Dive Bomber Film [Archive]

gileraguy

15th Sep 2010, 10:06

Just bought a copy in the supermarket for $9

What a film, heaps of navy aircraft, hardly any special effects and a great storyline. Well filmed too!

and its 70 years old!

I suspect its been "colourised" but a great experience.

Centaurus

15th Sep 2010, 13:40

What is the title?

Load Toad

15th Sep 2010, 14:41

Just guessing but maybe 'Dive Bomber'?

Dive Bomber (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_Bomber_%28film%29)

gileraguy

15th Sep 2010, 21:59

I found it at Big W (FYI)

Noyade

16th Sep 2010, 02:45

What a film, heaps of navy aircraft, hardly any special effects and a great storyline. Well filmed too!

G'day mate.

Have you got to the bit where they show the latest British fighter technology described as a really "hot ship?" LOL...

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8869/picturenv.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/picturenv.jpg/)

gileraguy

19th Sep 2010, 05:21

yeah, what the hell was it?

a PT22 with a radial cowl?

pasir

25th Sep 2010, 20:04

... was on sale HMV Croydon today price £4 !

2 DVDs remained available.

and yes its well worth watching

......

rotornut

25th Sep 2010, 21:39

If you like Stukas there are lots of shots of them doing their stuff in the Through Enemy Eyes series from International Historic Films Through Enemy Eyes Complete 14 Volume DVD Set (http://ihffilm.com/k57.html)
However, they are part of the German WWII newsreels which are, of course, very slanted, to say the least.

treadigraph

26th Sep 2010, 08:51

a PT22 with a radial cowl?

I'd suggest a Menasco-powered Ryan ST with a some surgery around the cowlings. You can see the spinner just ahead of the cowling.

Just ordered a copy from a well known on-line supplier!

dakkg651

27th Sep 2010, 20:10

The film has not been colourised. It was one of the earliest examples of 'Technicolor'. Storyline is pretty awful. Special effects provide the comedy factor. It is worth watching though just to see those masses of F3Fs and Vultees and to witness the amount of cigarettes the pilots and the flight surgeons smoked in those days. No wonder they were passing out through lack of oxygen!