Word: exploits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although the battle scenes take up comparatively little footage in Sergeant York, they are above Hollywood standard. York's incredible exploit seems almost credible. Its bang-bang excitement is leavened with the salty observations of one of his men (George Tobias). Says he to a captured German officer while York is squirrel-shooting his way to victory: "Five'll get you ten that guy knocks off your whole sauerkraut army...
This sensational pre-World War II exploit is spoiled by a Nazi guard, who overpowers the Englishman. At Berchtesgaden the hunter's laconic explanation that it was only a sporting, not a shooting stalk, gets short shrift. An extra-special Nazi third degree fails to alter his story. Unable to get his signature to a faked confession that the act was an attempted assassination with the knowledge of the British Government, the Nazis fling him into the ravine and leave him for dead. He escapes to England...
...tired of the perpetual Russian threat, and also of our inability to exploit Russian resources as completely as we would like. Short of military cooperation, Russia must occupy a position similar to that which Italy occupies now. Then the infiltration of our military experts and technicians would occur without any trouble. We would also know how to get guarantees that nothing would threaten us behind our backs if we were occupied elsewhere...
Last week, for the first time in World War II, an Indian was awarded the coveted Victoria Cross, which goes only to performers of most extraordinarily courageous exploits in action. The exploit...
That encouraged the gloomy second thought of the British people: Be wary of a Nazi trick, look out for a fifth-column exploit or an attempt to put across a peace deal in secrecy. And then the Government's Ministerial orchestra blew off another ragged discord...