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00:00We leave the field, and in the air we air despair to fear. We never yield, ready for flight in the dead of the night over land or sea or storm.
00:11Eager to fight as we're dead in the right, we give it a gun and go. On silver wings we take the air.
00:19Though we never like to boast, from coast to coast, on silver wings without a care.
00:26Bringing our way across the strife, ready to fail and do or die.
00:30Hail to the flying men on silver wings, singing out with a voice that rings.
00:39In the jungle and in the air, we'll be there on silver wings.
00:56Oh, I just can't do it, Dad. I've...
01:25Something must be wrong with me. I've tried everything.
01:28I love to fly, but it's those guns. I'm telling you, they've got me.
01:34The thought of shooting another man down, Dad.
01:37Look, please. Will you please let me go back to medical school?
01:40I don't want to kill people. I want to help them.
01:42I don't think anybody wants to kill people. Certainly I don't.
01:46But humanity... there are bound to be lawbreakers, and somebody's got to stop them.
01:54Well, you must be right, Dad. I know everybody else feels the same way you do.
01:59All I mean is that I'm just not the man for it.
02:03If I keep on like this, I'll disgrace the both of us.
02:06All right, son. We'll get you out of it as soon as we can, gracefully.
02:11I wanted you near me. I thought everything else would work out.
02:15I see it hasn't. Maybe it's my fault. Perhaps I've failed you somehow.
02:21Oh, no, Dad. It's not your fault. It's all mine.
02:24You deserve a better son than I'll ever be. A fellow like Tommy.
02:30I'd be proud to call Tompkins my son, but not nearly so proud as I will be of you when you overcome this phobia.
02:37And you will, Carter. You've got to before it destroys you.
02:41It's bigger than guns or killing.
02:43You're running away from something that'll haunt you for the rest of your life.
02:50Ladies and gentlemen, this final event in the graduation exercises is a gunnery test.
02:54Diving and firing at stationary ground targets.
02:57Each candidate is accompanied by an instructor in a dual-controlled plane.
03:01The planes are equipped with regulation machine guns
03:04and are fired from an automatic trigger release on the control stick of the plane.
03:08The danger in this test is that some of the candidates might become so intent on the firing of the gun
03:13that they forget to pull out of the dive.
03:16The first three candidates are approaching the field on your left.
03:38As each of these candidates successfully completes this final test,
03:41given the okay by the instructor,
03:43he becomes a pilot in the newly organized dive patrol.
04:14Good day, Colonel.
04:15Yes, I'm very proud, Paul.
04:17And you should be too.
04:19Tompkins has done an excellent job with these young men.
04:22The next three candidates to take the test are John McGee, Paul Palmer, and Carter Meade
04:27with Lieutenant Tommy Tompkins as instructor observers.
04:30All set, Carter?
04:31Yes, sir.
04:33All set, Carter?
04:34Yes, sir.
04:42All right, let's go.
04:44Good luck, Carter.
04:45Thanks a lot.
04:46Atta boy, Tex.
04:47Good going.
04:53Introductory, Carter Meade is the son of Colonel John Meade,
04:56commanding officer of the sky patrol.
04:59Remember now, don't dive too steep on the target.
05:02Level off and pour it in.
05:03If you don't get so intent on your guns, you forget to pull out.
05:07Got it?
05:08Yeah, I got it, sir.
05:17Okay, she's all yours.
05:19Okay, let's go.
05:33Oh, Skeeter, you were wonderful.
05:36Oh, thanks.
05:37Well, Skeeter, your part of the festivity is over.
05:39Oh, no, he's going to make a speech tonight.
05:41Oh, that's right, that's right.
05:42Listen, how's this?
05:43My friend.
05:44That's all right, Skeeter.
05:46We know what you're going to say.
05:48There goes Tommy.
05:56Neat jobs.
05:58Very.
05:59Fascinatingly amphibian.
06:02And the boys are good with those pea shooters, too.
06:05You think we ought to...
06:07I don't think anything now.
06:08And remember, there never was a setup that couldn't be beaten.
06:11If the right man tried it.
06:13And you're the right man to beat this?
06:15Well, I'll do till the right man comes along.
06:28Here they come.
06:31Here they come.
07:01Come on, guys.
07:13That's cutting it a little too fine.
07:15Yeah, he sure laid them in there, didn't he?
07:17Hey, look, look at him now.
07:31Look at that boy fly.
08:01Oh, yeah.
08:31That concludes the graduation test for this afternoon.
08:51Come on.
08:56Thanks, Lieutenant.
08:57I didn't think you'd make it.
09:00Thanks, Lieutenant. I didn't mean to...
09:01Not now. Here comes your father.
09:07Congratulations, son.
09:10And thanks, Tompkins.
09:12Yes, sir.
09:14You may be a graduate of Randolph Field.
09:16And you may be a lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve.
09:19But remember, you're still a transport pilot.
09:21And you're not the kind of a screwball who'd go
09:23stunting over a crowd just for a thrill.
09:25Now, don't try to tell me that it was Carter Meade doing the stunting.
09:28Because if it had been, I'd have been in the air.
09:30And I'd have been in the air.
09:32And I'd have been in the air.
09:34And I'd have been in the air.
09:36And I'd have been in the air.
09:38And I'd have been in the air.
09:40And I'd have been in the air.
09:42Because if it had been, you'd have taken the control away from me like that.
09:45And furthermore, I'd recognize that barrel roll of yours
09:48if there were a thousand planes up there.
09:50All right, Paul. I did it.
09:52I did it because I felt it.
09:54I did it because I'm through with these wild Indians
09:56I've been riding herd on for months.
09:57I did it because...
09:58Yes, I know. You did it because...
10:00Because Colonel Meade was my instructor at Randolph Field.
10:03And if it hadn't been for dual controls, I'd have been a cooked goose several times.
10:06And if there's anything I can do for Colonel Meade...
10:08All right. Just forget that I brought it up.
10:10But remember, you can always come back to your regular job.
10:13And, you know, we have no Colonel's son on a transport line.
10:17Come on. Get out of here.
10:40Gentlemen, I read to you from a confidential communication received from Washington.
10:51It is believed that the territory to be covered by your sky patrol
10:54is the theater of large smuggling operations in arms and munitions,
10:58contrary to the letter and spirit of the government's neutrality laws.
11:01You are hereby ordered to end such operations and apprehend the persons responsible.
11:06You gentlemen will investigate any trucks or pack trains operating near the line,
11:10or any planes that cannot easily be identified
11:13or cannot satisfactorily account for their presence.
11:17All right, Lieutenant.
11:24The district has been divided into zones.
11:26And each pilot is assigned to a zone
11:28and will leave it only on orders from this office.
11:31Constant radio communication will be maintained
11:33both with this office and between planes.
11:38Your attention to the following assignments.
11:41Ryan, zone number one.
11:44McGee, zone number two.
11:47Palmer, number three.
11:49Doherty, number four.
11:52Cook, five.
11:54Baker, six.
11:56And Fisk, seven.
11:58Well, what about me, sir?
12:00You stand by to accompany me on special patrol.
12:04Is that all, sir?
12:06Yes, Lieutenant.
12:08Outside, everybody.
12:10Good luck, gentlemen.
12:13Oh, Tompkins.
12:15Yes, sir.
12:16Just a minute.
12:17Take over, Skeeter.
12:18Right.
12:19Come on.
12:21Lieutenant, what do you think of my son?
12:25Why, sir, he's, uh...
12:28Will he... I know what he is.
12:30Will he make a patrolman?
12:32Yes, sir, and a very good one.
12:35You wouldn't show him any special consideration
12:37just because he is my son?
12:39No, sir.
12:41I wouldn't do anything for him I wouldn't do for any of the others.
12:44Don't, Lieutenant.
12:45Ever.
12:46Understand?
12:49Yes, sir.
12:51That's all.
12:58Yes, sir.
13:05Son, I gotta sit by that radio all day.
13:07But do I complain?
13:08Oh, by... Do you?
13:09That's what I say.
13:10Do I com...
13:11What?
13:12Oh.
13:13Well, do you?
13:14Well, I guess I don't do any more crabbing or...
13:17No, sir.
13:18Not to speak of, sir.
13:19Then suppose you run back in and get to work.
13:24Yes, sir.
13:29He's not much of a soldier.
13:31Except in his heart.
13:35And that's where it counts.
13:38Lieutenant, I...
13:39I wanted to tell you about yesterday. I...
13:41Forget it. Forget it.
13:42Well, no, you see, it's not that easy. I...
13:44I wanted to...
13:45We couldn't let you crack up a plane, could we?
13:47Come on. Let's go.
13:59Yeah.
14:05Check.
14:06Number seven, continue patrol.
14:08Number seven, continue patrol.
14:11Number seven, continue patrol.
14:14That is all.
14:15I'll go to the war.
14:17Oh, say, we're off to a flying start.
14:19Those fellas have reported everything from the International Bridge to a loose barrel.
14:23McGee just got all excited about something that turned out to be a busload of school kids on a picnic.
14:27Well, you would join the army.
14:29You know, I kind of like it.
14:31I was too young for the last war, but I...
14:35I read everything I could get on flyers and planes and dogfights and bombs.
14:43Of course, I realize this isn't going to be anything like that, but...
14:47We might get a little action.
14:49You'll get it.
14:50Over the radio.
14:52Hmm.
14:53That's very funny.
14:54Oh, never mind, Skeeter.
14:56I'm sure this is important or Tommy would have never put you here.
15:00After all, you are assistant chief instructor.
15:03Oh, of course, Skeeter.
15:04I was only kidding.
15:05You and Tommy are doing a fine job.
15:07Stick to it.
15:08Betty Lou and I will run the airline until you get back.
15:11Tompkins to headquarters.
15:12Tompkins to headquarters.
15:14Tompkins to headquarters.
15:15Go ahead.
15:17Headquarters to Tompkins.
15:18Headquarters to Tompkins.
15:20Go ahead.
15:22Just completed tour of entire patrol district.
15:25Everything under control.
15:29Every plane's running right along.
15:31Field scattered clouds.
15:32Visibility unlimited.
15:34Looks like the sky patrol is now functioning.
15:39Hey, wait a minute.
15:40Something's wrong.
15:42Your transmitter keeps cutting on and off.
15:44Probably just a little static.
15:50There's a lot of it on these hot days.
15:55We have a problem here.
15:59Well, it's better here now.
16:01All planes checked in on time.
16:03All pilots answered calls.
16:05Good.
16:06Let me know if anything turns up.
16:08Let her go.
16:10Well, I guess I'll have to get some flowers.
16:12Flowers?
16:13Flowers?
16:14Well, sure, for the party.
16:15What party?
16:16Tonight.
16:17Say, what is this?
16:20Didn't you hear what Tommy said?
16:21I'm going to have you two at his quarters for dinner tonight.
16:24Bye.
16:36Paul, I want to know the truth about this message
16:38that Betty Lou's talking about.
16:40Well, you see, the button on a microphone
16:42makes a perfect telegraph key.
16:44So Tommy sent a message to me, dot dash,
16:46while he talked to a routine report.
16:48That's what you thought was static.
16:49I still think so.
16:50They made this dig yesterday.
16:51They're kidding us.
16:52All right, you win.
16:53We used it all the time over three-point radio.
16:55How did you know Betty Lou was going
16:56to be at the air patrol radio?
16:58Well, there you have me.
17:00Well, where else would she be?
17:01Wasn't Tommy out on an air patrol plane?
17:03Oh, they love Grant.
17:06Oh, lay off, will you?
17:08You got Tommy doing a spin.
17:11By the way, young man, how about that speech of yours?
17:15Yeah, the one you had prepared for the graduation dinner.
17:17What happened?
17:18Didn't he deliver it?
17:19No.
17:20By the time the colonel and all the pilots got through,
17:21the program was over.
17:22Oh, well, they can't do that to our Skeeter.
17:24Let's have it now.
17:25No.
17:26Oh, sure.
17:27Oh, you're kidding.
17:28Come on.
17:29You want me to give it to you?
17:30All right.
17:31You ask for it.
17:34My friend, unaccustomed to public speaking.
17:37Well, congratulations.
17:39Headquarters to me.
17:40Headquarters to me.
17:41Go ahead.
17:43Reporting zone number one.
17:45Right under control.
17:47Keep working regular patrol flight following coastline.
17:51Weather clear.
17:53Scattered clouds at 5,000 feet.
17:55Visibility unlimited.
17:57That is all.
17:59Yesterday's flight report, sir.
18:01Thanks, Tex.
18:02That was Sonny boy checking in.
18:04Everything seems to be under control.
18:06He'll be all right.
18:07Good man.
18:08Yeah, I guess so.
18:09He's a quiet sort of a kid.
18:11You know, I think he's got something on his mind.
18:14He has.
18:15His job.
18:21What did I do?
18:27Morning, Lieutenant.
18:28Good morning, sir.
18:29I've been looking over your report of the first week's patrol.
18:32We seem to have covered the sector efficiently,
18:34but we haven't confiscated any contraband or caught any smugglers.
18:38No, sir.
18:39I doubt if there's any activity on the part of the smugglers.
18:42They naturally wanted to look us over.
18:44You think then this week's patrol might bring results.
18:47Is that it?
18:48Yes, sir.
18:49That is, if there really are any large-scale smugglers.
18:53Washington seems to think so.
18:55They're howling for action.
19:14We've got company.
19:19Yeah, you can't tell what you're running to these days.
19:26Hey, that's a sky patrol.
19:32Mead to headquarters.
19:34Mead to headquarters.
19:35Mead to headquarters.
19:38Headquarters to Mead.
19:39Headquarters to Mead.
19:40Headquarters to Mead.
19:41Go ahead.
19:43I've sighted an amphibian.
19:45Number 3XM827.
19:48Standing by for check on that registration number.
19:513XM827.
19:543XM827.
19:573XM827.
20:01Just a minute.
20:03Thanks.
20:05Check that registration number.
20:06Yes, sir.
20:08Goodbye, Mead.
20:15He's checking on our number.
20:18Remember to change that.
20:19We should have stuck to night flights.
20:28Can't find a thing, sir.
20:30Headquarters to Mead.
20:32Headquarters to Mead.
20:33Headquarters to Mead.
20:35Mead to headquarters.
20:37Nothing registered under number 3XM827.
20:41Nothing registered.
20:43Nothing registered.
20:45Call Amphibian.
20:47Call 3XM827 for identification.
20:51That is all.
20:54Calling Amphibian, 3XM827.
20:58Come in and identify yourself, 3XM827.
21:02He's asking for our identification.
21:05He's got our number.
21:09You've got our number?
21:10What more do you want?
21:12We don't have your number listed on our file.
21:16Unless you can prove satisfactorily that everything is all right, we'll have to ground you.
21:21Attaboy, Carter.
21:25All right, Mitch.
21:53Mead to headquarters.
21:54Mead to headquarters.
21:55Go ahead, Carter.
21:57The Amphibian has turned and is flying out over the gulf.
22:01Tompkins speaking.
22:02Force him back to land and ground him.
22:04Use your guns if necessary.
22:11Call McGee, zone number 2.
22:12Palmer number 3 to support Carter.
22:13Other pilots to cover holes.
22:14Tex, come with me.
22:15Yes, sir.
22:16Headquarters to Pilot McGee.
22:18Headquarters calling Pilot McGee.
22:20Headquarters to McGee.
22:49Headquarters to McGee.
23:17The pilot's okay.
23:26Wait a minute.
23:27That's the colonel's son.
23:28We can use him.
23:34Follow him down.
23:48Shut her down and pick him up.
24:06The wreckage found this afternoon by the fishing boat Stella M was definitely identified
24:30as part of the plane flown by Carter Mead of the Sky Patrol.
24:34Pilot Mead met death in an encounter with a mysterious amphibian, number 3XM-827.
24:40If you have seen or know anything about a plane of that number, please communicate with
24:44Colonel Mead at Sky Patrol headquarters.
24:47Remember amphibian number 3XM-827.
24:50Air Patrol headquarters.
24:51Yes?
24:52Where?
24:53What is your address, please?
24:55Yes?
24:56Where?
24:57What is your address, please?
24:59Air Patrol headquarters.
25:00Air Patr...
25:01Air Patrol headquarters.
25:02Yeah.
25:03Brownsville?
25:04Yeah?
25:05Thanks for calling, but if it had two wings, it's not the amphib...
25:16It's not the amphi...
25:18That's not it.
25:19Let it go.
25:20Air Patrol headquarters.
25:21Where?
25:22Where?
25:23Where?
25:24Where?
25:26Where?
25:27Cleaver.
25:28Yeah, how is it, Mark?
25:29Thanks for calling, but that's the mail plane.
25:30Sorry.
25:31Air Patrol headquarters.
25:32The whole thing is my fault, sir.
25:37I should never have passed Carter, but he tried so hard.
25:41I didn't think he'd ever have to use his guns, except as a threat.
25:44No, Lieutenant, you mustn't blame yourself.
25:47I saw what happened in the final test.
25:50You must remember that I could have watched him out at any time.
25:53But as you say, he tried so hard.
25:57He was a brave lad, Lieutenant, in a greater way than mere physical bravery.
26:02He went down fighting a subconscious impulse that was too much for him, hating his job
26:08for doing his best to please me.
26:10No, if there's any blame, it's mine for making his sacrifice necessary.
26:15But in the meantime, the organization for which I appear to have failed in its purpose.
26:20Well, I wouldn't say that, sir.
26:22I would bet the morale is low, but these pilots are untried.
26:26They're fighting something mysterious.
26:28We'll find some trace of that amphibian.
26:29Yes, but none of the calls or letters mean anything.
26:32I know it, sir.
26:33People have seen it from Albany to Yuma.
26:35We traced down mail planes, transport planes, gliders, models, everything in the world but
26:39that amphibian.
26:40Come in.
26:41I just received this message from a boy in Terminal City with the name of Bobby Landis.
26:46Said he saw a plane of that number and the type we're looking for.
26:49A boy?
26:50Twelve years old?
26:51Twelve-year-old boys these days know what they're talking about when it comes to airplanes.
26:55That's the best lead we've had yet, sir.
26:56May I take Skeeter to help me investigate it?
26:59Lieutenant, you can have any part of this organization that will help you discover what
27:03happened to my son.
27:04Yes, sir.
27:35Hi, Lieutenant.
27:48Hello, Mr. Brennan.
27:54Where can I hire a car around here?
27:55Well, you're welcome to use mine if you care to.
27:58Thanks.
27:59I want to locate a boy named Bobby Landis.
28:01Well, that won't be much of a job.
28:03He doesn't live far from here.
28:05Fine.
28:25This ought to be the place.
28:31And that ought to be Bobby Landis.
28:33Let's go.
28:44Having trouble, young man?
28:45Yeah, I can't figure out how that aileron works.
28:47Well, let's have a look at it.
28:49Hey, you Bobby Landis?
28:50Yeah, sure.
28:51We're from the air patrol.
28:53I'm Tommy Tompkins.
28:54This is Sergeant Milligan.
28:56Tailspin Tommy!
29:00Yeah, yeah, I'm Skeeter.
29:01Gosh!
29:03Hey, did you phone headquarters yesterday about an amphibian?
29:06Amphibian, yeah.
29:07That's what I said.
29:08Yes, I did.
29:09Are you sure it was an amphibian?
29:11Yes, I know an amphibian when I see one.
29:15All right.
29:16What's that flying around up there now?
29:24Look, that's a walkaway.
29:26You're right.
29:27This is pretty important to us, Bobby.
29:29We've got to be sure we have the right plane.
29:31Gosh, I'm sure it was an amphibian.
29:33You see, me and another fellow have been keeping log on the plane to fly over.
29:37You know, numbers and all.
29:39Yeah, like we do at headquarters.
29:40Yeah, that's it.
29:41Well, there's been one plane flying over at night,
29:43going this way early and coming back long-forward mornings.
29:46Well, that doesn't mean it's an amphibian.
29:48That doesn't mean anything.
29:50Of course not.
29:51But you know what I mean, Tailspin.
29:53Sure, go ahead.
29:54Well, me and Jimmy Drake had logged the number of every other plane except that one,
29:58on account of it's always flying at night, like I said.
30:01So we're trying to see who gets the number first.
30:04And you got it?
30:05Well, I gave it to you over the phone.
30:08Sure, Skeeter.
30:09How'd you get it?
30:10Well, one morning early I heard the plane coming.
30:13I looked out the window and it was thick fog.
30:15You know, pretty soupy.
30:17That's what made him late, huh?
30:19Uh-huh, and that's what made him fly low, so I got the number.
30:223XM827.
30:24Well, that's it, all right.
30:26Thanks, Bobby.
30:27You gonna ground it?
30:28After we find it.
30:29That ought to be easy.
30:30Lane's over there someplace.
30:32Did you ever try to find it?
30:34No, but there's a big warehouse over there.
30:37You think you could show it to us?
30:39Gosh, yeah.
30:40Come on.
30:41Hey, Ma, take care of my plane, will ya?
30:44Come on.
30:54That's the warehouse.
30:55The warehouse?
30:56They could use it for a hangar.
30:58You say they fly over your house every night?
31:00Yes, and come back early in the morning.
31:02Bobby, if this turns out like I hope,
31:04you've got a free ride coming to you.
31:06In a Sky Patrol plane?
31:08Guns and all?
31:09Guns and all.
31:10Gee!
31:11Let's go.
31:12Go?
31:13Well, let's crash the joint.
31:14Keep your shirt on, Skeeter.
31:15Well, where are we gonna go?
31:17Back to headquarters.
31:23Here's the warehouse.
31:24And here's where Carter reported the amphibian.
31:27This line represents the line of flight.
31:29If it headed out over the Gulf,
31:30there are any number of places it could go.
31:32Are you sure the warehouse is the land base?
31:34Well, of course it is.
31:35We should have crashed the joint.
31:41Colonel Means speaking.
31:42Hello?
31:43Oh, hello.
31:46Yes.
31:47Yes.
31:49Oh, thanks, Sheriff.
31:51That warehouse belongs to Martin Bainbridge,
31:53the licensed munitions broker.
31:57So you see, young man,
31:58you look rather foolish crashing in there.
32:01Well, suppose we'd have found the amphibian.
32:03Amphib-
32:04Amphibian?
32:05Yeah.
32:06Well, it's no crime to own an amphibian.
32:07Quite right, Lieutenant.
32:08There's no crime committed
32:09unless the munitions are transported
32:10outside of the United States.
32:12Well, that's exactly what they're doing.
32:13And that's what we've got to prove.
32:15Let's confine ourselves to the problem.
32:18This boy says that they'll make a trip each night?
32:20We can't be sure they'll make a trip tonight, sir,
32:22but they've been fairly regular.
32:23We could follow them.
32:25How? Hitchhike?
32:27They're probably working with some boat
32:28outside the 12-mile limit.
32:30But if they carry an extra load of gas,
32:32they can make it way across the Gulf.
32:34Oh, yeah.
32:36If we only had some means
32:37of recording the length of the flight.
32:42How about our impulse meter, Paul?
32:45What's that, Lieutenant?
32:46It's an instrument we've been working on
32:47to locate lost planes in bad weather.
32:49It records the intensity
32:50of the magneto impulse.
32:52Does it work?
32:53Here's a good chance to find out.
32:54But we have to have
32:55the cooperation of the telephone company.
32:57Well, I say let's try it.
32:58I still think we ought to crash the joint.
33:00If this thing works all right,
33:02you'll get all the crashing you want.
33:04Is that a promise?
33:08Tommy, you can explain to the Colonel
33:10how the machine operates
33:11better than I can.
33:13Well, Colonel, the antenna
33:14is adjusted along the estimated line of flight
33:16of the amphibian
33:18and is especially sensitive
33:19to the magneto impulses
33:21as are evidenced by a spark in this tube.
33:23As the amphibian approaches,
33:24the spark becomes more intense
33:26and, by the same token,
33:28as it goes away from us,
33:29becomes less intense.
33:31Knowing the approximate speed
33:33of the amphibian,
33:34we estimate the distance traveled
33:35by the length of time
33:36the spark is registered in the tube.
33:38Tommy, you mean that
33:39when the plane starts,
33:40the light lights,
33:41and when the plane comes closer,
33:43the light gets bigger and stronger?
33:45That's right.
33:46And what happens
33:47when the plane goes away from us?
33:49The spark diminishes.
33:50How soon can we pick the amphibian up?
33:52As soon as the engines start.
33:54How far can we carry it?
33:55We should be able to follow it
33:56well out over the Gulf.
33:57Text us at the warehouse, Colonel.
33:58He's going to telephone us
33:59as soon as the amphib...
34:02amphibian.
34:03As soon as it starts.
34:04Then we'll tune in the machine.
34:06And hope it works.
34:08Well, we'll soon know.
34:09It's almost midnight.
34:17Hey, where did they go?
34:19Let it down.
34:22Hey, where did they go?
34:24Let it down.
34:52Lieutenant Tompkins, please.
34:56Yes, Tex.
34:57Thanks.
34:58They just left.
35:0012, 1, and 35 seconds.
35:03I'll turn the machine on.
35:07We got it.
35:08As long as the amphibian is in place,
35:09there'll be a light in this tube.
35:11When the amphibian stops,
35:13it stops.
35:14Or else passes
35:15beyond the range of the instrument.
35:16Well, that's possible, of course.
35:18It's getting stronger.
35:20It's getting stronger.
35:42Now it's at its peak.
35:43The plane should be practically
35:44in the air by now.
35:45But it's not.
35:46It's not.
35:47It's not.
35:48Now it's at its peak.
35:49The plane should be practically
35:50overhead.
35:51Did you get the starting time, Betty Lou,
35:53to the second?
35:54Yes.
35:55It's now just 12, 15.
35:59I'll shut the machine off for a moment.
36:00We should be able to hear the motors.
36:10I'd say it's just about 10,000.
36:12Well, Lieutenant,
36:13we know how far we are
36:14from the warehouse
36:15and how long it has taken
36:16the amphibian to get here.
36:17Now, if we could only tell
36:18when it lands,
36:19we'll know approximately
36:20where it lands.
36:21That's right.
36:42Stopped.
36:43And well within our radius.
36:4812, 25, and 3 seconds.
36:51Well, it looks like
36:52it's up to you.
36:53Yes, sir.
36:54I'll check the figures on the map
36:55and we'll be off
36:56the first thing in the morning.
36:57Good.
36:58Want any help?
36:59Just Skeeter.
37:00Unless he still wants
37:01to crash the jet.
37:02Yes, sir.
37:03I'll check the figures
37:04on the map
37:05and we'll be off
37:06the first thing in the morning.
37:07Good.
37:08Want any help?
37:09Just Skeeter.
37:10Unless he still wants
37:11to crash the joint.
37:27Well, there we are.
37:2820 miles out to sea.
37:30Then it's gotta be a ship.
37:31There's no land
37:32for 200 miles
37:33in that direction.
37:36That's right.
37:37Well, that settles it,
37:38doesn't it?
37:41I guess so.
37:42Well, what do you mean
37:43you guess so?
37:44What you gotta do
37:45is take a squadron
37:46and fly out there and blow it.
37:47I know all that.
37:50But I'm wondering
37:51about Carter Meade.
37:53Carter Meade, White?
37:57Yes.
38:00Carter Meade.
38:02Are you...
38:03You mean that...
38:04What you ask
38:05may cost me
38:06two valuable men.
38:07When with a couple
38:08of Sky Patrol planes
38:09I could go out there
38:10and bring down
38:11their amphibian
38:12or blow their boat
38:13out of the water
38:14right now.
38:15That's what I'm afraid of, sir.
38:17That doesn't sound
38:18like you, Tompkins.
38:20What's all this about, Sergeant?
38:21Well, it's...
38:22Answer me.
38:23Well,
38:24Tommy just has
38:25an idea that
38:26he's got
38:27a good idea
38:28that he's got
38:29a good idea
38:30that he's got
38:31a good idea
38:32that he's got
38:33a good idea
38:34that he has an idea
38:35that...
38:36Alright, Lieutenant.
38:37Doubt it.
38:39I didn't want to say
38:40anything about it, sir.
38:41It's just a wild idea
38:42of mine.
38:43If I'm wrong,
38:44it may be the cruelest
38:45thing I've ever done
38:46in my life.
38:49Anything official?
38:50All we want to do, sir,
38:51is go out there
38:52with just the two of us
38:53and make certain
38:54we have an old plane
38:55we can use
38:56and they'll never know
38:57we're air patrolmen.
38:58How about a lease, sir?
38:59Just 24 hours.
39:00You're determined, eh?
39:01Yes.
39:02Yes, sir.
39:04All right.
39:05Take your leave.
39:07But remember, I absolutely forbid you to do anything foolish.
39:10Understand?
39:11Yes, sir.
39:14Good luck.
39:16Yes, sir.
39:33Let's get out of here before we have to go through that again with Betty Lou and Paul.
39:38Right.
40:32Listen, Jackson.
40:43I don't care if they do have patrolmen watching the place.
40:45You've got to get that amphibian loaded and get it out of there.
40:49Is a plane coming?
40:50Sky Patrol?
40:51I don't think so.
40:52It ain't marked like one.
40:53Tune in Sky Patrol and see what they're doing.
41:02We've seen it.
41:11What do you make of it?
41:14Hard to tell.
41:15It's out of your parachute.
41:18What are you going to do?
41:23We're going to crash the joint.
41:33They must be crazy.
41:53Help!
41:54Help!
41:57Help!
42:00Don't overdo it.
42:01Overdo it?
42:02Nothing.
42:03I can't swim.
42:04Did I put a boat over it?
42:06No.
42:07Let's see what happens.
42:10Well, looks like we'll have to save ourselves.
42:12Yes, sir.
42:13We certainly got them right where they want us.
42:17Hang on to my shoulder and kick your feet.
42:19Let's go.
42:31Never seen him before?
43:02Been having trouble?
43:04Yeah, she can't tell on me.
43:06Well, that's too bad.
43:07Come with me and I'll show you where you can change your clothes.
43:10Thanks.
43:11A little shorthanded right now, but you'll find some old clothes in here.
43:14Step in, gentlemen.
43:24Boy, we sure crashed the joint.
43:27Carter!
43:29Carter!
43:31It's Tommy.
43:35Well, I thought we'd find him here.
43:37But not like this.
43:39Boy, is he messed up.
43:43And that's not from a crack up, either.
43:45Well, let's go.
43:47Let's go.
43:48Let's go.
43:49Let's go.
43:50Let's go.
43:51Let's go.
43:52Let's go.
43:53Let's go.
43:54Let's go.
43:55No crack up, either.
43:56They've been working on him with a baleen pen.
44:01Carter!
44:02Wake up!
44:08Well, what did you find out?
44:10Only that they're on 24 hours leave.
44:12Oh, now, Paul, you know Tommy wouldn't rush off like that if he were just on leave.
44:16Well, I'm going to stay right here until I find out what he's up to.
44:21No word from Tompkins yet, huh?
44:23No, sir.
44:24I can't understand it.
44:26Look, don't you worry, Betty Lou.
44:28He'll take care of himself.
44:41How do you know so much about what's going on?
44:43Well, naturally, I'm interested in what the Sky Patrol does.
44:47That's how I knew you.
44:49I saw the graduation exercises.
44:52So I walked right in, eh?
44:54Yes, fortunately.
44:55You see, we're tuned into your broadcast.
44:58That's how we knew the warehouse was being watched.
45:04And you want me to tell Colonel Meade to withdraw his men.
45:07That's it.
45:08So the Amphibian can make one more trip.
45:10After that, you can raid the warehouse, take all the bows, and everybody will be happy.
45:16Except you will be gone.
45:18That's right.
45:19That's why you kept and worked over young Meade, eh?
45:21You expected him to make his father withdraw.
45:23No, Mitch here had to get a little bit rough with him.
45:25He was a bit of a disappointment.
45:29What makes you think I won't be?
45:31Doesn't it seem sort of overdoing the heroics?
45:34Sacrificing three lives for such a little thing?
45:38Now, this radio is equipped exactly the same as the Sky Patrol.
45:43You can talk to the Colonel right from here.
45:49I'm tuning in on him now.
46:02All right, you win.
46:05What do you want me to say?
46:12All ready, sir. The Sheriff's detail has arrived.
46:14Good, Ryan. Proceed as per orders.
46:16I have a message from Lieutenant Tompkins, sir.
46:18Tompkins?
46:19Steady, Sergeant.
46:23Colonel Meade speaking. Go ahead.
46:25Tompkins, Colonel. Have you raided the warehouse yet?
46:28Not yet, Lieutenant.
46:32Then listen carefully, sir.
46:34We've made a mistake.
46:35Tom, it's cold.
46:38That's a code message. Check it.
46:40I can't understand you. Speak louder.
46:42We've made a mistake.
46:44Something's wrong with my calculations. I can't locate the boat.
46:47I don't understand, Lieutenant.
46:51I'm on my way to join you now, sir, and will explain everything.
46:57In the meantime, I strongly urge you to hold back the attack on the warehouse.
47:00That is all.
47:04Shall I proceed, sir?
47:06No. Hold your men.
47:11Call Colonel Meade. Hurry.
47:13Calling Colonel Meade. Calling Colonel Meade.
47:16Calling Colonel Meade.
47:17Another message, sir.
47:24Colonel Meade speaking.
47:25Just a minute, sir.
47:27Colonel Meade, this is Betty Lou.
47:29That message of Tommy's was a blind.
47:31But I recognize his voice.
47:33I know, but he was signaling while he was talking.
47:35They do it all the time, sir.
47:36The real message reads, proceed with the raid.
47:39Have located Carter.
47:41He, Skeeter, and I are prisoners on the Schooner Shackan. Hurry.
47:44He said Carter was on the boat. Safe?
47:49Okay, go on.
47:52Well, after they got me out of the water,
47:55they ganged up on me and tried to get me to send the message.
47:59I wouldn't do it, so they started knocking me around, and here I am.
48:03Boy, they did a beautiful job on you.
48:05Yeah, and that's nothing to what they'll do to Tommy.
48:08I'm telling you, these fellows mean business.
48:10Hey, don't you worry about Tommy.
48:12They start pushing him around, he'll give them the fight of their lives.
48:15Boy, that fellow's a battler from way back.
48:17You know, I remember one time when they were...
48:21Thanks. You saved everybody a lot.
48:24It takes a wise man to know when he's licked.
48:26You talked to my father.
48:28You sent the message.
48:30You must have.
48:35So you couldn't take it, eh?
48:39Lieutenant Tompkins.
48:42The great tailspin Tommy.
48:45The man my own father wanted me to be like.
48:48He isn't afraid of a little gun, is he?
48:51No, but he's afraid of getting pushed around.
48:55What a fool I was worrying about whether you were gonna get beat up or not.
48:59And here you come back and you haven't even got a mark on you.
49:03Well, you're gonna have.
49:13I wish he'd have hit you.
49:15Boss, that message Tompkins gave the colonel was a phony.
49:19We heard them talking after he got through.
49:21They're gonna raid the warehouse.
49:23So you pulled a fast one, eh, Tompkins?
49:29Raid the warehouse, but don't damage the amphibian.
49:32We've got to use it.
49:33Yes, sir. Let's go.
49:42Prepare to take off and head for sea.
49:45The sheriff's men will look after the rest.
49:47Yes, sir.
49:58Jackson calling Shikan.
50:00Jackson calling Shikan.
50:04Jackson calling Shikan.
50:06Shikan speaking. Shikan speaking.
50:09Shikan speaking.
50:10Go ahead, Jackson.
50:12The cops have got the amphibian. They're headed out for you.
50:23I know just how to handle this.
50:26The sky patrol's headed this way in our amphibian.
50:29Nice going, Tommy.
50:30Yeah, nice going, Tompkins.
50:32But your friends don't know that we know that they're headed this way.
50:35You're gonna have the pleasure of watching me take care of them with a one-pounder when they land.
50:39Get the men on deck.
50:55I'm sorry for what I said, Lieutenant.
50:58I should have known better.
51:01Oh, that's all right, kid. I wasn't sure it'd work myself.
51:10Come on, boys. Uncover the gun and check it.
51:18I'd like to take one punch at that guy, Tompkins.
51:21Forget about him until after we look after the amphibian.
51:23Then you're gonna have the three of them.
51:28Come on, boys. Uncover the gun and check it.
51:35I'd like to take one punch at that guy, Tompkins.
51:39Yes, sir.
51:57That must be the chicane.
51:59Circle while we look her over.
52:01Yes, sir.
52:04Drop that gun. Stand around. He shouldn't want to be seen.
52:13Listen.
52:34They'll be cold meat.
52:36They don't even know these fellas are expecting them.
53:04Well, the boss said to stay away from you guys,
53:07but I just came down to see that you don't run away.
53:10All right, both of you, get over there.
53:16All right, kid, get up out of there.
53:18You're not hurt that bad.
53:20Come on, get up out of there. You know what's waiting for you.
53:23Get up! Hey!
53:28Nice going, Carter.
53:34Now let's even this thing up.
53:47Where's Mitch? Mitch!
53:49We'll see what that was.
54:04Here, watch the stairs.
54:06Let's find out what's in these things.
54:24Grenades.
54:33Boy, look at all that powder.
54:37Just what the doctor ordered.
54:39Man, oh, man, there's enough explosive here to blow this ship right out of the ocean.
54:42That's just what we're going to do.
54:44Yeah, that's just exactly... Hey, wait a minute.
54:46Come on, open those keys.
54:49Listen, Tommy.
54:51You get that thing open.
54:53Yeah, I know, but we haven't got time to...
54:56All right, send it out.
54:58Yes, sir.
55:04Mitch, stay hidden until I give the word.
55:06Then I want a gun out of every window.
55:12All right, let's go.
55:14Come on, let's go.
55:16Come on, let's go.
55:18Come on, let's go.
55:20Come on, let's go.
55:22Come on, let's go.
55:30Take care of Pat.
55:52Come on, let's go.
56:13Attaboy.
56:15Come on, let's get off the boat.
56:16Hey, but Tommy, wait a minute.
56:18Hey, but Tommy, wait a minute.
56:23Got them lined up, Brent?
56:25Couldn't miss, but tried.
56:27Good, when I give the word, be ready to fire.
56:35Get ready.
56:37Jump overboard.
56:39Oh, I can't. I can't swim.
56:53Taxi!
56:55Taxi!
56:57Taxi!
56:59Taxi!
57:01Taxi!
57:03Taxi!
57:05Taxi!
57:07Taxi!
57:15Taxi over and pick them up.
57:17Yes, sir.
57:22I only wish you were staying with the Sky Patrol, but I realize that Mr. Smith and Three Point need you.
57:27Well, we're leaving things in mighty capable hands.
57:30Good luck, Carter.
57:32Thanks again, Hopkins.
57:34And you, Skeeter.
57:35The pleasure's mine, Colonel. I learned him.
57:38Goodbye, sir.
57:39Goodbye.
57:40Goodbye.
57:42Well, back on the job?
57:43Yep, when do we start?
57:44Regular trip in the morning.
57:46You know, Paul, I've been thinking about youngsters like Bobby Landis.
57:49There ought to be a lot of boys like that all over the country that are crazy about aviation.
57:52Well, you bet.
57:53The whole future of aviation rests in the hands of those youngsters.
57:57Well, why can't we do something to encourage them?
57:59Well, it's a good idea.
58:00But how?
58:01Oh, we might have a correspondence school.
58:03No, nothing like that.
58:05Just let them hang around the airport and see what goes on.
58:08And we could all give lectures on different phases of commercial flying.
58:11Yeah, then I could make my speeches.
58:13No, seriously.
58:15They have Boy Scouts.
58:16Why can't they have Scouts of the Air?
58:18Don't you think it's a good idea?
58:19Well, I certainly do.
58:20How about you two?
58:21Well, I'm for it.
58:22Me too.
58:23Well, calling all theaters.
58:24Calling all theaters.
58:48Yeah.
58:49Yeah.
58:50Yeah.
58:51Yeah.
58:52Yeah.
58:53Yeah.
58:54Yeah.
58:55Yeah.
58:56Yeah.
58:57Yeah.
58:58Yeah.
58:59Yeah.
59:00Yeah.
59:01Yeah.
59:02Yeah.
59:03Yeah.
59:04Yeah.
59:05Yeah.
59:06Yeah.
59:07Yeah.
59:08Yeah.
59:09Yeah.
59:10Yeah.
59:11Yeah.
59:12Yeah.
59:13Yeah.
59:14Yeah.
59:15Yeah.
59:16Yeah.