Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Flying Fleet (1929)

MGM
Directed by George W. Hill
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Documentary-style look at Navy flyers, from their antics at the Annapolis academy, graduation and training. A group of six are followed all the way through the process, but only one of them will become a Navy pilot. The flying scenes are terrific and aviation buffs will love every second of the historical footage. However, the rest is rather forced, including a budding romance with Anita Page and a crash landing-survival drama in the Pacific.

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