Word: combat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon after, the film switches from black-and-white to technicolor and becomes extremely exciting. Most of this second half of "Task Force" consists of actual battle scenes filmed by the Navy; they are reminiscent of the wartime "Fighting Lady." the scenes which show a busy combat formation center deep inside the carrier are intensely interesting, and the views of the carrier deck, jammed from side to side with blazing aircraft against a backdrop of explosions and tracers in the deep blue sky, are unforgettable. Cooper and the other actors are skilfully blended into these newsreels between flashes of exploding...
...citadel of fine films now presents "Task Force," starring Gary Cooper," a sweeping cavalcade that sweeps (sic) the world's oceans to bring you the rich, human story of the men who stood by what they believed in--AND THE WOMEN WHO STOOD BESIDE THEIR MEN." Includes secret Navy combat films if that's your idea...
...Malden but managed to grow up on Maine's Casco Bay; by World War I his seafaring ancestry was showing its effect, and Albion joined the Naval Reserve. After what he calls a "delightful" series of training eruises, Albion began to feel that he would like a little combat action, so he jumped leagues and promoted himself a commission as an infantry licutenant...
Task Force. The ups & downs, through the years, of U.S. naval aviation, with a factual core of spectacular Navy combat film and fictional trimmings involving Gary Cooper (TIME...
Task Force. The ups & downs, through the years, of U.S. naval aviation, with a factual core of explosive Navy combat film and fictional trimmings involving Gary Cooper (TIME...