Bombardier Page #3

Synopsis: Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.
Genre: Drama, War
Production: RKO Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.1
APPROVED
Year:
1943
99 min
80 Views


That's not what the

recruiting sergeant told me.

Did you talk him into this?

Me talk anybody

into joining the Bombardiers?

I tried to sell him on pilot

training. He didn't talk me into it.

Come on, I want you

to meet the fella who did.

Hey, Jim,

slip on something and come out here.

Burt, I want you to meet Jim Carter,

All-American halfback when I was

All-American. Hey, water boy, quiet.

What I want to tell you,

if bombardiering is his dish,

that's for me.

You seem to have

a way with you, Mr Carter.

Well, let's hope so, Miss Hughes.

Hello, Buck! Greetings, my lad!

I see you had a very happy landing.

You picked a nice resort to

the winter - you overlooked one

thing, though. What was that?

You're going to have me for your

commanding officer. Well, well,

well! I'll try to be helpful.

There's your newest brood of little

chicks. Look 'em over and see

what you've got,

wash-outs who couldn't qualify for

pilot training, failures who wouldn't

stay grounded. Still in a rut?

I'm going to prove something to

you - there are such things as boys

who don't want to be pilots

but who want to be bombardiers.

..Do further swear

to protect the secrecy...

ALL:
..Do further swear

to protect the secrecy...

..of the American bombsight...

..of the American bombsight...

..if need be with

my life itself, so help me God.

..if need be

with my life itself, so help me God.

All right, men, at ease.

At ease. Give me

that personnel list, Sergeant.

Rafferty. Here I am, sir.

Rafferty, are you sure?

Oh, I'm sure, my mother she said,

my father he said, Rafferty.

What nationality are you?

American, sir. My grandfather

was congressman from Arizona.

Your grandfather Rafferty?

No, sir, my grandfather Jose Maria

Garcia. Hmm.

Rafferty, why did you

decide to become a Bombardier?

Lots of times I go hunting

on my father's ranch -

coyotes, jackrabbits, I never

miss with the little bullets.

Maybe also I can shoot

straight with the big ones.

Connors? Here.

What your story, Connors? I haven't

got a story, I'm just starting.

Jordan? Jordan, wake up!

Did you ever think

you'd want to be a pilot?

I never thought...

Period.

Harris? Here, sir.

Harris, why did you

choose the Bombardiers?

Because I heard it would

be interesting, adventurous,

and requires a certain

amount of intelligence.

Hughes?

Hughes, I don't have to ask you,

your father was one of the

first Bombardiers. Yes, sir.

Isn't there anyone here

who would prefer to be a pilot?

Carter? No, sir!

Thank you, men.

Thank you. Your hearts

are in the right place,

but don't forget this, men - you're

going to be driven and driven hard.

There'll be the times

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John Twist (July 14, 1898 – February 11, 1976) was an American screenwriter whose career spanned four decades. Born John Stuart Twist in Albany, Missouri, he began his career in the silent film era, providing the story for such films as Breed of Courage, Blockade, and The Big Diamond Robbery. He earned his first screenwriting credit for The Yellowback in 1929. Twist died in Beverly Hills, California. more…

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