Word: intrepid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...island's tip, in the province of Atjeh, live about 1,000,000 Achinese, a proud and irritable people, unshakably Moslem, the first Indonesians to embrace Islam in the 11th century and the last to be pacified by the Dutch (1904). Some centuries ago the Achinese were intrepid pirates, raiding Western shipping, and attacking fortified towns in quest of slaves, concubines and booty. In modern times they have been peaceful farmers, fishermen and plantation workers. But they still reach for their weapons when aroused; and last week the Achinese were in bloody revolt against the Indonesian government at Jakarta...
Elegance on a Plank. Perhaps the most intrepid of the Perth survivors was Engineer Lieut. Frank Gillan. When the second torpedo hit and Perth keeled over, he was trapped far below decks. Only perfect presence of mind and the lucky chance that his Mae West was only half-inflated saved him. As the water rose in the sinking hull. Gillan calmly let himself float upward with it through the pitch-dark passages of the ship, the air in his life jacket buoying him gently, but not so much as to force him against the overhead, where he could not maneuver...
Then there was the matter of torpedoes. U.S. submariners will never forget one of the great hushed scandals of the early days of World War II: faulty torpedoes. Time after time, intrepid submarine skippers would maneuver into dangerous Japanese waters, line up a shot, and then watch through periscopes while their torpedoes exploded prematurely, did not explode at all, or headed back at them. The Navy's Bureau of Ordnance is currently readying a new type of torpedo which will "do everything." But until it is ready, the newest subs live with a makeshift, inefficient arrangement for firing...
...against African tarantulas, black-magic practitioners and warlike natives. Without any noticeable change from her recent performances as Jane Froman and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Susan manages to remain gracious, composed and well-groomed as she triumphs over all obstacles to bring hygiene to the jungle. Robert Mitchum plays an intrepid hunter who gives her a helping hand, but the best acting in the film is done by an actor named Charles Gemora, who plays a gorilla...
...familiar faces from the wide-open spaces as Tex Ritter, Preston Foster, Jimmy Wakely, Buddy Baer, Johnny Mack Brown; a theme song called The Marshal's Daughter, renegade Indians, a mysterious masked rider, a cowboy quartet, dancing girls, rustlers on a rampage. Comedian-Producer Ken (Blackouts) Murray is intrepid enough to show up in front of the camera himself at one point as a riverboat entertainer sporting a high hat, checkered suit and gargantuan cigar...