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⚙️🛠️✈️ Power Dive (1941) soars into the world of aviation pioneers, test pilots, and aircraft innovation. This gripping wartime drama follows daring engineers and pilots risking it all to push the boundaries of flight at the brink of World War II.   📽️ Plot Summary:  Test pilot Brad Farrell teams up with a brilliant young engineer to develop revolutionary aircraft. Facing sabotage, danger, and wartime urgency, they must overcome both mechanical and personal challenges to help America's aviation future take flight.   🕰️ Year Released: 1941  🎭 Genre: Action, Drama, Aviation  🎬 Directed by: James P. Hogan  🎞️ Starring: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Gordon Jones   🎯 Why Watch It?  ✔️ Authentic early WWII-era aviation setting  ✔️ Packed with aerial stunts and engineering suspense  ✔️ Great for fans of war dramas, aircraft, and vintage tech  ✔️ Produced by Pine-Thomas, known for fast-paced low-budget action   🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more classic war films, aviation adventures, and public domain treasures!   👇 Explore More Classic Action & War Films Here:  📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🎞️ #PowerDive #WWIIAviation #VintageWarFilm #1940sDrama #ClassicMovies #PublicDomain #TestPilots #FlyingLegends  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🛩️⚙️ Dive into the daring world of test pilots and aviation heroes in Power Dive (1941) — where flight meets fearless ambition!  ________________________________________

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00:03:07WELL BOSS

00:03:08THAT RECORD IS GOOD

00:03:09AS WORKED

00:03:17I can't lift her.

00:03:35Look at that sweater.

00:03:47Pull her up, Brad.

00:04:17Gee, Billy Renner had a pony once, and it broke its leg, and they had to.

00:04:34Don't worry, Brad.

00:04:36They won't have to shoot me.

00:04:38I was in the hospital once.

00:04:40I had intentional flu.

00:04:41They cut that out.

00:04:42That candy belongs to a ninblood.

00:04:44Oh, excuse me.

00:04:45I thought it was yours.

00:04:46Take Squid out and buy him some ice cream, son.

00:04:48We want to talk to Uncle Brad.

00:04:49Oh, I'm on a diet.

00:04:50Give me bananas.

00:04:52I want to fly, Squid.

00:04:53You promised me.

00:04:54You promised you'd let me fly solo.

00:04:56Oh, you're not good enough yet to fly solo.

00:04:59Sure I am.

00:04:59My dad's the greatest fly in the world, and it's in my blood.

00:05:02Ain't that right, Mom?

00:05:03Yes, I'm afraid you're right, Sonny.

00:05:06See?

00:05:06Come on, Squid.

00:05:07OK.

00:05:08Get in the cockpit.

00:05:10What do you do now?

00:05:10Go into your dance?

00:05:11No, I'm a low wing job.

00:05:13Looks like you're going into a tailspin.

00:05:14Contact.

00:05:15Start your motor.

00:05:16Hey, that motor's only running on one tonsil.

00:05:21Don't forget to adjust your safety belt.

00:05:23I'll fly you nonstop to the end of the haul and back.

00:05:25Retractable wings.

00:05:27I doubt if you'll ever get that extra fuel load off the ground.

00:05:31Here we go!

00:05:31Let that put it in the zoom and take off!

00:05:33Yoo-hoo!

00:05:35Sorry, boss.

00:05:36You should have used the other runway.

00:05:39That mush brain maniac.

00:05:43Did you ring?

00:05:45No.

00:05:46If that squid had one more brain, he'd be a halfwit.

00:05:49Hello, Johnny.

00:05:50Hello, Betty.

00:05:51Hello.

00:05:52Well, what do you think of Superman here?

00:05:53Can't even get a ship off the ground.

00:05:55What do you mean?

00:05:56Didn't I tell you-

00:05:57All right, all right.

00:05:58You win your bet.

00:05:59My designers were wrong.

00:06:00Oh, so your designers were wrong, and I wind up almost breaking my neck.

00:06:04Well, you're a test pilot, aren't you?

00:06:05How to wrap that cast right around your neck.

00:06:07It's the same with all of us, Brad.

00:06:08We've all taken our chances.

00:06:09You mean it was the same.

00:06:10In the good old days when we flew with the big six, we had a little fun out of it.

00:06:14Now it's a race with a crash wagon to try and make a living.

00:06:18Why don't you get out of it, Brad?

00:06:20Get out of it?

00:06:21Well, good, I mean.

00:06:22Are you kidding?

00:06:23Why don't Johnny get out?

00:06:24He will soon.

00:06:25Every cent he makes testing, he's putting into his plastic plane.

00:06:28Well, I hope it works out.

00:06:29It's gonna work.

00:06:30Well, you're a test pilot, aren't you?

00:06:32You're a test pilot, aren't you?

00:06:34It's gonna work.

00:06:35As soon as my ship's finished, no more testing for Donnie Coles.

00:06:39No more chill for Betty.

00:06:41Brad, you know the trouble with you is you're just a glory hunting kid at heart.

00:06:45You're crazy.

00:06:46Am I?

00:06:47You could have quit when I did, but oh, no.

00:06:50You wanted to go on hedge hopping down Main Street, giving the yokels a thrill.

00:06:53Spending your prize money trying to drink the town dry and partying gals you never saw again.

00:06:59Yeah, well, the guy's gotta have some fun, doesn't he?

00:07:01Aviation's grown into a business, Brad, but you just haven't grown up with it.

00:07:05Oh, I forgot.

00:07:06Here's something came to the plant for you.

00:07:08Oh, it's from Doug.

00:07:10Yeah, aviation's a business, all right.

00:07:13A business that snuffs you out or retires you at the age of 35 under some stooge that doesn't know a nail around him from a hole in the ground.

00:07:20You haven't learned a thing, Brad.

00:07:22Oh, yes, I have.

00:07:23One thing.

00:07:24To keep this kid out of flying.

00:07:26There's gonna be one feral get his out of this game without risking his neck.

00:07:29What's Doug got to say?

00:07:31Well, he's due out next month with a nice new shiny diploma in aeronautical engineering.

00:07:35That's swell.

00:07:37You know, every crate I've tested has been just that much more insurance to keep Doug out of the air.

00:07:42Hey, get a load of the kid.

00:07:45Hey, you better keep your women locked up when he's around.

00:07:49You telling me.

00:07:51And listen, you old highbinder.

00:07:52I want to talk to you about him.

00:08:02Well, for heaven's sake, what happened?

00:08:04A crack up, Mom.

00:08:07Airplanes just ain't safe.

00:08:09Even when I'm the airplane.

00:08:15That out of the Whilst machines and remains in 양 Jeb.

00:08:35Grad this new engine will deliver a hundred more horsepower.

00:08:37That ought to carry the load.

00:08:39That's a lot too.

00:08:42What does that guy think he is, a crop duster?

00:09:02Take it easy, Brad.

00:09:03That leg is in no shape for arguments yet.

00:09:05Oh, yeah.

00:09:06Listen, you muttonhead, what's the big idea?

00:09:09Surprise.

00:09:10Hey, I thought you said he couldn't fly.

00:09:13Well, these ain't water wings.

00:09:15How are you, Brad?

00:09:15You're looking great.

00:09:17Hey, what are you doing in this ship?

00:09:18A fellow bought her in the east.

00:09:19I just buried her out for him.

00:09:21You knew perfectly well how I felt about your flying?

00:09:24Didn't think you'd mind, Brad.

00:09:26Here I am sending you door to go to engineering school.

00:09:29And you use it to learn to fly.

00:09:31I took my engineering course.

00:09:33I learned to fly through the Civil Aeronautics Authority.

00:09:35It didn't cost me a dime.

00:09:36But you did the one thing I didn't want you to do.

00:09:38Ah, cool off, Brad.

00:09:39Yeah, it makes you cook inside.

00:09:41I'm McMasters.

00:09:42How are you?

00:09:43I didn't think Brad would boil over like this.

00:09:47Why do you think I've been talking all these years?

00:09:49Well, look, I appreciate everything you've done for me, Brad.

00:09:52But I want to fly, and I don't see any reason why I can't.

00:09:57All right, you're a flyer.

00:09:59So you're on your own.

00:10:03What a homecoming.

00:10:04Well, I guess I'd better pick up my marbles.

00:10:08Now, wait a minute, son.

00:10:10Don't you go off half-cocked.

00:10:11Hey, Squid.

00:10:12Yeah?

00:10:12Take Doug over to your place.

00:10:14Go on.

00:10:14Sure.

00:10:15Brad.

00:10:16Save it.

00:10:17Save it.

00:10:17You've got about as much head on you as a stale glass of beer.

00:10:20Come on in the office.

00:10:21How do you like the joint, huh?

00:10:25All right.

00:10:26It's all right.

00:10:27Well, why don't you start unpacking that?

00:10:29What for?

00:10:30Oh, you think Brad don't want you, huh?

00:10:32You've got a cigarette.

00:10:33Oh, I've got one.

00:10:34Hey, you wait here.

00:10:36I want to show you something.

00:10:37I've got a collection of four-leaf clovers.

00:10:38The luckiest thing in the world.

00:10:41Oh, boy.

00:10:41Ow!

00:10:42Ow!

00:10:43Ow!

00:10:45Ow!

00:10:46Ow!

00:10:47Ow!

00:10:48Ow!

00:10:49Ow!

00:10:50Ow!

00:10:51What a crash.

00:10:53Did you hurt yourself?

00:10:54No.

00:10:55What did you do?

00:10:55I just scratched myself.

00:10:56Oh, hey, hey.

00:10:58Don't take that altitude.

00:10:59Safety voice.

00:11:00I said, wait till I get some McCurricone.

00:11:04Sit down.

00:11:05It's nothing at all.

00:11:05Yeah, but I've got to fix that confection.

00:11:07It's not worth bothering about.

00:11:09Oh, yeah, says you.

00:11:10I had a friend one time named Stinky Cornfeller.

00:11:13One morning, he stuck his finger with a pin,

00:11:15and what do you think happened?

00:11:16That night at 6 o'clock, he was out cold in his coffin.

00:11:19Now, what happened?

00:11:20Blood poison?

00:11:20No, he was hit with a truck.

00:11:22You can't be too careful with these things, you know,

00:11:24the germs and everything set in.

00:11:25Hey, uh, you know, I'd like to stay here, Squid.

00:11:30Brad's always been tough, but the way things turned out,

00:11:34oh, you got the guy all wrong.

00:11:36He was just surprised, that's all.

00:11:37Why, he loves you like a brother.

00:11:39He always says that.

00:11:43Hey, Squid, what are you hanging around for?

00:11:45Oh, uh, if I was just hanging around.

00:11:47Yeah, well, Mac told you to bring him over, not take the day off.

00:11:50Oh, well, look, I was just leaving.

00:11:56Well, I guess I'd better roll my hook.

00:11:59Oh, come on, kid, don't be a chump.

00:12:01Yeah, but you said that.

00:12:03Oh, I know, I know.

00:12:04I lost my head, but Squid can move in there,

00:12:06and you can bunk here.

00:12:07Say, I smooshed Mac into giving you a swell job.

00:12:10Oh, that's what I always wanted, to work with you and Mac.

00:12:13Well, you got your wish.

00:12:14Of course, I don't expect to do your kind of flying right off the bat.

00:12:17Hey, wait a minute.

00:12:18You're going to fly a drafting board.

00:12:19A what?

00:12:21Yeah, you're starting in the designing room.

00:12:22Mac's giving you a swell chance.

00:12:24Yeah, there's the draftsman, huh?

00:12:26Oh, I know how you feel, kid.

00:12:28You're just itching to get up there and fly by the seat of your pants

00:12:30and get in the headlines.

00:12:31Yeah, maybe I am.

00:12:33Yeah, well, I've had all that.

00:12:34When the glory's gone, all you've got left is nerves,

00:12:36and hangover, and no future.

00:12:38But the first tow I ever had was a model plane you made for me.

00:12:42I learned to read from a clipping book telling me

00:12:44about the stunts that you and the Big Six pulled.

00:12:47I used to tell the kids at school that I'd fly with you

00:12:50and Mac and Johnny Coles and Whispering Bill Thompson,

00:12:54and you come over here.

00:12:59There's Whispering Bill, one of the greatest flyers I ever knew.

00:13:02So what?

00:13:03Washed out in a tailspin.

00:13:05There's Ace Broxton, number two to go.

00:13:08If he'd have been just six inches higher,

00:13:10he would have missed those telegraph wires.

00:13:12And there's Red Carrington, stacked into the side of a mountain,

00:13:16carrying serum for a publicity stunt.

00:13:18He was number three of the Big Six.

00:13:20But they will pioneer.

00:13:21Ships are better now.

00:13:22Sure, they helped pave the way, and so did I.

00:13:24And the only way I can get out is to take the way they did.

00:13:27Guy's got to take chances.

00:13:28But a man doesn't have to fly.

00:13:29He can take the lessons those fellas taught

00:13:31to build ships, safer ships,

00:13:32so we won't have any more Red Carringtons or Whispering Bill.

00:13:36OK, Brad.

00:13:38I'll forget you.

00:13:39That's the boy.

00:13:41You know, Doug, I promised mom I'd look after you.

00:13:43I wouldn't be keeping my promise very well

00:13:45if I let you be the fourth helmet up on that wall.

00:13:48Come on, let's get on the back.

00:13:49Let's go.

00:14:08Hello.

00:14:09Hello.

00:14:10Can you tell me where I can find Brad Farrell?

00:14:13Brad Farrell?

00:14:14Oh, he's in the pilot house.

00:14:15The pilot house.

00:14:16house yeah yeah see that little building right over there well that isn't it we

00:14:22just had the pilot house painted and the painter said I was going to put wallpaper

00:14:26in and we said no painted because I just want to find Brad Farrell oh Brad

00:14:31Farrell well he's in the pilot house you see that little building over there that

00:14:35still isn't it when you get there you turn to the room no you better turn to

00:14:40the left you go right around the corner and if he isn't in the pilot house he's

00:14:44asleep but uh thank you very much

00:15:08don't take a while let's go loot on the field say I don't want to miss this

00:15:14oh why don't you watch where you're going I'm sorry I'm awfully sorry you make a habit of knocking

00:15:32people down you just specialize on women well I I didn't knock it down because I wanted to oh

00:15:37a psychopathic case the urge was just too strong to resist so I I'm still sorry uh can I help you

00:15:45with anything no you might think would you please tell me where mr. Farrell is mr. well that's me

00:15:51you yeah oh well if somebody had to knock me down I'm awfully glad it was you huh I mean you're the

00:16:02man I came to see me yes I'm Carol Blake yeah well how do you do what did you want to see me about my

00:16:08father's professor Blake he taught aerodynamics at Southwest Tech perhaps you've heard of him no I don't

00:16:14believe so oh Bill Terry at municipal airport suggested I see you Bill Terry well thanks to Bill I've been

00:16:23reading about the famous Brad spell for years you know I thought you'd be a little older yeah dead huh

00:16:31well I'm the type that ages gracefully really I want to see mr. McMaster mr. Terry said I'd have a

00:16:40better chance if I could see you first about the plane yeah about the plane my father's designed a

00:16:45plastic ship and it's so revolutionary he's having trouble interesting the manufacturer so you decided that

00:16:52maybe you could interest them is that it well sort of if you'd look over these designs I know you

00:16:57could influence mr. McMaster's you how about it hey look I'm holding up a big conference in there

00:17:06but if we could get together tonight you know good then I could explain the whole thing to you yeah well

00:17:13I knock off about six so how about meeting me for dinner over there at the flyer's roost say around

00:17:18seven oh I'd love that so I'll see you about seven mr. Farrell yeah I do hope I can interest you I'm sure you can

00:17:48make it to Sam make mine bigger

00:18:18this must be the end of the line huh the music stops I'm sorry for a man who just getting over a

00:18:32broken leg you down very well mr. Farrell hey that's not much of a compliment young lady oh would

00:18:40you're getting clumpier he said he was gonna see a professor I get such a kick out of this place

00:18:48just like being part of the game oh no wonder he gave us the brush you'd had a professor like that

00:18:56you would have got out of the fifth grade don't be silly I'd have still been in it not the first test

00:19:02pilot I ever met I must admit I was kind of worried a business appointment he said because you think

00:19:11I'm sorry the coffee is awful stuffy I mean the room to burn my tongue if we could get out on the

00:19:21balcony huh I haven't even started my ice cream's awful I should have told you that before it's really

00:19:26terrible oh what I wouldn't give for a poor alarm fire oh Douglas my lad the professor the professor's

00:19:36daughter a couple of the boys well I'll see you tomorrow huh aren't you going to introduce us this

00:19:44is squid my name is Brad Farrell how do you do who Brad Farrell but you said you were Brad Farrell

00:19:56look I can explain never mind I'm Doug Farrell's brother I had every intention of telling you I can

00:20:03understand your intention very funny the jokes over now wait a minute no giving her a line huh I was

00:20:10not it was strictly business business Douglas yes business she said she wanted to see you about

00:20:16something so I just thought I could save you a lot of time and bother and find out myself you can take

00:20:23me home oh now children I'm sorry if I open this big mouth of mine put my foot in it not important

00:20:28oh but it is important what was it you wanted to see me about it was about my father's plane but you

00:20:37wouldn't want to listen anybody oh but I would I'd love it come on let's dance I listen better on my feet

00:20:42anyway Douglas put a nickel in the jukebox will you right this way Doug's a great fellow I bet he swept you

00:20:53right off your feet he certainly did what did you want to talk to me about I was telling you I'm trying to tell my father's story

00:21:01oh that's well I always like the girl who helped your father

00:21:14and don't you think Mr McMaster's would go for it I don't know you don't know I didn't hear you

00:21:40never mind this is no place to discuss business I can see that that's a fact

00:21:46now I was doing all right till you mothers came home ah James is poisoner just like aeroplane

00:21:54you never know when they're gonna put you in a spin I had a gal just like that once I was doing all right

00:22:00too all of a sudden out of the clear blue a guy comes along and takes her right out from under my nose

00:22:06a pilot no a husband hey did you bring me any cookies

00:22:11hey Doc drop another nickel will ya

00:22:16here's a slough I think save it

00:22:20there I was five thousand feet in the air nothing but jungle under it right then and there my motor quit on it

00:22:29well there was no place to put her down then all of a sudden I looked over to my right and I saw a little spot just about

00:22:35as big as a handkerchief but you made the landing no it was a handkerchief

00:22:41well have a nice flight let's play thanks good sure been keeping Brad up in the air

00:22:54with about as subtle as a punch in the nose thanks Lord he always used to say that babes and planes wouldn't

00:23:02mix you know like Earl and vinegar I gotta get a zipper for that yappy yours did I say something funny not in years

00:23:09well that's one thing about airplanes can't get out and walk back

00:23:34it's great flying around like this isn't it do you really think women in planes shouldn't mix

00:23:45now you ought to take off at dawn and see a sunrise from this roost look tomorrow we'll

00:23:50let's not tomorrow no supposed to meet my father tomorrow remember oh yeah I was gonna tell you

00:23:58about that but I something came up what do I have to do qualified for a pilot's license before you'll

00:24:04talk to dad about his plane oh you think I'm not interested huh well are you after all I dined with

00:24:12you I've danced with you flown with you good company aren't I I have no complaints about your

00:24:18company you're charming and pretty too go ahead and laugh it off but either you see dad tomorrow or

00:24:26this is the end of a very beautiful oh don't say that because I have something very special planned

00:24:31for you I'm not interested okay what is it oh just the usual Friday get-together of the pilots the

00:24:38flyers roost that's all of course if you're not interested why just a moment I've changed my mind

00:24:45good then you'll go huh well I'll pick you up a date no don't bother to pick me up I've something to do

00:24:52I'll see you later at the roost okay

00:25:08good night yeah we did okay up there didn't we yes we did jerk

00:25:38I'm awfully sorry I suppose women who hang around airports should wear buckles how's the Brad Farrell

00:25:51campaign coming along the what that blitzkrieg did me the other night oh I'm sorry about that I'm a

00:25:58support about it yeah well it just seems the easiest way to get a date with a beautiful girl that's all

00:26:03after that what can I say suppose we start all over again from the beginning yes now uh what about

00:26:13that brother of mine oh he's a hard nut to crack yeah don't I know it and maybe maybe little brother

00:26:19can help would you our pals aren't we mister you've just joined a conspiracy well to little lovebirds I

00:26:43have ran to keep that up you'll have to get married but once you join us oh you see the most beautiful

00:26:47girl in the world is sitting around waiting I mean she's waiting for one of those yeah how's

00:26:53little Brad oh wonderful hey uh when are we gonna bust a bottle over that ship of yours oh pretty soon

00:26:59now pretty soon swell well let me know will you honey why didn't you tell him how well the ship has been

00:27:07find the test let's wait let me finish have a drink Brad thank you darling well well fancy meeting you

00:27:26here it's a small world isn't it Brad I'd like you to be my father how do you do how are you mr. Farrell

00:27:34uh professor Blake has been explaining his geodetic design to me Brad I think he's got something this

00:27:41is rather an odd place to hold a conference but my daughter said you wanted it here daughter's very

00:27:46clever girl thank you very much mr. Farrell shall we order I'll mean Douglas has explained it very

00:27:56well mr. Farrell but one more thing this basket weave construction is not only more resilient but if

00:28:04any one of the sections is damaged the rest of the plane will hold together what I don't understand is

00:28:10why you don't have to brace the empennage we make use of the cattle lever principle perhaps if you'd

00:28:16sketch the tail surfaces Carol I hope they don't mind my doing this don't be silly that people close

00:28:24make people at their age and have better sense than right on the tablecloth and that for Brad

00:28:28especially with the army for a cheap light trainer right now all right hello oh yeah that landing gear

00:28:37fittings okay now shall I lock up you ain't gonna flyer tonight I said warmer up that was Bob I've got

00:28:51to run over the hangar oh Johnny you were going to forget all about that ship tonight the government

00:28:56test at 8 in the morning things have got to move like crop worker to walk right out on me empathy these

00:29:01days you're not going to take it up are you no I'm just gonna take it quick look here baby sip the

00:29:08cocktail I'll be back before you get me off masters don't think the plastic planes are safe you can go

00:29:17for that plastic job with Johnny Cole Douglas explained about mr. Cole's playing an entirely different design

00:29:22he won't fly anyhow you were grand Doug anything for a pal you certainly made it a lot easier for my father

00:29:49why didn't you tell us about his blindness I wonder it's more than just a claim to him it's the one

00:30:04thing that keeps him from feeling like either useless blind old man got the enthusiasm of a kid

00:30:10oh tonight yes if you've seen him three years ago after the accident how did happen chemistry experiment

00:30:19what a terrible break one flash he lost everything he lived for it was hopeless then I remember this design

00:30:31he's been toying with he's been toying with first he thought it was futile and gradually he began to

00:30:37realize it might be of some use again it must have been heartbreaking for you oh my God first he had a

00:30:46draftsman and a cabinetmaker assembled a model but masters has to accept that design stuff did you hear

00:30:55dad tonight when he said when the plane is accepted by the governor oh Doug we can't let him down

00:31:02no we won't I know how it is to have your dreams kicked around you Doug remember when I pretended that I

00:31:14was Brad well part of that was you but there was something else I was borrowing his glory and parading

00:31:24around in it like a kid in a cowboy suit no I don't understand ever since I've been about that high I

00:31:32wanted to get up there and put the clouds around well if you want to fly why didn't you I were a man I

00:31:39don't know there there are a lot of reasons come under the heading of promises and loyalty gratitude

00:31:48why should I bother you with that stuff maybe it's maybe it's cause you're such a swell guy

00:31:57you're a pretty swell guy yourself

00:32:01I've been wanting to do that since the first time I bumped into

00:32:16it was the second time they got me

00:32:21did you think we'd better go inside

00:32:25all right why don't they bring their own paper

00:32:37well I see you've made a lot of progress Brad at this time I thought you'd be flying the thing

00:32:48give it a little more study

00:32:50can I help you with anything yeah I'll get me another tablecloth will you yes sir

00:33:04see that again will you

00:33:09have that

00:33:11hey Brad if you want to get a load of Johnny's new plane now

00:33:23what do you mean he's flying

00:33:24oh boy I've got to see this

00:33:27it's that plastic job I was telling you about professor

00:33:29dad would you mind no go right ahead

00:33:31there she is

00:33:36I'm gonna go right on

00:33:43oh my God

00:33:49I'm going to go right there

00:33:52you always feel like you're going to get a long way

00:33:54I'm going to go right ahead

00:33:55I'm going to go right there

00:33:56I'm going to go right there

00:33:58and there's no idea

00:34:00I'm going to go right there

00:34:02Oh, my God.

00:34:32Oh, my God.

00:35:02Oh, my God.

00:35:32Carol, go ahead and take care of Betty, will you?

00:35:45Oh, my God.

00:36:07Well, you're passing up a great bet.

00:36:12Brad, you're crazy trying to sell me on a plastic ship after what happened to Johnny.

00:36:15But, Mac, this is different.

00:36:17Come on, finish dressing, will you?

00:36:18I'm starved.

00:36:19Look, Johnny's was the veneer job.

00:36:21This is a geodetic.

00:36:22Do me a favor, will you?

00:36:24Take this pretty little basket and pull it full of Easter eggs.

00:36:27Yeah, and you're the guy that's always telling me to get out of testing.

00:36:31Now I've got a chance, why don't you give it to me?

00:36:32How?

00:36:33Look, I get three grand for testing the special, don't I?

00:36:36Yes.

00:36:36Two more if I break the record to New York.

00:36:38Yeah, yeah.

00:36:39All right, I'll put the whole thing in if you'll build a blank plane.

00:36:42Oh, Brad, if you fall off with this gal, why use me for a come on?

00:36:45What's the matter, won't she marry you without premiums?

00:36:48What, make another Betty Coles out of her?

00:36:50No, sir, not until these geodetics are coming off the line and I can flop my feet up on the desk.

00:36:55Then I'll ask her to marry me.

00:36:57Well, I hate to kick little Cupid in the pants, but I'm just not sold on plastic planes.

00:37:01Well, after all, we did learn a little about plastic from Johnny's crack-up.

00:37:09I thought if we could put this plane over, we might cut little Brad and Betty in.

00:37:14You do owe Johnny something.

00:37:16Yeah, I guess we'd do it.

00:37:17You know, I'm a sentimental slob.

00:37:21You mean you'll do it, Mac?

00:37:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:37:24Oh, gee, that's swell.

00:37:25We'll put Doug on it, and by the time the special's ready for the speed trials, he'll have one almost finished.

00:37:30Come on, let's tell Carol about it.

00:37:31Now, wait a minute, Jocko.

00:37:32I'm running the plan.

00:37:33I know, but let's tell her anyway.

00:37:35Come on.

00:37:35Uh, Douglas Farrell is in charge of construction on the Blake Geodetic.

00:37:40The Army is interested in this plane as a primary trainer if the ship is ready for tests within 30 days.

00:37:45Daniel McMasters.

00:37:48I wish I had a brother.

00:38:05I wish I had a brother.

00:38:35Well, Brad, there's your plane.

00:38:44What line flyer?

00:38:45Careful, you break it.

00:38:46She's quite ready to fly yet.

00:38:48But someday she'll pay off plenty of coffee and cakes for you and Mom.

00:38:51Oh, gee, Brad, I don't know what we'd have done without you.

00:38:54Yeah.

00:38:55You like it, huh?

00:38:56Yes, sir.

00:38:57Be sharp, I think.

00:39:05Doug, do you think these rudder cables are heavy enough?

00:39:26They'll take 4,000 pounds.

00:39:28That ought to be enough.

00:39:30Brad, Doug, welcome about your bottle, Nix.

00:39:33What's the matter?

00:39:34You'll have to leave for Washington.

00:39:35First thing in the morning, Doug.

00:39:36I can't.

00:39:36I got all this work piled up.

00:39:37If you don't go, there won't be any ship to test in two weeks.

00:39:39What do they want?

00:39:40CAA needs a formula for stress analysis immediately.

00:39:42Well, haven't they got that here?

00:39:43Not on geodetic.

00:39:44You better get some rest.

00:39:45Incidentally, you're doing a swell job, Doug.

00:39:46Yeah.

00:39:47Hey, Squish.

00:39:52Hey.

00:39:53What's evening?

00:39:54He might not be back.

00:39:55You know, Monday when you make the speed hop.

00:39:56And if he ain't, it won't be good luck.

00:39:58That's right, Doug.

00:39:59I'd like to have you back to see me take off.

00:40:00Yeah, wind it up as fast as possible.

00:40:02Oh, you've got to be back with the speed hop.

00:40:04Hey.

00:40:06I had a dream.

00:40:08What about?

00:40:09Oh, she was a pit.

00:40:12Oh.

00:40:17Come on, you're not going to pick up any blonde hitchhikers.

00:40:44Well, you never can tell what you're going to run into in those clouds over Pittsburgh.

00:40:47Let's go.

00:40:48Gee, I wish Doug were back.

00:40:49He'll be in sometime today.

00:40:50For Miss Wire, he did okay in Washington.

00:40:52Good.

00:40:53Well, hello.

00:40:54Hello.

00:40:55I just drove Betty and Brad over.

00:40:56Good.

00:40:57Can I say hello to Broadway for you?

00:40:58You might bring me one of those nice, shiny stars that hang over the Statue of Liberty.

00:41:02That shiny star is as good as yours.

00:41:04I'll say good luck now, Brad.

00:41:05You know how I feel about those takeoffs.

00:41:08Bye, honey.

00:41:08I want to see the takeoff.

00:41:10Well, you come along with me, pal.

00:41:14Hello.

00:41:20Hello.

00:41:21Are you the daredevil flyer?

00:41:23I ain't the flyer, but I could be a daredevil.

00:41:27What are you doing?

00:41:28Warming her up.

00:41:31Hey, I used to be a sailor.

00:41:33Do you like canoes?

00:41:34Uh-huh.

00:41:35Well, maybe I can get away in about an hour.

00:41:37I like canoeing.

00:41:38Yeah?

00:41:39Where can I get a hold of you?

00:41:40You might try Mercury 8-4-3-6.

00:41:43Mercury 8-3-1.

00:41:45Mercury 8-4-3-6.

00:41:50That's right.

00:41:52I'm shocked.

00:41:52And he's leaving now.

00:41:56I'll get a red canoe.

00:41:57Gee, I wish I could go with you, Uncle Brad.

00:42:11I wish you could, too.

00:42:12But you've got to stay here and look after things.

00:42:14Be sure and take good care of Mom, won't you?

00:42:17Hey, Farrell, how about a shot?

00:42:19Sure.

00:42:20One with Miss Blake.

00:42:20You know, kissing her for luck.

00:42:22Okay, boss.

00:42:23Do you mind?

00:42:25No, of course not.

00:42:35That's got it.

00:42:36Let's go, Brad.

00:42:38Better lift this time.

00:42:40So long, thanks.

00:42:41Happy landing.

00:42:41Thanks.

00:42:42Bye, boy.

00:43:12She climbed this time like a homesick angel.

00:43:37Hey, boss, now that he's on his way, can I have the day off?

00:43:41Sure, squid, go ahead.

00:43:42Oh, thanks.

00:43:43I've got a date with a vision.

00:43:46Oh, what's the matter?

00:43:47Go ahead.

00:43:48Oh, I'm sick.

00:43:50Our phone number, it's on the wing.

00:43:53Going to New York.

00:43:54Oh.

00:44:12It's Farrell, 13 minutes ahead of schedule.

00:44:20Salt Lake to Farrell, feeling unlimited.

00:44:26It's Farrell, 13 minutes ahead of schedule.

00:44:33Salt Lake to Farrell, feeling unlimited.

00:44:35Farrell, connect, one, six, oh, seven, five, four, three, fair.

00:44:49Flash, Lightning Brad Farrell just set down at Floyd Bennett Field after streaking across

00:45:00America faster than any human being ever through the distance.

00:45:02Time, seven hours, 18 minutes.

00:45:04And here is a surprise.

00:45:05Farrell just announced that after a sandwich and a cup of coffee, he would take off Westwood

00:45:10in an attempt to establish a new round trip mark.

00:45:12He did it.

00:45:13I knew he'd do it.

00:45:15Yeah, he's a great flyer.

00:45:45He was a great flyer.

00:45:47He's a great flyer.

00:45:48He's a great flyer.

00:45:49He's a great flyer.

00:45:51He's a great flyer.

00:45:52He's a great flyer.

00:45:53That little man to his best airplane ain't so swift with a girl either.

00:45:58Yeah.

00:45:59What, what's eating on here?

00:46:01Uh, didn't she get my message that I'd pick her up?

00:46:04What's she done to say, Douglas?

00:46:06Brad dropped by about a half an hour ago and they left.

00:46:09Thanks.

00:46:10Thanks.

00:46:15Well, here's to Lady Luck.

00:46:16May she stay with us till our planes are flying.

00:46:18We don't need any luck, Brad.

00:46:20Father has enough faith for both of us.

00:46:23To a great flight.

00:46:25Thanks, honey.

00:46:30Do you remember that nice, new, shiny star you were going to bring?

00:46:34Oh, gee, honey, I was going so doggone fast, I didn't have time to reach up and get it for you.

00:46:38Here, I was counting on wearing it all this time.

00:46:41I was going to put it in my hair right here.

00:46:44Sure, and that twinkle in your eye would give that poor little star an inferiority complex.

00:46:48But I did bring something.

00:46:50For me?

00:46:51Yeah.

00:46:52I've been lugging it around for a long time, and I kind of thought I'd hang on to it until the geodetics were coming off the line, and I was grounded for good.

00:47:04Oh, here it is.

00:47:08Well, it's Brad.

00:47:16Oh, gee, honey, you know I've been in a spin about since I met you.

00:47:22Don't know what to say.

00:47:25Just say you'll marry me, Carol.

00:47:26That's...

00:47:27Brad, I like you so very much.

00:47:31You've been so fine about everything.

00:47:33But it's Doug.

00:47:41I guess I should have known if I hadn't been flying blind.

00:47:45We should have told you.

00:47:48I guess we've all been waiting for that plane.

00:47:51I'm sorry, Brad.

00:47:52Well, I've had forced landings before, and as long as it couldn't be me, I'm glad it was Doug.

00:48:02Hiya, Lightning.

00:48:05Gosh, if I'd known that moniker was going to stick with me, I'd have punched that newspaper guy in the nose.

00:48:09Hey, what do you mean keeping the hero to yourself?

00:48:11Come on, Lightning.

00:48:12You're a great excuse for a big night, and I've got to have an excuse.

00:48:15Come on.

00:48:16Here we go.

00:48:17Call it be.

00:48:17I'm trying to wait.

00:48:18I can't wait.

00:48:19Go, Lightning.

00:48:20Step up, everybody.

00:48:23A toast to the greatest flyer that ever...

00:48:24What a pretty scene.

00:48:26Oh, hello, Doug.

00:48:27Come on, get in there, Miss Pal.

00:48:28Let me congratulate my brother.

00:48:30It was marvelous.

00:48:30Wonderful.

00:48:31Don't congratulate me.

00:48:32Congratulate McMaster.

00:48:34Oh, now, you're flying.

00:48:35I'm congratulating you on a much-needed trick.

00:48:38Much-needed for promoting my girl.

00:48:39That's what you ought to take the bow for.

00:48:41Doug.

00:48:42Sure, he waited until I got out of town and then just moved in.

00:48:45You keep me on the ground for my own good.

00:48:47Yeah.

00:48:48So you can go on being the super test pilot.

00:48:50Only one feral can be a big shot, huh?

00:48:53Doug, we'll discuss it somewhere else.

00:48:54I'm through discussing.

00:48:55You stick me in a corner designing a ship while you go on glory hunting and making passes at my girl.

00:49:00Doug, you've made a mistake about the whole thing.

00:49:02Oh, no, I haven't.

00:49:02It was only about you that I made a mistake.

00:49:05Using me and him and everybody else to promote the plane.

00:49:09Oh, Doug, you're crazy.

00:49:10No!

00:49:19Take care of him, Jackson, until he comes, too, will you?

00:49:21Okay, Leighton.

00:49:23I think we'd better get out of here.

00:49:27But no baby's worth it.

00:49:28You can get another girl, but where are you going to get another brother?

00:49:30Well, it's not only her, it's a whole blasted setup.

00:49:33Brad ain't gonna like this.

00:49:34Well, that's too bad.

00:49:35You shouldn't go away mad.

00:49:36You owe Brad...

00:49:37I owe him nothing.

00:49:38When he knighted me with Carol, he settled the whole account.

00:49:40So long, squid.

00:49:42Good luck, fella.

00:49:43Why didn't Adam and Eve let well enough alone?

00:49:50You can't run out on us now.

00:49:52I'm going, Mac.

00:49:53I can't stay here.

00:49:54But think of the people that are depending on you.

00:49:55You arranged those gadget tests with the Army.

00:49:57Who am I going to get to supervise them at this late date?

00:50:00I'm leaving, Mac.

00:50:01Ah.

00:50:02So you're going to run away like a spanked puppy.

00:50:04I'm going to Randolph Field and try to get a commission.

00:50:06Well, you're going to have to try awful hard, young fella,

00:50:08because the Army doesn't like quitters.

00:50:20Serves me right for getting mixed up with this thing in the first place.

00:50:36Is that you, Douglas?

00:50:52Yes, sir.

00:50:53I'm glad you came in tonight.

00:50:56We've been so busy with wood and cloth and blueprints,

00:51:01we haven't had time to speak about it.

00:51:03I had to be alone with our plane.

00:51:07I think you know what it means to me.

00:51:11You're young.

00:51:12You'll build other planes.

00:51:15But for me, there'll be no more lap at this one.

00:51:19And when we test our ship for the Army,

00:51:22an old man will feel that living in darkness for three years

00:51:26has not been fearful.

00:51:29Thousands of young pilots will be trained in our ships.

00:51:33not to invade.

00:51:37But as a defense war around our country.

00:51:44And it's a great country, Douglas,

00:51:47where a blind man can help build that wall.

00:51:51Monday, when we show how our ship can fly,

00:51:55that will be our moment, Douglas.

00:51:59Yours and mine.

00:52:00You're sure you're using a lot of funny thingamajigs.

00:52:02I've never seen no test flight with them.

00:52:04Listen, Sonny, I told you before, go chase yourself.

00:52:06The Army's running this show.

00:52:07Oh.

00:52:07Go chase yourself.

00:52:08Oh, yeah, I remember.

00:52:08I remember.

00:52:09I remember.

00:52:10Oh, yeah.

00:52:10I remember.

00:52:11Oh, yeah.

00:52:11I remember.

00:52:11Oh, yeah.

00:52:12I remember.

00:52:13You're sure you're using a lot of funny thingamajigs.

00:52:14I remember.

00:52:15I remember.

00:52:16I remember.

00:52:16You're sure you're using a lot of funny thingamajigs.

00:52:19I've never seen no test flight with them.

00:52:21Listen, Sonny, I told you before, go chase yourself.

00:52:24The Army's running this show.

00:52:25Oh.

00:52:32Go chase yourself.

00:52:33Oh, yeah.

00:52:34I remember.

00:52:34Oh.

00:52:35Oh.

00:52:36Oh.

00:52:37Oh.

00:52:38Oh.

00:52:39Oh.

00:52:40Oh.

00:52:41Oh.

00:52:42Oh.

00:52:43Oh.

00:52:44Oh.

00:52:45Oh.

00:52:52Oh.

00:52:54These things are getting unsafe around unsafer.

00:52:56Oh.

00:53:06Well, we're about ready to go, Colonel.

00:53:07Where's your test pilot?

00:53:09Oh, he's due at 8.30.

00:53:09He ought to be here any minute.

00:53:11How's the radio?

00:53:12Just checking.

00:53:14Hazen to Trainor, testing, one, two, three, four, testing, one, two, three, four.

00:53:22Clear as a bell.

00:53:24It's okay, Doug.

00:53:25Fine.

00:53:33Did Doug talk to you?

00:53:35Not a word.

00:53:36Me neither.

00:53:38Don't worry, it'll work out somehow.

00:53:40Let's go.

00:53:44Hey, Sergeant, what is all this junk?

00:53:50You'll have to ask Colonel Ryan.

00:53:53Max, you don't expect me to fly this test with all this bric-a-brac, do you?

00:53:58Yeah, it looks that way, Brad.

00:53:59Your brother worked out a new automatic flight test system.

00:54:01Yeah, but I don't need all this junk.

00:54:03Yeah, I think you do.

00:54:07Oh, you do, huh?

00:54:09Yeah, boy, I've been flying tests for ten years, and I...

00:54:11Look, Mr. Farrell, this is 1941.

00:54:14It's time test pilots stop taking up experimental jobs

00:54:17and banging them around just to see if they'll crack up.

00:54:20Well, if it does crack up, it's no good anyhow.

00:54:22So what?

00:54:22Well, the analysts don't know why ships do what they do.

00:54:25They want scientific proof.

00:54:27Yeah, and that claptrap will give it to them, huh?

00:54:28Those instruments will make a record of everything that happens to the ship.

00:54:31If you were taking the time to come around and ask me,

00:54:33I would have been glad to explain it to you.

00:54:35Oh, I see.

00:54:37You expect me to play those keys like a typewriter with one hand

00:54:40and fly the test for the others, Eddie?

00:54:42No, no, I play them.

00:54:45You play them?

00:54:46I've been assigned as flight engineer on this test.

00:54:50Mac, here are the guff he's giving me, will you?

00:54:52Yeah, yeah, the Army wants it that way, Brad.

00:54:54We approved final plans for the automatic recording test yesterday.

00:54:58Your brother is in full charge.

00:55:00But, Colonel, this man has never flown a test in his life.

00:55:03Well, I'm flying one now.

00:55:04Oh, I get it.

00:55:08Little Junior finally found out a way to mop up on the glory he's been yapping about, huh?

00:55:12You think because you can land one of those power gliders, you can apply a test, is that it?

00:55:16Yeah, that's right.

00:55:18Well, let me straighten you out on one little thing.

00:55:20You know, circling a field in one of those little puddle jumpers

00:55:23is an entirely different thing than coming out of a 9G dive.

00:55:26You put her nose down and let her go, and boy, how she goes.

00:55:29And the devil starts driving nails through your eardrums, and your lungs start screaming for air.

00:55:34And your body goes through a ringer, and then all of a sudden your brain explodes,

00:55:37and everything goes out like a light.

00:55:39And you start hoping and praying that you'll come out alive,

00:55:42and level off, and not stack up like poor little Johnny Coles.

00:55:46You think you can take that?

00:55:50Get in the front cockpit.

00:55:52All right, you bullheaded little brat, I'll fly your test for you, but remember one thing.

00:55:55I'm going to give you a flight like you've never had in your life.

00:56:00Get in.

00:56:01I give the orders light.

00:56:03Okay.

00:56:25See that baby climb?

00:56:29She got off swell, Professor.

00:56:30Well, boy.

00:56:52No, no, no.

00:56:54Love it, Bear.

00:56:55Give me a stall.

00:57:16Power off.

00:57:18Stall?

00:57:19Power off.

00:57:20The engineer just ordered a stall.

00:57:22Power off.

00:57:25Now climb up a power dive.

00:57:42Give her a 9G pullout.

00:57:45Are you crazy?

00:57:46The ship won't take you.

00:57:48Those are my orders.

00:57:49I'm flying it, and I tell you, she won't take you.

00:57:51Well, I felt her not telling her she will.

00:57:55What's the delay up there?

00:57:59The pilot refuses to execute the order for a 9G power dive.

00:58:02Says she won't take it.

00:58:03Professor Blake, can your ship stand a 9G pullout?

00:58:06I'm sure it will.

00:58:07Give me that microphone.

00:58:10Test pilot Farrell.

00:58:11Colonel Ryan talking.

00:58:13Power engineer Farrell's instructions for a 9G pullout,

00:58:15or bring that plane down immediately.

00:58:17No, wait a minute, Colonel.

00:58:18No, wait a minute, Colonel.

00:58:22Oh, my God.

00:58:52All right, let her have it.

00:59:22Oh, my God.

00:59:52Oh, my God.

01:00:22Oh, my God.

01:00:53Get me the accelerometer reading.

01:00:55Hazen to flight engineer.

01:00:57What was the accelerometer reading?

01:01:01He doesn't answer.

01:01:04Hazen, old engineer, accelerometer reading, please.

01:01:07Nine Gs.

01:01:14The engineer reports nine Gs, sir.

01:01:17I knew she'd do it.

01:01:18Look, he's done it.

01:01:19And even without the horseshoe.

01:01:21You can tell him to come in now.

01:01:22It's all over, Dad.

01:01:25It's all over, Dad.

01:01:26Colonel Ryan says to come on in.

01:01:29Great work, Brad.

01:01:30Colonel Ryan says to bring in the ship.

01:01:32I don't know.

01:01:42I don't know.

01:01:45I don't know.

01:01:46I don't know.

01:01:48Let's go.

01:02:18Stop. Stop. Bail out. I can't bring her down. Bail out. What happened?

01:02:38What happened? What are they doing? The radio is dead, sir.

01:03:00Bail out, you chump. We've got to get the ship down. It depends on what's recorded to you. We've got to bring down the wreck. Bail out, I tell you.

01:03:12Nothing doing. I'll fly to the chump. Bail out, I tell you.

01:03:26I tell you. Bail out. McMaster, get over there.

01:03:32McMaster, get over there.

01:04:02McMaster, get over there.

01:04:16Doug, are you hurt? What's going on up there?

01:04:18What's going on up there?

01:04:19Well, didn't Brad bail out?

01:04:20No.

01:04:21No.

01:04:22No.

01:04:23No.

01:04:24No.

01:04:25No.

01:04:26No.

01:04:27No.

01:04:29No.

01:04:31No.

01:04:32No.

01:04:33No.

01:04:35No.

01:04:37No.

01:04:39No.

01:04:48Oh, my God.

01:05:18Let's get back you.

01:05:48Let's get back you.

01:06:18Well, she's all yours, kid.

01:06:25Safe as a baby in a crib.

01:06:27Bradley Farrell, vice president.

01:06:31Well, are you happy, Mrs. Farrell?

01:06:32Delirious.

01:06:34Say, I'm the guy you married, remember?

01:06:36Oh, yes.

01:06:37A kiss for you.

01:06:38Well, come on in.

01:06:41The place isn't haunted.

01:06:48Oh, gee, this is swell, Mac.

01:06:50Oh, go on.

01:06:50Sit down.

01:06:52You'll do all your flying from that cockpit from now on.

01:06:54Well, it doesn't look very dangerous.

01:06:56Good old squirt.

01:07:07Oh, my God.

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