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Once again Hollywood has failed to depict one of the branches of our armed forces in a realistic light. From "Crash Dive" one might think that our submarine fleet operates on a Buck-Rogers-of-the 25th-century schedule. Fantastic is the word for it. Tryone Power is the swash buckling sub officer who leads his men through incredible danger to blast the enemy base into technicolored flames and gore. The plot is there, but in the usual and tiring mask of the eternal triangle...
Hacking its way through jungles, a rescue party is inching toward a wrecked transport plane locked in the almost uncharted Naga Hills of northern Burma. With the 19 American and Chinese survivors of the crash are a U.S. Air Forces doctor and two enlisted men, who parachuted from a rescue plane...
...Hamburg, said returning foreigners. "The population took everything with a bitter resignation which had a terribly depressing effect on foreigners. The suffering is so tremendous that many people have been plunged into apathy." In the shelters the people crowded together for hours, listening to the howl of bombs, the crash of gunfire. Women wept, children cried...
When the captain hears that a plot to kill Churchill is being engineered by none other than the Nazi who caused his crash, he jumps a German plane, quite naturally shoots the Nazi down. When the in-flying American has a hell of a time convincing British authorities by radio that he is not a Nazi, Doctor Annabella is luckily on deck to save the situation. It is a busy picture, relieved by moments of unconscious humor. Good shot: a plane swooping down on a lone parachutist, as seen from the pilot's seat...
...voice announces over a loudspeaker: "All aboard! Next stop Berlin!" Promptly workers grab their tools, create a strangely realistic din which represents a train leaving a station, putting on steam, finally roaring along at breakneck speed. When workers get down to work, they do so to the crash of jazz-band disks. Girls keep time by wiggling their hips on their stools, somehow manage to control their machines. Jack & Heintz associates are also permitted to smoke, receive a dole of free doughnuts. They get one free hot meal per shift, unlimited free vitamins. They even have free vacations, which...