Dive Bomber (1941)A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. Director:Michael Curtiz |
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Dive Bomber (1941)A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. Director:Michael Curtiz |
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Lance Rogers
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Robert Armstrong | ... |
Art Lyons
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Tim Griffin
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'Lucky' James
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John Thomas Anthony
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Herbert Anderson | ... |
Chubby
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Moroni Olsen | ... |
Senior Surgeon at San Diego
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Dennie Moore | ... |
Mrs. James
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Louis Jean Heydt | ... |
Swede Larson
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Cliff Nazarro | ... |
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A new flight surgeon and a Navy pilot overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of Altitude Sickness which causes blackouts at high altitude. The real stars of the film are the pre-World War II navy aircraft featured in full color Written by Robert Svacha <chisox@azstarnet.com>
While Dive Bomber has some formulaic elements, it is a glorious technicolor view of US naval aviation just before the US entered World War II. The air sequences include shots of aircraft (Vindicators, Devastators, Curtiss Hawks, etc.) that soon became obsolete and that I have never seen in any other technicolor film. The carrier scenes are set on the USS Enterprise the year before this ship fought in the Midway and Guadalcanal battles. The film is shot on location in San Diego, and I noticed landmarks like the Hotel Del Coronado and the Cabrillo lighthouse in the background. Thanks to Turner Classic Movies for playing this.