > 1:14:28- They put you in front of all of us. - There's no flyer in front of you. I'm lucky to get you.
1:14:28 > 1:14:34Thank you. "Well, er, won't you come in Mr Johnson?" "Thanks, I will."
1:14:38 > 1:14:43"Pull up a chair, Mr Johnson!" "Thanks, I will!"
1:14:44 > 1:14:46Won't you join me?
1:14:48 > 1:14:52The lonely potato distilled into ambrosia!
1:14:52 > 1:14:54No, thank you!
1:14:54 > 1:14:57You don't seem very happy to see me!
1:14:57 > 1:15:00Shall we talk business?
1:15:01 > 1:15:04OK.
1:15:05 > 1:15:10- When is takeoff?- 6.00. - Make it 5.00 - it'll still be dark.
1:15:10 > 1:15:14I'll hide in the plane when they've got off...
1:15:14 > 1:15:19The engines are OK. One was idling too fast, so I leaned it out.
1:15:19 > 1:15:23- Some more clothes can press for you? - That won't be necessary.
1:15:23 > 1:15:26Excuse, please.
1:15:26 > 1:15:30I fixed her up with new spark plugs and new fuel pumps.
1:15:31 > 1:15:35Nobody's going to know you have a stowaway aboard.
1:15:35 > 1:15:39It's important for the famous Tonie Carter to get lost alone.
1:15:39 > 1:15:43How will you explain your disappearance?
1:15:43 > 1:15:48That's all fixed. It isn't going to be an easy job locating that coral.
1:15:48 > 1:15:53Unless we have perfect visibility... Never mind, let ME do the worrying!
1:15:54 > 1:15:57- We'll make it!- I'm SURE we will!
1:15:58 > 1:16:06You're even better looking than you were... Was it two years ago when you stood me up at that bar in LA?
1:16:06 > 1:16:10A lot better looking, and better that I thought,
1:16:10 > 1:16:14and I've been doing some thinking lately.
1:16:14 > 1:16:17You know that feeling you get up at 20,000 feet?
1:16:17 > 1:16:23You know that slap-happy feeling you get up there? I've got it now.
1:16:35 > 1:16:38Tonie!
1:16:42 > 1:16:47We can't go on just seeing each other every couple of years!
1:16:47 > 1:16:50- Tonie, you've got to marry me! - Marry you?!
1:16:50 > 1:16:57It'll be illegal for you to run off! I was going to ask you in LA, but didn't get the chance.
1:16:57 > 1:17:03- You stood me up, and then took off! - You were going to ask me then?!
1:17:03 > 1:17:07If I'd been wise, I'd have asked you the day after we met.
1:17:07 > 1:17:11It took me a while to realise what had happened to me -
1:17:11 > 1:17:15- that there was only you.- Oh, Randy!
1:17:15 > 1:17:20It'll always be only you! Marry me! How do we know what's ahead?!
1:17:20 > 1:17:26It may be months before they come for us! Let's marry before we go!
1:17:28 > 1:17:30What's the matter?
1:17:30 > 1:17:35- Why didn't you let me know before?! - Before what?!
1:17:36 > 1:17:41- Before it was too late. - What do you mean, too late?
1:17:41 > 1:17:44Another guy?
1:17:48 > 1:17:51Who?
1:17:51 > 1:17:54- Paul.- Paul?
1:17:55 > 1:17:57Well...
1:17:57 > 1:18:01- When did it happen? - Just before I left.
1:18:01 > 1:18:04We're to marry when I get home.
1:18:04 > 1:18:08You're GOING to be? You mean, you aren't married now?!
1:18:08 > 1:18:14- There must someone who can do the job now!- Please! I'm marrying Paul!
1:18:14 > 1:18:19- Tell him you've changed your mind! - I can't!- Tell him when we get back!
1:18:19 > 1:18:22Tomorrow, he'll find out I'm lost.
1:18:22 > 1:18:28Imagine how he'll feel if I come home and say I've changed my mind.
1:18:28 > 1:18:34- I know it's tough on him, but you can't mess up OUR lives! Come on!- No!
1:18:34 > 1:18:37You and I... That's ALL over.
1:18:40 > 1:18:45You're trying to tell me you don't love me! I know better!
1:18:47 > 1:18:54You ARE sure of me - SO sure that all you have to do is take me in your arms and I'll leave Paul.
1:18:54 > 1:18:56I won't,
1:18:56 > 1:19:02because I'VE been walked out on, and left to break and pick up the pieces alone!
1:19:02 > 1:19:07I know what it means. I'll never do that to anyone! Never!
1:19:07 > 1:19:09- Listen...- No, YOU listen!
1:19:09 > 1:19:12I've got plans which don't include you!
1:19:12 > 1:19:17They're plans for a lifetime of security and happiness!
1:19:17 > 1:19:22You're going out of my life, and I'm going to marry Paul Turner!
1:19:24 > 1:19:26OK.
1:19:26 > 1:19:34The weather reports say storms. We can climb above those and... See you later.
1:19:41 > 1:19:43Excuse me!
1:19:45 > 1:19:48Oh, you...startled me!
1:19:48 > 1:19:54- So sorry! The Vice Consul - he is in the lobby.- Thank you.
1:20:03 > 1:20:08- It's going to pour soon. I got you back in time!- Good night!
1:20:08 > 1:20:12- We're sitting up to see you take off! - Good night!
1:20:18 > 1:20:22RINGS BELL
1:20:23 > 1:20:27- Good evening! - May I have my key, please?
1:20:27 > 1:20:31- Will you have my bill ready by the morning?- Yes!
1:20:31 > 1:20:35Shall I also make up a bill for Mr Britton?
1:20:35 > 1:20:37What?
1:20:38 > 1:20:41- Who did you say?- Mr Randy Britton!
1:20:42 > 1:20:45Aren't you making a mistake?
1:20:46 > 1:20:53Mr Britton is TOO famous a flyer for me to make mistake! He take off with you - yes?
1:20:54 > 1:20:57Where on earth did you get THAT idea?!
1:20:58 > 1:21:05So difficult finding a place like Gau Island. Wise to take along a navigator like Mr Britton.
1:21:05 > 1:21:13Imperial Japanese Navy reports that a United States Boat has left many supplies on Gau Island.
1:21:13 > 1:21:17The Japanese government has reason to believe
1:21:17 > 1:21:22that you will pretend to lose your course and disappear in the sea.
1:21:22 > 1:21:28If your plan is to drop down on Gau Island, it will interest you to know
1:21:28 > 1:21:34that after your disaster is announced, the Japanese will discover you there.
1:21:34 > 1:21:39Within one minute, the world will be notified,
1:21:39 > 1:21:43and it will be quite unnecessary for the US Navy
1:21:43 > 1:21:48to look for you over the Japanese mandated islands.
1:22:38 > 1:22:41KNOCK AT DOOR
1:22:45 > 1:22:49- Oh, it's you.- Randy, I want to talk to you a minute.
1:22:49 > 1:22:52Come in.
1:23:01 > 1:23:04- Anything wrong?- No.
1:23:05 > 1:23:08I was just wondering, um...
1:23:08 > 1:23:12It's very important, isn't it, that we do this job right?
1:23:12 > 1:23:19You won't know how important it is until we tangle with the Japs in battle.
1:23:19 > 1:23:21What's worrying you?
1:23:22 > 1:23:27- What would happen if we couldn't land on Gau?- Why couldn't we?
1:23:27 > 1:23:34- Through lack of visibility? - If that's what's bothering you, forget it! We'll make it!
1:23:34 > 1:23:38- But, suppose, we, er... - Suppose what...?
1:23:40 > 1:23:45Well, suppose when we get there, we see a Jap ship down below.
1:23:45 > 1:23:49Don't invent trouble! What gave you that sweet idea?
1:23:49 > 1:23:53It might be there by accident, or, er,
1:23:53 > 1:23:58- it might be that the Japs found out our plans...- They won't find out!
1:23:58 > 1:24:04Suppose they do, and they were waiting for us! What would we do?
1:24:05 > 1:24:10- If I'd been assigned to do the job alone, I'd push on.- ..Where?
1:24:10 > 1:24:13Lick him down, probably for keeps!
1:24:13 > 1:24:17The important thing is not being found, it is being lost.
1:24:17 > 1:24:21You'd do that if you were on this job alone?
1:24:21 > 1:24:25There won't be anybody waiting for us. Get some sleep.
1:24:25 > 1:24:28Do you have an alarm clock?
1:24:28 > 1:24:33- Yes.- Set it for 4.30 and check to make sure I'm awake.
1:24:33 > 1:24:38And stop worrying - I'm going to land you safely on Gau Island.
1:24:38 > 1:24:43Everything will end the way you've got it planned. Good night.
1:24:44 > 1:24:46Bye.
1:26:37 > 1:26:41I thought you were going to get some sleep.
1:26:41 > 1:26:44- Still worrying?- Not any more.
1:26:44 > 1:26:49- I thought YOU were going to bed. - I, er, couldn't sleep.
1:26:50 > 1:26:52I guess it must be the rain.
1:26:53 > 1:26:56Look at it -
1:26:56 > 1:27:00like a curtain blacking out the rest of the world!
1:27:00 > 1:27:04Funny - I was just thinking of the last time you said that.
1:27:05 > 1:27:09A driftwood fire on Virginia Beach. You remember?
1:27:11 > 1:27:14Yes, I DO remember.
1:27:15 > 1:27:18It was a wonderful evening, wasn't it?
1:27:18 > 1:27:23Tonie... If I'd asked you that night to marry me,
1:27:23 > 1:27:26would you have said yes?
1:27:27 > 1:27:30- Yes.- You wouldn't -
1:27:30 > 1:27:33right off, hardly knowing me...
1:27:34 > 1:27:41I think I was in love with you before me met, just hearing about you.
1:27:41 > 1:27:49And, then, after we met, I knew for certain and all at once that you were the only thing in my life.
1:27:50 > 1:27:53I washed up.
1:27:54 > 1:27:57Now...
1:27:57 > 1:28:04every time I see you, Randy, life begins for me, and stops every time you go away.
1:28:05 > 1:28:09It's been like that from the first minute I heard your name.
1:28:29 > 1:28:32You know what this means, don't you?
1:28:32 > 1:28:36- Yes?- You're never going back to what you'd planned.
1:28:37 > 1:28:43- No, darling, I'm never going back to what I'd planned. - I don't get this!
1:28:43 > 1:28:49A little while ago, you said... What happened to change you like this?
1:28:49 > 1:28:53Well, darling, right now I feel 20,000 feet up -
1:28:53 > 1:29:00cut loose from the Earth with no thought of what is down below, and no fears about the future.
1:29:04 > 1:29:10I'll never let you get away from me again! We'll get married, settle down.
1:29:11 > 1:29:14Yes, settle down!
1:29:14 > 1:29:17Of course, I'll keep my flying as my job.
1:29:17 > 1:29:23- You must always keep on flying! - Where do you want to build a house?!
1:29:24 > 1:29:29Well, now, let me see... Must I decide this minute?
1:29:29 > 1:29:34No matter where, it'll be my landing field - I'll always come back to it.
1:29:37 > 1:29:39How do you feel about families?
1:29:39 > 1:29:43I like 'em large!
1:29:43 > 1:29:45So do I. How about three?
1:29:46 > 1:29:51Three? ..I always planned on five.
1:29:51 > 1:29:53Five?!
1:29:53 > 1:29:56All right, five. All boys?
1:29:56 > 1:30:03- One girl.- OK. I can tell you right now which one is going to be my favourite.
1:30:03 > 1:30:06- The girl?- The girl!
1:30:07 > 1:30:10The one girl. The only girl.
1:30:14 > 1:30:17From now on, it's you and me for keeps.
1:30:20 > 1:30:23Oh, yes, Randy.
1:30:23 > 1:30:26For keeps.
1:30:42 > 1:30:44Tonie!
1:31:10 > 1:31:14- Where's Miss Carter? - She just took off.
1:31:16 > 1:31:19Tonie, darling! You fool!
1:31:26 > 1:31:30'Tonie Carter was reported 800 miles off New Guinea,
1:31:30 > 1:31:34'by the Australian freighter, Southern Star.
1:31:34 > 1:31:40'The following message from Tonie Carter was picked up a few minutes ago,
1:31:40 > 1:31:43' "Weather bad, gas supply dropping."
1:31:43 > 1:31:47'Further bulletins will be given as they are received.
1:31:47 > 1:31:52'Carter is fighting adverse winds with dwindling gasoline.
1:31:52 > 1:31:56'Concern is felt for the safety of the flyer.'
1:31:56 > 1:32:00BULLETINS PLAYED TOGETHER
1:32:09 > 1:32:11'HWBB? HWBB?'
1:32:12 > 1:32:15HWBB calling, SOS.
1:32:15 > 1:32:18Visibility worse, no sign of land.
1:32:18 > 1:32:23I have a few more minutes of gas left, position doubtful.
1:32:23 > 1:32:28KHWBB calling, SOS. Calling SOS.
1:32:28 > 1:32:35'Amateur Radio Station W6LRC in Los Angeles reports that he has picked up a voice
1:32:35 > 1:32:39'on the 26m band which may be Tonie Carter's.'
1:32:39 > 1:32:44Could be somewhere vicinity Gau Island. Vicinity Gau Island.
1:32:47 > 1:32:49Gas practically gone.
1:32:52 > 1:32:58We'll have to try to make ocean landing soon. The motor's beginning to sputter.
1:33:08 > 1:33:12'Today, a brilliant flying career has probably ended.
1:33:12 > 1:33:15'Tonie Carter is definitely lost.
1:33:15 > 1:33:19'Her world flight has ended in disaster.
1:33:19 > 1:33:23'Tonie Carter lost somewhere in the South Pacific.'
1:35:07 > 1:35:10(So long, Randy, I...)
1:35:40 > 1:35:45And so it was that the legend of Tonie Carter reached its end.
1:35:45 > 1:35:48Forever faithful, forever brave.
1:35:48 > 1:35:56That was 1937, and only now with our nation in a death struggle on the waters of the far Pacific,
1:35:56 > 1:36:01is the secret of her sacrifice reaching for its fulfilment.
1:36:01 > 1:36:04'Base from Red Leader, I'm going down.'
1:36:04 > 1:36:08What was that? Britton, sir, he's going in.
1:36:41 > 1:36:45'Nice going! Enemy planes taking off!'
1:37:06 > 1:37:09This one's for you, Tonie.
1:37:20 > 1:37:22Subtitles by Caroline Tosh BBC Scotland - 2000
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