The Fighting Lady

From The Internet Movie Plane Database
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The Fighting Lady movie poster.

Movie (1944)

Starring:
Crewmen of the CV-10 USS Yorktown (themselves)

Movie built as a documentary and for propaganda purposes. Despite never named, the main carrier vessel is the USS Yorktown (CV-10) which is discovered through the daily life of its service men. Several campaigns are shown through bombing and air fightings, including the well-known Great Marianas Turkey Shoot during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. These astonishing shots have been used several times in others movies and documentaries since.

Grumman TBF Avenger

TFightingLady 0h01m48 TBF.jpg
TFightingLady 0h17m27 TBF.jpg

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

TFightingLady 0h02m05 SB2C.jpg
TFightingLady 0h20m27 SB2C.jpg

Grumman F6F Hellcat

TFightingLady 0h01m55 F6F.jpg
TFightingLady 0h17m03 F6F.jpg

Same shot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

TFightingLady 0h43m50 F6Fdv.jpg

This one is seen too in Flying Leathernecks (5th picture).

TFightingLady 0h53m15 FFdvFL.jpg

One of the most stupendous crash landing with the pilot nearly unhurt (but aircraft and date/place not clearly identified). Same shot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

TFightingLady 0h58m42 dvTWep8.jpg

Douglas SBD Dauntless

TFightingLady 0h01m16 SBD.jpg
Footage reused in Flat Top.

Mitsubishi F1M

Footage reused in Flat Top.

Kawanishi H8K

Footage reused in Flat Top.
TFightingLady 0h38m07 H8K.jpg
TFightingLady 0h38m47 H8K.jpg

Aichi E13A1

Footage reused in Flat Top.
TFightingLady 0h25m23 Aichi-E13A.jpg

Nakajima B6N Tenzan

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

TFightingLady 0h51m45 B6Ndv.jpg

Mitsubishi G3M

A recognition model held to the ceiling of the briefing room.

TFightingLady 0h16m55 G3M.jpg

Various Unidentified Japanese Aircraft

TFightingLady 0h19m07 jap.jpg

Given as a Zero (Mitsubishi A6M) by the narrator, the next aircraft is just a japanese fighter. At the near end of the movie, the carrier vessel's scoring board put under the same section "Zeke, Franck, ...".

TFightingLady 0h24m37 Zero.jpg
TFightingLady 0h27m55 twin-jap.jpg

The next gun camera shot is also seen in Flying Leathernecks (11th picture).

TFightingLady 0h54m57 dvFL5234.jpg


Back To:

See also