My Mother and i use to stay up late and watch all the old movies especially the ones around the war , WW2 , we missed this one , i miss her still today, it will be 17 years Jan 21, 2021. G you would have loved this movie.
These are the movies I grew up with as a young boy. Amazing how good, wholesome, and pride have become unwelcome today. Good luck to the future. I am glad I lived those days.
I was part of the Air Force last training classes for the reciprocal engine C124 globemaster affectionately known as "Old Shaky". I have pleasant memories of those four Pratt and Whitney 15,000 horsepower engine screaming in the night. Love the sound in these old movies..
Loved the JATO Assisted Take Off in the PBY. A friend of mine had a PBY-5A and I helped him crew it and fly it. After getting airborne Gus would sit in the old Engineer's compartment in middle of fuselage about mid wing. Above his head were metal plates to cover where the glass fuel sight gauges (percolator tubes) would be. These plates seemed to weep fuel as evidence by the stain. Gus would light up a smoke despite us telling him to sit way in back if he wanted to smoke. This was in 1993.
This movie is as old as i am. Another entertaining story. It is wonderful to see these old planes doing what they did best. Hurrah for the crews that kept them going.
What impresses me is how quickly great aircraft designs came to fruition during those war years. The Catalina was the perfect amphibian aircraft for those days. USAF-Ret, INav. 1:11:57
A good film. I am former Royal Air Force and I remember the RAF Air Sea rescue boats we had in the 1970's when I was based in Cyprus at RAF Akrotiri. In 1975 they were returned to England not long after the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974. Air Sea rescue was carried out by helicopters using mainly by Sea Kings which were flown by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. I believe Catelina aircraft where in service with the Royal Air Force during WW2 along with the then aging Walrus biplane and in conjunction with the boatd from the Royal Air Force marine craft units to help pilots who had to ditch in the sea during combat missions. The RAF Air Sea Rescue units saved many lives and still do today.
What a great movie my dad flew with air sea rescue in the Korean War in the B-17 second squadron his Airman's bag has the B-17 painted on it with a big yellow boat under it when i was a kid he would tell me how they would go out looking for people in the water and drop the boat this was really something to watch and see how it was done it's really nice to see how these old movies where with God and prayer in them not the world we live in now
As a commercial pilot myself (gliders, private airplane) I enjoyed the aviation scenes a lot. You really had to work to fly in those days, no advanced search & rescue beacons, navigation systems or computer controlled aircraft. A simple story but well done--the people in the raft looked drained, and no phony make-up or hair styling of the actors like some modern films have used for disaster stories. I don't think the Southern Cross would show up from their position, but perhaps. Anyway, a lot of fun. (And if anyone wants a real story of sea survival in this period read "Raft of Despair", 33 days in the Indian Ocean, with sharks.)
Thanks for your professional insight & as for movie referrals may I suggest "BROKEN". We Westerners, we American -- indeed the whole world: we need more movies like this one, with heroes & heroines, to remind us of our common humanity. To God be the glory!
Reminds me of Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" movie. With Tallulah Bankhead and other greats. Is that Richard Denning as the captain ? He was in the second "An Affair to Remember" w/ Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr. This a great survival movie. Let's take notes.
Good morning everyone and God bless y'all together Amen . And This Is A GREAT MOVIE Back in the days 60Th and I will for get these older movie I enjoy watching what I am looking at this morning and thank y'all facebook people for putting these older movie on the air.
thank you for posting this.....I love these old movies even if they are so-called "B" movies.....there 10x`s better than the trash out of hollywood. I no longer watch movies unless they were made before I was born [ 51 ]
I was born in 1962 and I have a different perspective watching this movie. I enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. My grandparents, one set born just after the end of WWI, told me all about living and growing up in those days. the other set told me all about living through WWII--as that side of the family served in the that war. My dad served in the military during Vietnam, and was in the first Gulf War. One thing I do remember about military personnel is how polite they are to the civilians. It is always please and thank you mam. My parents taught me to say the same to my elders. I called my Grandparents by their sir names, not their first names, nor by a nickname. It was Grandma Reed and such, until the day she died. It was out of respect. Women had more respect back before they demanded equal rights. My Dad taught my brothers to open the car doors for my sisters and my mother. I opened the doors for my grandparents! It was my Uncles who opened doors for me, and helped me with chairs--and such. Now I am disabled--and yes, it is nice in 2019--when a young child--opens a door for me. I thank them with a big smile. It is a common courtesy!! It has nothing to do with laziness. When I was young and healthy, I opened my own doors and such--but now I cannot. I enjoyed the part of the movie where they prayed too and sang a hymn. It brought peace to the group and unity. The idea that God created all humankind equally and cares for all us equally. It is sin that separates us from God--forgiveness from Him, brings us back into a relationship with Him. Running from God is running from His watch care. If we refuse God, we refuse His protection and care. If we do this in ignorance--sometimes He will send His angels to save us--until we realize who God really is--and make a willful choice as to who to follow. If we deliberately defy God--sometimes He will remove His protection as He respects our freedom of choice to not serve or follow after Him. Then our fate is in Satan's hands and that of his demons. There are only two choice in this world, good or evil. Some people by default of ignoring God, chose Satan. There is no fence sitting. This was a wonderfully clean film. Adventure, morals, ethics, and decent ending. Thanks for posting it. (Also remember, God gives to each person an assigned amount of days to live. When that time comes, our lives end. Even good people have a limited time on earth, when their allotted time has ended. This is why it seems good people die too soon, and evil persists, but it is only our human perception.) Thanks for posting this film. Blessings.
Hi Michelle Reed! Your post blessed me so much ! I was born in 1953 and share ALL your perspectives. Treating everyone with respect, kindness and compassion is what Christ teaches us to do.
What wonderful comments. What a great treasure trove of history through your grandparents. So great that you realize it. Many people don't care about their grandparents and certainly don't take the time to listen to them. I pray people will listen to what you wrote. To stop running from God and themselves and start the life (filled with good things and purpose) that they were meant to have. Encouraging you to keep being a witness no matter where you are or how you do it. Sincerely, Laura-Lee
This should be saved for your after meal get together at the christyun nursing home. For crying out loud, I could go on forever about my family's glorified existence but this is a comment section for the goddamn movie. Not everyone wants to hear about your wholesome life and sanctimony. Save it for the church picnic. I too have a story to tell but you won't find me doing it here. And please get off your knees, it's degrading.
My Dad was a bombarder as a member of the Flying Tigers in China. We watched all of these movies and pictures of Dad and others look like these patriots.
Richard Denning, the raft navigator who ended up years later being the character actor "the governor" of the old successful TV cop show "Hawaii Five O."
I just watched it again. Much more enjoyable. A great movie. To call it a "B" movie woulkd beg the question: what would it need to be bumped up to "A" status? It's just terrific. Oct. 31, 2022. I'm 78.
Great to see rare actual footage of a "Dumbo" drop from a B-17. The B17 were used in the task in the mid 1940s till the early 1950s when the SB-29 took over the task in the pacific, specially for the Korean war. The light weight higgins designed boats and parachute system was unique and allowed people in the water to get in and get dry without risking a PBY or other seapalne water landing in rough seas. Good stuff!
I loved the JATO at the end. The PBY has always been one of my faves. Not a sexy streamline aerodynamic wonder of the word but certainly one of the best ever built and the fact that there are still a lot of them flying backs that up. My father was an Air Force pilot in Korea and Vietnam and the Catalina was one he longed to have flown. He called it a gas tank with a fuselage. It might not get you there fast but you’ll definitely arrive.
To those asking about if sailors were advised to pee in the water, to help fend off sharks... It Actually was true, according to my dad, who is a decorated WWII Naval Combat Veteran (Pacific). He said they were advised to do so, if they were ever forced to abandon ship, and into Life rafts. It was only years later, after the war, when they realized that it wouldn’t have done much, if any, good! My dad is currently living in a War Veterans Home, and his mind is still sharp! He participated in a total of 9 invasions of Jap Islands (5 major and 5 minor) as part of the Amphibious Forces.
Its nice to see that Douglas C47 again. Flew one of the last one's in the Air Force inventory back in 1969. Very nice smooth flying at around 10 thousand feet to my IndoChina destination.
These movies reflect how people were back then. Ya, a little Hollywood, but still, I remember the real people. Oh by the way I am an old geezer. I look at how people are now, and it saddens me. greatly. Loss of respect, loss of self worth.
I think most person's will come to their senses. After all the hardships of the 1930's. Hardships usually make person's stronger in character, w/ The Lord's help. Just ask Him. He's waiting to hear from us. Get going gang !
Dad became a Bombardier in a B-17 in the US Army Air Core. His first mission in his B-17, Butch, his plane was the only one to return. On his 10th and last mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 4-24-44, their B-17 was shot up badly on the mission, they dropped out of formation and were looking for a place to go down. A Swiss air force jet got their attention and they were guided by a Swiss fighter to Switzerland where they crash-landed in Switzerland. The crew exited the plane under the watch of Swiss Army guards with guns. Dad ran back into the B-17, at the objection of his crew, to get his wife's photo that was in a bible that he had left in the nose of the plane, we still have that bible and photo to this day. In Switzerland they were interned as Prisoners of war, but free to move about but not escape. In Switzerland, he played a Saxophone in a Band. They played at the large hotels and all the while he was looking for a way to escape. He Escaped from Switzerland by rowing across Lake Geneva to France with the help of two Swiss men and there he joined the French Underground. They would go out into the woods and capture the Germans who were put in charge of each French town and would bring them back for trial. He did this until the US Army came through liberating towns. He was then asked if he would volunteer to go into Germany as a spy. Dad declined saying he did not know the language well enough. So they shipped him back to the States. He remained in the USAF flying B-47s until his retirement as a Lt. Col after 20 years of service.
The lifeboat concept itself in this movie wasn't the spookiest part for me. That goes, (1, to the storm scene, and (2, to the crashing scene. The noise was sort of scary, but it was so good I didn't even care
@@johnbockelie3899 Don't know where you get your misinformation but no they didn't smell like gas inside and they were ALL smoked in regularly. B-29s even had built in ash trays!
Can you enlighten me on the PBY take off after the rescue. He said, Air Sea Rescue had a trick up it's sleeve and then what looked like a stream of smoke trailed behing as is lifted off the surface
Like many of the comments spoke of, it is a very valuable story about survival. The investigation into the loss of the USS Indianapolis, which took place in the last month of World War 2, had been held in the immediate aftermath of the war. Americans in the early post war years that were lamenting the loss of their loved ones; especially those related to the loss of the USS Indianapolis, would have viewed this film from their own unique perspective, as almost being like an apology to them by the military for not doing more to lessen the scope of that Naval tragedy.
Just watched this for the first time. Not a great flic, but it had its moments and the aircraft were very interesting. That B-17 lifeboat setup was amazing, both the carrying scheme and the items in the boat (radio, engine, food and drink, medical stuff. Wonder how long they used those. Also, nice to see the AAF version of the PBY with landing gear. Great plane.
The Consolided PBY was introduced in 1935 and served in all theaters. Since it was an amphipeous aircraft, it had wheels so it could operate off of land or water. It also served in the Pacific as a night fighter. In that configuration they were heavily armed and painted flat black with radar. They were named the "Black Cat Squadron"
The amphibious version was introduced on the PBY-5A and didn't get delivered until October 1941. There were something like 800 of them made, amounting to about 55 or 60% of the total run. The version in the movie is, I think, a 6A model, first rolled out in January of '45. Those had the radome over the cockpit.
This is the kind of movie that me and my brothers used to watch on tv back in the sixties when we were kids. These shows inspired interest in flying and the military - long before things got woke, insane and anti-white.
roderick sloan I hope, just hope you are trolling. If not Keith Richards is a guitarist for The Rolling Stones (just Google Rolling Stones if needed). He is now about 70 years old but, has looked like he was 70 for the past 30 years. The name was in the opening credits.
At six minutes, the man stands when the lady walks by the table and she wouldn't think of sitting before the man holds her chair for her. Those were the days when women expected to be treated special.
As I look at the aircraft it's amazing how far we got with the aircraft from the time the Wright brothers invented flight. I wonder what they'd say today if they saw how advanced aircraft has become.
The Wright Brothers did NOT "invented" flight. Actually, the first public flight (officialy) in a flying machine was in Paris, by Santos Dumont's "14-bis", in 1906. Only later the American brothers appeared claiming they did it first... and until WWII they were not even recognized in their country as pioneers! But this is not taught in American schools.
***** Blond guy was Richard Denning and very well known, appearing from the the late '30s to 1980. Just check out imdb.com (internet movie database) for complete info on any movie made.
It would not be a US Navy bird. HOWEVER . . . I worked on the "last" Navy PBY in 1986. A civil bird was turned over to the Navy who flew it under its original BuNo for the 75th Anniversary of Naval Aviation at NAS Jax. I say again, no civilian registration. The CO of the base also worked on it. I flew in the back seat of the local flying club's T-34A to take air-to-air shots of the Cat. Now it is a gate guardian with various other ASW aircraft.
My Mother and i use to stay up late and watch all the old movies especially the ones around the war , WW2 , we missed this one , i miss her still today, it will be 17 years Jan 21, 2021. G you would have loved this movie.
I was born in 1947, so I had to watch this. Thank you for all you do!❤
Thank you for all you hard work in saving those other films and documentres.
These are the movies I grew up with as a young boy. Amazing how good, wholesome, and pride have become unwelcome today. Good luck to the future. I am glad I lived those days.
So true. Grew up in the 50s and 60s. The best time. My old man was a Coastie.
i'm just a young kid (53yrs) . i have a lot of catching up to do ,with these fantastic movies...
I second that motion
I was part of the Air Force last training classes for the reciprocal engine C124 globemaster affectionately known as "Old Shaky". I have pleasant memories of those four Pratt and Whitney 15,000 horsepower engine screaming in the night. Love the sound in these old movies..
If those who served, if they had been able to see what it was ultimately for, would they have?
Loved the JATO Assisted Take Off in the PBY.
A friend of mine had a PBY-5A and I helped him crew it and fly it. After getting airborne Gus would sit in the old Engineer's compartment in middle of fuselage about mid wing.
Above his head were metal plates to cover where the glass fuel sight gauges (percolator tubes) would be.
These plates seemed to weep fuel as evidence by the stain.
Gus would light up a smoke despite us telling him to sit way in back if he wanted to smoke. This was in 1993.
This movie is as old as i am. Another entertaining story. It is wonderful to see these old planes doing what they did best. Hurrah for the crews that kept them going.
What impresses me is how quickly great aircraft designs came to fruition during those war years. The Catalina was the perfect amphibian aircraft for those days. USAF-Ret, INav. 1:11:57
A good film. I am former Royal Air Force and I remember the RAF Air Sea rescue boats we had in the 1970's when I was based in Cyprus at RAF Akrotiri. In 1975 they were returned to England not long after the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974. Air Sea rescue was carried out by helicopters using mainly by Sea Kings which were flown by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. I believe Catelina aircraft where in service with the Royal Air Force during WW2 along with the then aging Walrus biplane and in conjunction with the boatd from the Royal Air Force marine craft units to help pilots who had to ditch in the sea during combat missions. The RAF Air Sea Rescue units saved many lives and still do today.
My first ride in an aircraft was in a PBY. Along with other factors, it impressed me so much that later on I became a military pilot.
Did you fly Navy . . . or, did you defect to the Air Force or Marines ?
Only 53 , but i love these classics , something different to watch .
What a great movie my dad flew with air sea rescue in the Korean War in the B-17 second squadron his Airman's bag has the B-17 painted on it with a big yellow boat under it when i was a kid he would tell me how they would go out looking for people in the water and drop the boat this was really something to watch and see how it was done it's really nice to see how these old movies where with God and prayer in them not the world we live in now
Seven struggle to survive aboard a raft after a U.S. Army plane is forced down in the Pacific.
Initial release: March 28, 1947
This is a BEAUTIFUL Movie. Thank You.
Keith Richards! I knew he was old, but not THAT old!
Way before the Stones.
Wrong one, chap.
What a great film ! ! ! Praises to all men & women in uniform--past, present & future ! ! ! Thanx a bunch ! ! !
As a commercial pilot myself (gliders, private airplane) I enjoyed the aviation scenes a lot. You really had to work to fly in those days, no advanced search & rescue beacons, navigation systems or computer controlled aircraft. A simple story but well done--the people in the raft looked drained, and no phony make-up or hair styling of the actors like some modern films have used for disaster stories. I don't think the Southern Cross would show up from their position, but perhaps. Anyway, a lot of fun. (And if anyone wants a real story of sea survival in this period read "Raft of Despair", 33 days in the Indian Ocean, with sharks.)
Thanks for your professional insight & as for movie referrals may I suggest "BROKEN".
We Westerners, we American -- indeed the whole world: we need more movies like this one, with heroes & heroines, to remind us of our common humanity.
To God be the glory!
@@cfneal1459 Who’s your favorite god? I like Zeus.
It's always a thrill when I find a World War II movie that I haven't yet seen . I don't know how I missed this one, but it's great little film.
I know really when you think you’ve seen them all here comes another great one
Reminds me of Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" movie. With Tallulah Bankhead and other greats. Is that Richard Denning as the captain ? He was in the second "An Affair to Remember" w/ Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr. This a great survival movie. Let's take notes.
Wow! Great movie. Never saw the boat drop routine before and I’m a fan of WW2 movies. Also the jet assist on the rescue plane. Incredible
necessity being the mother of invention, so they say; and as war is hell, they also say adjustments can be made as needed.
Oh, the ingenuity of man.
Rocket assist.
Good morning everyone and God bless y'all together Amen .
And This Is A GREAT MOVIE Back in the days 60Th and I will for get these older movie I enjoy watching what I am looking at this morning and thank y'all facebook people for putting these older movie on the air.
Super film.
Thankyou for posting.
Xx
All we which, Old Classic war movies. Haven't forgot.
Enjoy being with the family
thank you for posting this.....I love these old movies even if they are so-called "B" movies.....there 10x`s better than the trash out of hollywood. I no longer watch movies unless they were made before I was born [ 51 ]
I was born in 1962 and I have a different perspective watching this movie. I enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. My grandparents, one set born just after the end of WWI, told me all about living and growing up in those days. the other set told me all about living through WWII--as that side of the family served in the that war.
My dad served in the military during Vietnam, and was in the first Gulf War. One thing I do remember about military personnel is how polite they are to the civilians. It is always please and thank you mam. My parents taught me to say the same to my elders. I called my Grandparents by their sir names, not their first names, nor by a nickname. It was Grandma Reed and such, until the day she died. It was out of respect.
Women had more respect back before they demanded equal rights. My Dad taught my brothers to open the car doors for my sisters and my mother. I opened the doors for my grandparents! It was my Uncles who opened doors for me, and helped me with chairs--and such. Now I am disabled--and yes, it is nice in 2019--when a young child--opens a door for me. I thank them with a big smile. It is a common courtesy!! It has nothing to do with laziness.
When I was young and healthy, I opened my own doors and such--but now I cannot.
I enjoyed the part of the movie where they prayed too and sang a hymn. It brought peace to the group and unity. The idea that God created all humankind equally and cares for all us equally. It is sin that separates us from God--forgiveness from Him, brings us back into a relationship with Him. Running from God is running from His watch care. If we refuse God, we refuse His protection and care. If we do this in ignorance--sometimes He will send His angels to save us--until we realize who God really is--and make a willful choice as to who to follow. If we deliberately defy God--sometimes He will remove His protection as He respects our freedom of choice to not serve or follow after Him. Then our fate is in Satan's hands and that of his demons. There are only two choice in this world, good or evil. Some people by default of ignoring God, chose Satan. There is no fence sitting.
This was a wonderfully clean film. Adventure, morals, ethics, and decent ending. Thanks for posting it. (Also remember, God gives to each person an assigned amount of days to live. When that time comes, our lives end. Even good people have a limited time on earth, when their allotted time has ended. This is why it seems good people die too soon, and evil persists, but it is only our human perception.) Thanks for posting this film. Blessings.
Hi Michelle Reed! Your post blessed me so much ! I was born in 1953 and share ALL your perspectives. Treating everyone with respect, kindness and compassion is what Christ teaches us to do.
michelle reed : exactly...compare this to today’s Hollywood rubbish...
What wonderful comments. What a great treasure trove of history through your grandparents. So great that you realize it. Many people don't care about their grandparents and certainly don't take the time to listen to them. I pray people will listen to what you wrote. To stop running from God and themselves and start the life (filled with good things and purpose) that they were meant to have. Encouraging you to keep being a witness no matter where you are or how you do it. Sincerely, Laura-Lee
This should be saved for your after meal get together at the christyun nursing home. For crying out loud, I could go on forever about my family's glorified existence but this is a comment section for the goddamn movie. Not everyone wants to hear about your wholesome life and sanctimony. Save it for the church picnic. I too have a story to tell but you won't find me doing it here. And please get off your knees, it's degrading.
I was born in 62 also but my youngest grandparent was born in 21
Excellent!!
My Dad was a bombarder as a member of the Flying Tigers in China. We watched all of these movies and pictures of Dad and others look like these patriots.
Richard Denning, the raft navigator who ended up years later being the character actor "the governor" of the old successful TV cop show "Hawaii Five O."
Great old movie thanks
I just watched it again. Much more enjoyable. A great movie. To call it a "B" movie woulkd beg the question: what would it need to be bumped up to "A" status? It's just terrific. Oct. 31, 2022. I'm 78.
Great to see rare actual footage of a "Dumbo" drop from a B-17. The B17 were used in the task in the mid 1940s till the early 1950s when the SB-29 took over the task in the pacific, specially for the Korean war. The light weight higgins designed boats and parachute system was unique and allowed people in the water to get in and get dry without risking a PBY or other seapalne water landing in rough seas. Good stuff!
A system used by the British during WW2, usually dropped from a Vickers Warwick.
I loved the JATO at the end. The PBY has always been one of my faves. Not a sexy streamline aerodynamic wonder of the word but certainly one of the best ever built and the fact that there are still a lot of them flying backs that up. My father was an Air Force pilot in Korea and Vietnam and the Catalina was one he longed to have flown. He called it a gas tank with a fuselage. It might not get you there fast but you’ll definitely arrive.
Marvelous Film!
En VERSION FRANÇAISE CE SERAIT FORMIDABLE... J'AI 67ANS ET MON ANGLAIS PARFOIS ME FAIT DÉFAUT... MERCI À VOUS... AMICALEMENT VOTRE..
Прекрасный фильм! Мой отец был штурманом на " Каталине" в начале 50х...в СССР.👍👍👍
Catalina’s are great planes to fly. Air Sea Rescue would be a job that would difficult to leave…
Its nice to watch a movie someone didn't stick their handle all over it or add 20 commercials
so is! you're right!
amen
Thanks for putting this on
For all of you WWII aircraft buffs, that seaplane is a PBY. The PBY is also featured in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, "South Pacific".
Great old movie with a prayer for help.
Rather shocking, eh, in these days. Wouldn't have a "ptayer" in movie made today, unless " The Chosen ".
Those were the days. When men were men, women were women and giants walked the earth.
To those asking about if sailors were advised to pee in the water, to help fend off sharks...
It Actually was true, according to my dad, who is a decorated WWII Naval Combat Veteran (Pacific). He said they were advised to do so, if they were ever forced to abandon ship, and into Life rafts. It was only years later, after the war, when they realized that it wouldn’t have done much, if any, good! My dad is currently living in a War Veterans Home, and his mind is still sharp! He participated in a total of 9 invasions of Jap Islands (5 major and 5 minor) as part of the Amphibious Forces.
Pee where else?
Thank you for the upload. This was a new one for me..
Great flick. Thanks for posting.
20 years for me to find this gem. Maybe a "B" movie but I enjoyed it a lot. (Nov. 2, 2020,)
Its nice to see that Douglas C47 again. Flew one of the last one's in the Air Force inventory back in 1969. Very nice smooth flying at around 10 thousand feet to my IndoChina destination.
Versions of it are still flying. Outfitted with turboprops. Amazing design.
@@JRobbySh Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, Alaska still uses them.
Black n white movies super cool.
There are three hundred fifty one comments here?!?
Man.
Definitely some old movie lovers.
*grin*
David
Up to 1900+ and rising.😉
@kevin lawrence on 30 what?
beautiful planes. Those perspex observation bubbles amid ships must have had perfect fields of view.
Also pretty good fields of fire for combat models armed with fifty cals
Good movie. Don't remember seeing it before, but good story along the lines of "Lifeboat" by Hitchcock. Well worth seeing again. Joe S
At 10:40 the whole plot of the movie upped and smacked me upside the head. Still a good movie, though. Thanks for posting.
Good Flick. Thanks for uploading!
Awesome movie thank you
🙃☕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
PBY Catalina - what else do you need to know? and you can SMOKE inside!
Keith Richards just turned 98 and still rocking with Gargoyle Jagger and the Rolling Farts.
radiootoo : except when you smell fuel...
watched....cheers for posting this
What a BEAUTIFUL Movie!
These movies reflect how people were back then. Ya, a little Hollywood, but still, I remember the real people. Oh by the way I am an old geezer. I look at how people are now, and it saddens me. greatly. Loss of respect, loss of self worth.
Ditto, sir.
I think most person's will come to their senses. After all the hardships of the 1930's. Hardships usually make person's stronger in character, w/ The Lord's help. Just ask Him. He's waiting to hear from us. Get going gang !
Good movie. Thing from another planet is around this time. I like this post WW2 era a lot. We had such promise then.
Interesting film. Great to see the C-46 at the end (a few still fly in Alaska).
Pure escapism for an hour or so.
Thanks for sharing.
Love this film! 💯x👍👍
Good little movie, many thanks
Dad became a Bombardier in a B-17 in the US Army Air Core. His first mission in his B-17, Butch, his plane was the only one to return. On his 10th and last mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 4-24-44, their B-17 was shot up badly on the mission, they dropped out of formation and were looking for a place to go down. A Swiss air force jet got their attention and they were guided by a Swiss fighter to Switzerland where they crash-landed in Switzerland. The crew exited the plane under the watch of Swiss Army guards with guns. Dad ran back into the B-17, at the objection of his crew, to get his wife's photo that was in a bible that he had left in the nose of the plane, we still have that bible and photo to this day. In Switzerland they were interned as Prisoners of war, but free to move about but not escape. In Switzerland, he played a Saxophone in a Band. They played at the large hotels and all the while he was looking for a way to escape. He Escaped from Switzerland by rowing across Lake Geneva to France with the help of two Swiss men and there he joined the French Underground. They would go out into the woods and capture the Germans who were put in charge of each French town and would bring them back for trial. He did this until the US Army came through liberating towns. He was then asked if he would volunteer to go into Germany as a spy. Dad declined saying he did not know the language well enough. So they shipped him back to the States. He remained in the USAF flying B-47s until his retirement as a Lt. Col after 20 years of service.
The B-17 low passes and the JATO assisted PBY take off were the best part of the movie.
DAMN, Keith Richards was in this.. man he's even older than I thought!
😂hahahahhalolol Winston Churchill, and Douglas MacArther desribed him as a tough old codger who couldn't be killed.
A very good movie with a happy ending
They also used the PBYs as Submarine hunters. It was a great plane.
Russell Hayden had an interesting life. Flying a PBY in WWll and then as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick.
And at no time did he ever have to show any talent.
Pretty good! It reminds me of Hitchcock's "Lifeboat."
The lifeboat concept itself in this movie wasn't the spookiest part for me. That goes, (1, to the storm scene, and (2, to the crashing scene. The noise was sort of scary, but it was so good I didn't even care
Airplanes back then smelled like airplane fuel when flying. So I doubt you would be allowed to smoke, or risk blowing up the plane.
@@johnbockelie3899 Don't know where you get your misinformation but no they didn't smell like gas inside and they were ALL smoked in regularly. B-29s even had built in ash trays!
@@johnbockelie3899 there's a popular B-26 pic where the navigator/bombardier sitting in the glass nose piece just tokin away on a cig.
I love Hitchcock, but this film is better than Lifeboat.
When that plane starting rocking and falling, I started rocking. One hell of a good movie... and STILL not the very best
This movie reminds me of a book I once read.
The book reminds me of a movie I once saw.
Funny funny funny.
Beautiful PBY footage.
I didn't know the USAAF used PBYs until I saw this. Wikipedia confirms that they did.
What’s PBY? Never mind, I’ll Google it.
The boat drop from the B-17 was the real deal, B-17's were converted for AIR-SEA RESCUE after the war.
Hello Chuck!
During the war... my dad was a flight engineer/ top turret gunner, 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron Saipan and Iwo Jima 1945
Can you enlighten me on the PBY take off after the rescue. He said, Air Sea Rescue had a trick up it's sleeve and then what looked like a stream of smoke trailed behing as is lifted off the surface
B-29s also became ASR boat-droppers as the SB-29.
@@alanbayliss6401 JATO- Jet Assist Take Off.
this movie is a Diamond in the ruff.
An ol' time romantic . . . these movies were all so memorable !
If this was a modern movie there would be a plot twist - they kill the Japanese but the woman gets pregnant on the boat. So seven were saved :D
These are the best movies; I remember one with Lucille Ball about plane crash survivors in South America
I remember. There is another film like it. Maybe before the Lucy film.
Ah,yes, the PBY!!! When I was a teen-ager, I put together a model of one.
Like many of the comments spoke of, it is a very valuable story about survival. The investigation into the loss of the USS Indianapolis, which took place in the last month of World War 2, had been held in the immediate aftermath of the war. Americans in the early post war years that were lamenting the loss of their loved ones; especially those related to the loss of the USS Indianapolis, would have viewed this film from their own unique perspective, as almost being like an apology to them by the military for not doing more to lessen the scope of that Naval tragedy.
"He grabs her in his manly arms!" Best line of the whole flick.
Just watched this for the first time. Not a great flic, but it had its moments and the aircraft were very interesting. That B-17 lifeboat setup was amazing, both the carrying scheme and the items in the boat (radio, engine, food and drink, medical stuff. Wonder how long they used those. Also, nice to see the AAF version of the PBY with landing gear. Great plane.
The Consolided PBY was introduced in 1935 and served in all theaters. Since it was an amphipeous aircraft, it had wheels so it could operate off of land or water. It also served in the Pacific as a night fighter. In that configuration they were heavily armed and painted flat black with radar. They were named the "Black Cat Squadron"
The amphibious version was introduced on the PBY-5A and didn't get delivered until October 1941. There were something like 800 of them made, amounting to about 55 or 60% of the total run. The version in the movie is, I think, a 6A model, first rolled out in January of '45. Those had the radome over the cockpit.
Love the sound of those ww2 Engines Could listen to them all day
I was just going to comment that that has got to be the coolest sound in the world
Ginger Megs They didn't give a FRA about mileage. They needed power, the good old days, haha
Thanks. Enjoyed the movie.
PBY-5A is My Favorite Seaplane / Flying Boat.
This is the kind of movie that me and my brothers used to watch on tv back in the sixties when we were kids. These shows inspired interest in flying and the military - long before things got woke, insane and anti-white.
Russell Hayden later became Pat Gallagher of Cowboy G-Men with Jackie Coogan.
Such a beautiful movie, and cool navy planes.
The Catalina - probably one of the most beautiful planes ever ;-)
Is the best movies .please put Greek subtitles .thank you
great movie, look forward to more , thank you.
I knew Keith Richards was old, but damn!
Randy Warren Alien Abduction.....That's All You Need To Know. lol
+Randy Warren Too much coke and too much smoke....the smell of death is around you
+Randy Warren Who is Keith Richards is he the director ?
roderick sloan I hope, just hope you are trolling. If not Keith Richards is a guitarist for The Rolling Stones (just Google Rolling Stones if needed). He is now about 70 years old but, has looked like he was 70 for the past 30 years. The name was in the opening credits.
Riff No worries sport just mucking about love the strolling bones have a good one cobber.
At six minutes, the man stands when the lady walks by the table and she wouldn't think of sitting before the man holds her chair for her. Those were the days when women expected to be treated special.
that hair on the top of the screen it's priceless
A unique moment on film at 20:18 the realistic look of fear in the eyes of a pilot facing doom.
Thanks for the free movie
Good thing they put the engines way up high so they don’t hit the water!
As I look at the aircraft it's amazing how far we got with the aircraft from the time the Wright brothers invented flight. I wonder what they'd say today if they saw how advanced aircraft has become.
One of the Wright brothers was still alive at the end of world war II. What advances in just forty years.
Probably wouldn't say anything... just stand there with their mouths open
The Wright Brothers did NOT "invented" flight. Actually, the first public flight (officialy) in a flying machine was in Paris, by Santos Dumont's "14-bis", in 1906. Only later the American brothers appeared claiming they did it first... and until WWII they were not even recognized in their country as pioneers!
But this is not taught in American schools.
They would probably say something like, look how advanced aircraft have become.
Good for the Red White and Blue..Fine Film
I love happy endings. I hope we have one in 2024.
love these old movies. even when they are sort of flat. there is still a decent story.
This film was released by Paramount Pictures and Put "A Paramount Picture"
Good one!
Nobody was strapped in during the crash. Sure would have been messy in there.
I just sat through this turkey because I'm a Richard Loo fan.
***** Richard Loo played Colonel Yamura. He was one of the great heavies. Many nasty Japanese officers in the '40s, although he was Chinese.
***** Blond guy was Richard Denning and very well known, appearing from the the late '30s to 1980. Just check out imdb.com (internet movie database) for complete info on any movie made.
Im sure I saw that DC-3 at Duxford yesterday !
I saw an immaculate PBY in a hangar at NAS Cubi Point in 1969. I thought that the Navy had gotten rid of them all the time.
It would not be a US Navy bird. HOWEVER . . . I worked on the "last" Navy PBY in 1986. A civil bird was turned over to the Navy who flew it under its original BuNo for the 75th Anniversary of Naval Aviation at NAS Jax. I say again, no civilian registration. The CO of the base also worked on it. I flew in the back seat of the local flying club's T-34A to take air-to-air shots of the Cat. Now it is a gate guardian with various other ASW aircraft.