My Mother and i use to stay up late and watch all the old movies especially the ones around the war , WW2 , we missed this one , i miss her still today, it will be 17 years Jan 21, 2021. G you would have loved this movie.

I was born in 1947, so I had to watch this. Thank you for all you do!❤

Thank you for all you hard work in saving those other films and documentres.

These are the movies I grew up with as a young boy. Amazing how good, wholesome, and pride have become unwelcome today. Good luck to the future. I am glad I lived those days.

@richardross7219

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Grew up in the 50s and 60s. The best time. My old man was a Coastie.

@Impailer67

3 жыл бұрын

i'm just a young kid (53yrs) . i have a lot of catching up to do ,with these fantastic movies...

@audmanhun8504

3 жыл бұрын

I second that motion

@marshalllyles564

3 жыл бұрын

I was part of the Air Force last training classes for the reciprocal engine C124 globemaster affectionately known as "Old Shaky". I have pleasant memories of those four Pratt and Whitney 15,000 horsepower engine screaming in the night. Love the sound in these old movies..

@MrBurninCross

2 жыл бұрын

If those who served, if they had been able to see what it was ultimately for, would they have?

This movie is as old as i am. Another entertaining story. It is wonderful to see these old planes doing what they did best. Hurrah for the crews that kept them going.

A good film. I am former Royal Air Force and I remember the RAF Air Sea rescue boats we had in the 1970's when I was based in Cyprus at RAF Akrotiri. In 1975 they were returned to England not long after the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974. Air Sea rescue was carried out by helicopters using mainly by Sea Kings which were flown by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. I believe Catelina aircraft where in service with the Royal Air Force during WW2 along with the then aging Walrus biplane and in conjunction with the boatd from the Royal Air Force marine craft units to help pilots who had to ditch in the sea during combat missions. The RAF Air Sea Rescue units saved many lives and still do today.

Loved the JATO Assisted Take Off in the PBY. A friend of mine had a PBY-5A and I helped him crew it and fly it. After getting airborne Gus would sit in the old Engineer's compartment in middle of fuselage about mid wing. Above his head were metal plates to cover where the glass fuel sight gauges (percolator tubes) would be. These plates seemed to weep fuel as evidence by the stain. Gus would light up a smoke despite us telling him to sit way in back if he wanted to smoke. This was in 1993.

Only 53 , but i love these classics , something different to watch .

What impresses me is how quickly great aircraft designs came to fruition during those war years. The Catalina was the perfect amphibian aircraft for those days. USAF-Ret, INav. 1:11:57

What a great movie my dad flew with air sea rescue in the Korean War in the B-17 second squadron his Airman's bag has the B-17 painted on it with a big yellow boat under it when i was a kid he would tell me how they would go out looking for people in the water and drop the boat this was really something to watch and see how it was done it's really nice to see how these old movies where with God and prayer in them not the world we live in now

Good morning everyone and God bless y'all together Amen . And This Is A GREAT MOVIE Back in the days 60Th and I will for get these older movie I enjoy watching what I am looking at this morning and thank y'all facebook people for putting these older movie on the air.

My first ride in an aircraft was in a PBY. Along with other factors, it impressed me so much that later on I became a military pilot.

@paulsuprono7225

5 жыл бұрын

Did you fly Navy . . . or, did you defect to the Air Force or Marines ?

thank you for posting this.....I love these old movies even if they are so-called "B" movies.....there 10x`s better than the trash out of hollywood. I no longer watch movies unless they were made before I was born [ 51 ]

It's always a thrill when I find a World War II movie that I haven't yet seen . I don't know how I missed this one, but it's great little film.

@vanpearsall

2 ай бұрын

I know really when you think you’ve seen them all here comes another great one

Wow! Great movie. Never saw the boat drop routine before and I’m a fan of WW2 movies. Also the jet assist on the rescue plane. Incredible

@cfneal1459

Жыл бұрын

necessity being the mother of invention, so they say; and as war is hell, they also say adjustments can be made as needed. Oh, the ingenuity of man.

@nojunkwork5735

5 ай бұрын

Rocket assist.

This is a BEAUTIFUL Movie. Thank You.

Seven struggle to survive aboard a raft after a U.S. Army plane is forced down in the Pacific. Initial release: March 28, 1947

As a commercial pilot myself (gliders, private airplane) I enjoyed the aviation scenes a lot. You really had to work to fly in those days, no advanced search & rescue beacons, navigation systems or computer controlled aircraft. A simple story but well done--the people in the raft looked drained, and no phony make-up or hair styling of the actors like some modern films have used for disaster stories. I don't think the Southern Cross would show up from their position, but perhaps. Anyway, a lot of fun. (And if anyone wants a real story of sea survival in this period read "Raft of Despair", 33 days in the Indian Ocean, with sharks.)

@cfneal1459

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your professional insight & as for movie referrals may I suggest "BROKEN". We Westerners, we American -- indeed the whole world: we need more movies like this one, with heroes & heroines, to remind us of our common humanity. To God be the glory!

@jerrypolverino6025

Жыл бұрын

@@cfneal1459 Who’s your favorite god? I like Zeus.

@ConvairDart106

4 күн бұрын

I ran tuna boats from the U.S. to the south pacific. Never been to the Philippine's, but as they are in the northern hemisphere at the same latitude as Guatemala, about 12 degrees north, it is possible to see the southern cross from there. I can see it from 20 degrees north, from the boat, though it is low in the sky.

All we which, Old Classic war movies. Haven't forgot. Enjoy being with the family

Keith Richards! I knew he was old, but not THAT old!

@nojunkwork5735

5 ай бұрын

Way before the Stones.

@elizabethmartin4328

5 ай бұрын

Wrong one, chap.

@elizabethmartin4328

5 ай бұрын

What a great film ! ! ! Praises to all men & women in uniform--past, present & future ! ! ! Thanx a bunch ! ! !

Those were the days. When men were men, women were women and giants walked the earth.

I was born in 1962 and I have a different perspective watching this movie. I enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. My grandparents, one set born just after the end of WWI, told me all about living and growing up in those days. the other set told me all about living through WWII--as that side of the family served in the that war. My dad served in the military during Vietnam, and was in the first Gulf War. One thing I do remember about military personnel is how polite they are to the civilians. It is always please and thank you mam. My parents taught me to say the same to my elders. I called my Grandparents by their sir names, not their first names, nor by a nickname. It was Grandma Reed and such, until the day she died. It was out of respect. Women had more respect back before they demanded equal rights. My Dad taught my brothers to open the car doors for my sisters and my mother. I opened the doors for my grandparents! It was my Uncles who opened doors for me, and helped me with chairs--and such. Now I am disabled--and yes, it is nice in 2019--when a young child--opens a door for me. I thank them with a big smile. It is a common courtesy!! It has nothing to do with laziness. When I was young and healthy, I opened my own doors and such--but now I cannot. I enjoyed the part of the movie where they prayed too and sang a hymn. It brought peace to the group and unity. The idea that God created all humankind equally and cares for all us equally. It is sin that separates us from God--forgiveness from Him, brings us back into a relationship with Him. Running from God is running from His watch care. If we refuse God, we refuse His protection and care. If we do this in ignorance--sometimes He will send His angels to save us--until we realize who God really is--and make a willful choice as to who to follow. If we deliberately defy God--sometimes He will remove His protection as He respects our freedom of choice to not serve or follow after Him. Then our fate is in Satan's hands and that of his demons. There are only two choice in this world, good or evil. Some people by default of ignoring God, chose Satan. There is no fence sitting. This was a wonderfully clean film. Adventure, morals, ethics, and decent ending. Thanks for posting it. (Also remember, God gives to each person an assigned amount of days to live. When that time comes, our lives end. Even good people have a limited time on earth, when their allotted time has ended. This is why it seems good people die too soon, and evil persists, but it is only our human perception.) Thanks for posting this film. Blessings.

@TheMimitwo

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Michelle Reed! Your post blessed me so much ! I was born in 1953 and share ALL your perspectives. Treating everyone with respect, kindness and compassion is what Christ teaches us to do.

@hertzair1186

4 жыл бұрын

michelle reed : exactly...compare this to today’s Hollywood rubbish...

@Laura-Lee

4 жыл бұрын

What wonderful comments. What a great treasure trove of history through your grandparents. So great that you realize it. Many people don't care about their grandparents and certainly don't take the time to listen to them. I pray people will listen to what you wrote. To stop running from God and themselves and start the life (filled with good things and purpose) that they were meant to have. Encouraging you to keep being a witness no matter where you are or how you do it. Sincerely, Laura-Lee

@godfreecharlie

3 жыл бұрын

This should be saved for your after meal get together at the christyun nursing home. For crying out loud, I could go on forever about my family's glorified existence but this is a comment section for the goddamn movie. Not everyone wants to hear about your wholesome life and sanctimony. Save it for the church picnic. I too have a story to tell but you won't find me doing it here. And please get off your knees, it's degrading.

@melbea03

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 62 also but my youngest grandparent was born in 21

My Dad was a bombarder as a member of the Flying Tigers in China. We watched all of these movies and pictures of Dad and others look like these patriots.

Super film. Thankyou for posting. Xx

En VERSION FRANÇAISE CE SERAIT FORMIDABLE... J'AI 67ANS ET MON ANGLAIS PARFOIS ME FAIT DÉFAUT... MERCI À VOUS... AMICALEMENT VOTRE..

Great to see rare actual footage of a "Dumbo" drop from a B-17. The B17 were used in the task in the mid 1940s till the early 1950s when the SB-29 took over the task in the pacific, specially for the Korean war. The light weight higgins designed boats and parachute system was unique and allowed people in the water to get in and get dry without risking a PBY or other seapalne water landing in rough seas. Good stuff!

@thehobgoblin9790

Жыл бұрын

A system used by the British during WW2, usually dropped from a Vickers Warwick.

@barrvason5431

Жыл бұрын

I loved the JATO at the end. The PBY has always been one of my faves. Not a sexy streamline aerodynamic wonder of the word but certainly one of the best ever built and the fact that there are still a lot of them flying backs that up. My father was an Air Force pilot in Korea and Vietnam and the Catalina was one he longed to have flown. He called it a gas tank with a fuselage. It might not get you there fast but you’ll definitely arrive.

Richard Denning, the raft navigator who ended up years later being the character actor "the governor" of the old successful TV cop show "Hawaii Five O."

Reminds me of Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" movie. With Tallulah Bankhead and other greats. Is that Richard Denning as the captain ? He was in the second "An Affair to Remember" w/ Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr. This a great survival movie. Let's take notes.

I just watched it again. Much more enjoyable. A great movie. To call it a "B" movie woulkd beg the question: what would it need to be bumped up to "A" status? It's just terrific. Oct. 31, 2022. I'm 78.

Прекрасный фильм! Мой отец был штурманом на " Каталине" в начале 50х...в СССР.👍👍👍

@anthonyiocca5683

Жыл бұрын

Catalina’s are great planes to fly. Air Sea Rescue would be a job that would difficult to leave…

Black n white movies super cool.

To those asking about if sailors were advised to pee in the water, to help fend off sharks... It Actually was true, according to my dad, who is a decorated WWII Naval Combat Veteran (Pacific). He said they were advised to do so, if they were ever forced to abandon ship, and into Life rafts. It was only years later, after the war, when they realized that it wouldn’t have done much, if any, good! My dad is currently living in a War Veterans Home, and his mind is still sharp! He participated in a total of 9 invasions of Jap Islands (5 major and 5 minor) as part of the Amphibious Forces.

@paulross499

Жыл бұрын

Pee where else?

Its nice to watch a movie someone didn't stick their handle all over it or add 20 commercials

@edutruco2

3 жыл бұрын

so is! you're right!

@DrWarped

3 жыл бұрын

amen

Excellent!!

20 years for me to find this gem. Maybe a "B" movie but I enjoyed it a lot. (Nov. 2, 2020,)

For all of you WWII aircraft buffs, that seaplane is a PBY. The PBY is also featured in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, "South Pacific".

Marvelous Film!

There are three hundred fifty one comments here?!? Man. Definitely some old movie lovers. *grin* David

@dfwsecurity1697

5 жыл бұрын

Up to 1900+ and rising.😉

@davidhull1481

3 жыл бұрын

@kevin lawrence on 30 what?

At 10:40 the whole plot of the movie upped and smacked me upside the head. Still a good movie, though. Thanks for posting.

Great old movie thanks

This movie reminds me of a book I once read.

@nojunkwork5735

5 ай бұрын

The book reminds me of a movie I once saw.

@elizabethmartin4328

5 ай бұрын

Funny funny funny.

Thanks for putting this on

Good movie. Don't remember seeing it before, but good story along the lines of "Lifeboat" by Hitchcock. Well worth seeing again. Joe S

I really liked the movie but I wanted to see the dancing on the noose after what they went through.

When that plane starting rocking and falling, I started rocking. One hell of a good movie... and STILL not the very best

Great old movie with a prayer for help.

@JDAbelRN

3 жыл бұрын

Rather shocking, eh, in these days. Wouldn't have a "ptayer" in movie made today, unless " The Chosen ".

Ah,yes, the PBY!!! When I was a teen-ager, I put together a model of one.

These movies reflect how people were back then. Ya, a little Hollywood, but still, I remember the real people. Oh by the way I am an old geezer. I look at how people are now, and it saddens me. greatly. Loss of respect, loss of self worth.

@elizabethmartin4328

5 ай бұрын

Ditto, sir.

@elizabethmartin4328

5 ай бұрын

I think most person's will come to their senses. After all the hardships of the 1930's. Hardships usually make person's stronger in character, w/ The Lord's help. Just ask Him. He's waiting to hear from us. Get going gang !

Thank you for the upload. This was a new one for me..

Its nice to see that Douglas C47 again. Flew one of the last one's in the Air Force inventory back in 1969. Very nice smooth flying at around 10 thousand feet to my IndoChina destination.

@JRobbySh

4 жыл бұрын

Versions of it are still flying. Outfitted with turboprops. Amazing design.

@allen480

Жыл бұрын

@@JRobbySh Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, Alaska still uses them.

beautiful planes. Those perspex observation bubbles amid ships must have had perfect fields of view.

@emansnas

4 жыл бұрын

Also pretty good fields of fire for combat models armed with fifty cals

Great flick. Thanks for posting.

Good movie. Thing from another planet is around this time. I like this post WW2 era a lot. We had such promise then.

The Catalina - probably one of the most beautiful planes ever ;-)

The B-17 low passes and the JATO assisted PBY take off were the best part of the movie.

They also used the PBYs as Submarine hunters. It was a great plane.

An ol' time romantic . . . these movies were all so memorable !

@marttiinnanen4911

4 жыл бұрын

If this was a modern movie there would be a plot twist - they kill the Japanese but the woman gets pregnant on the boat. So seven were saved :D

Pure escapism for an hour or so. Thanks for sharing.

PBY Catalina - what else do you need to know? and you can SMOKE inside!

@keithharvey7230

5 жыл бұрын

Keith Richards just turned 98 and still rocking with Gargoyle Jagger and the Rolling Farts.

@hertzair1186

4 жыл бұрын

radiootoo : except when you smell fuel...

This is the kind of movie that me and my brothers used to watch on tv back in the sixties when we were kids. These shows inspired interest in flying and the military - long before things got woke, insane and anti-white.

A very good movie with a happy ending

Awesome movie thank you 🙃☕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Dad became a Bombardier in a B-17 in the US Army Air Core. His first mission in his B-17, Butch, his plane was the only one to return. On his 10th and last mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 4-24-44, their B-17 was shot up badly on the mission, they dropped out of formation and were looking for a place to go down. A Swiss air force jet got their attention and they were guided by a Swiss fighter to Switzerland where they crash-landed in Switzerland. The crew exited the plane under the watch of Swiss Army guards with guns. Dad ran back into the B-17, at the objection of his crew, to get his wife's photo that was in a bible that he had left in the nose of the plane, we still have that bible and photo to this day. In Switzerland they were interned as Prisoners of war, but free to move about but not escape. In Switzerland, he played a Saxophone in a Band. They played at the large hotels and all the while he was looking for a way to escape. He Escaped from Switzerland by rowing across Lake Geneva to France with the help of two Swiss men and there he joined the French Underground. They would go out into the woods and capture the Germans who were put in charge of each French town and would bring them back for trial. He did this until the US Army came through liberating towns. He was then asked if he would volunteer to go into Germany as a spy. Dad declined saying he did not know the language well enough. So they shipped him back to the States. He remained in the USAF flying B-47s until his retirement as a Lt. Col after 20 years of service.

Interesting film. Great to see the C-46 at the end (a few still fly in Alaska).

DAMN, Keith Richards was in this.. man he's even older than I thought!

@johnanderson9494

6 ай бұрын

😂hahahahhalolol Winston Churchill, and Douglas MacArther desribed him as a tough old codger who couldn't be killed.

Love the sound of those ww2 Engines Could listen to them all day

@upthedownescalator630

4 жыл бұрын

I was just going to comment that that has got to be the coolest sound in the world

@horsehide3039

4 жыл бұрын

Ginger Megs They didn't give a FRA about mileage. They needed power, the good old days, haha

watched....cheers for posting this

Good Flick. Thanks for uploading!

"He grabs her in his manly arms!" Best line of the whole flick.

At six minutes, the man stands when the lady walks by the table and she wouldn't think of sitting before the man holds her chair for her. Those were the days when women expected to be treated special.

What a BEAUTIFUL Movie!

The boat drop from the B-17 was the real deal, B-17's were converted for AIR-SEA RESCUE after the war.

@davidpringle8089

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Chuck!

@theodoreskaff1209

3 жыл бұрын

During the war... my dad was a flight engineer/ top turret gunner, 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron Saipan and Iwo Jima 1945

@alanbayliss6401

3 жыл бұрын

Can you enlighten me on the PBY take off after the rescue. He said, Air Sea Rescue had a trick up it's sleeve and then what looked like a stream of smoke trailed behing as is lifted off the surface

@aj-2savage896

3 жыл бұрын

B-29s also became ASR boat-droppers as the SB-29.

@gbrucef

Жыл бұрын

@@alanbayliss6401 JATO- Jet Assist Take Off.

Good little movie, many thanks

this movie is a Diamond in the ruff.

Russell Hayden had an interesting life. Flying a PBY in WWll and then as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick.

@xx1590

5 жыл бұрын

And at no time did he ever have to show any talent.

These are the best movies; I remember one with Lucille Ball about plane crash survivors in South America

@elizabethmartin4328

5 ай бұрын

I remember. There is another film like it. Maybe before the Lucy film.

I love happy endings. I hope we have one in 2024.

Beautiful PBY footage.

@rhurst1945

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know the USAAF used PBYs until I saw this. Wikipedia confirms that they did.

@yolamontalvan9502

3 жыл бұрын

What’s PBY? Never mind, I’ll Google it.

that hair on the top of the screen it's priceless

A unique moment on film at 20:18 the realistic look of fear in the eyes of a pilot facing doom.

Love this film! 💯x👍👍

Like many of the comments spoke of, it is a very valuable story about survival. The investigation into the loss of the USS Indianapolis, which took place in the last month of World War 2, had been held in the immediate aftermath of the war. Americans in the early post war years that were lamenting the loss of their loved ones; especially those related to the loss of the USS Indianapolis, would have viewed this film from their own unique perspective, as almost being like an apology to them by the military for not doing more to lessen the scope of that Naval tragedy.

love these old movies. even when they are sort of flat. there is still a decent story.

Pretty good! It reminds me of Hitchcock's "Lifeboat."

@upthedownescalator630

4 жыл бұрын

The lifeboat concept itself in this movie wasn't the spookiest part for me. That goes, (1, to the storm scene, and (2, to the crashing scene. The noise was sort of scary, but it was so good I didn't even care

@johnbockelie3899

4 жыл бұрын

Airplanes back then smelled like airplane fuel when flying. So I doubt you would be allowed to smoke, or risk blowing up the plane.

@emansnas

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnbockelie3899 Don't know where you get your misinformation but no they didn't smell like gas inside and they were ALL smoked in regularly. B-29s even had built in ash trays!

@BigSkyCurmudgeon

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbockelie3899 there's a popular B-26 pic where the navigator/bombardier sitting in the glass nose piece just tokin away on a cig.

@JDAbelRN

3 жыл бұрын

I love Hitchcock, but this film is better than Lifeboat.

Interesante filme de época sobre la dura labor de búsqueda de los aviones siniestrados en una área tan extensa, como es un océano y las proezas de los sobrevivientes en tratar de mantenerse a salvo mientras llega la ayuda. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.

Thanks. Enjoyed the movie.

Russell Hayden later became Pat Gallagher of Cowboy G-Men with Jackie Coogan.

Nobody was strapped in during the crash. Sure would have been messy in there.

@sirsidfosse1313

9 жыл бұрын

I just sat through this turkey because I'm a Richard Loo fan.

@sirsidfosse1313

9 жыл бұрын

***** Richard Loo played Colonel Yamura. He was one of the great heavies. Many nasty Japanese officers in the '40s, although he was Chinese.

@sirsidfosse1313

9 жыл бұрын

***** Blond guy was Richard Denning and very well known, appearing from the the late '30s to 1980. Just check out imdb.com (internet movie database) for complete info on any movie made.

Just watched this for the first time. Not a great flic, but it had its moments and the aircraft were very interesting. That B-17 lifeboat setup was amazing, both the carrying scheme and the items in the boat (radio, engine, food and drink, medical stuff. Wonder how long they used those. Also, nice to see the AAF version of the PBY with landing gear. Great plane.

@tomjellifer4140

4 жыл бұрын

The Consolided PBY was introduced in 1935 and served in all theaters. Since it was an amphipeous aircraft, it had wheels so it could operate off of land or water. It also served in the Pacific as a night fighter. In that configuration they were heavily armed and painted flat black with radar. They were named the "Black Cat Squadron"

@JS-fe8sx

3 жыл бұрын

The amphibious version was introduced on the PBY-5A and didn't get delivered until October 1941. There were something like 800 of them made, amounting to about 55 or 60% of the total run. The version in the movie is, I think, a 6A model, first rolled out in January of '45. Those had the radome over the cockpit.

Great old movie and depicts a service not much talked about but vital!

Good for the Red White and Blue..Fine Film

I enjoyed this movie. The films made just after the war like this one, whether American or British, capture best the atmosphere of the time. WW2 movies made now, with their huge budgets and computer gimmicky, are not nearly as good...

@wb6162

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the audience had served in some capacity so they had to tell the truth with very little embellishment or bias. Imagine that?

@indigogolf3051

3 жыл бұрын

Great point. I wholeheartedly agree.

@JDAbelRN

3 жыл бұрын

Very true. Shove that CGI, IT ACTUALLY looks more fake. The stories, acting and editing were so much better ww2 era films, and didn't last 2 hours 44 minutes of blowing up sh*t.

@rooseveltdarbey9493

2 жыл бұрын

Andrew Francis there are great ones Saving Private Ryan, Fury, Valkyrie, Stalingrad, Patton etc.

@andrewfrancis7272

2 жыл бұрын

@@rooseveltdarbey9493 True. Fair comment. I guess I was thinking of those which I think widely missed the mark.

Thanks for the free movie

Good one!

great movie, look forward to more , thank you.

Good thing they put the engines way up high so they don’t hit the water!

PBY-5A is My Favorite Seaplane / Flying Boat.

Above the call of duty. That's what they, they greatest generation and now us younger genteration ...well you know the truth of the story.

Thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖

'is that an order, Lieutenant ?' . . . I'm lovin it ! 🇺🇸