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Two Army balloonists (William Cagney, Edward Nugent) play pranks, fight over a girl (June Collyer) and go up in the air.
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00:20:41I put you over, you put me under.
00:20:44You got me into a fine jam.
00:20:46I just spent two hours going over new tactics with Andrews.
00:20:50Now I'll have to spend two days working out the details.
00:20:53Well, there's nothing like good hard work to keep a fellow out of mischief.
00:21:00Where are you going?
00:21:02I'm going out with Sophie and Laquita.
00:21:04Oh, so you've got a Mexican girl for me?
00:21:06No, that's her dog's name.
00:21:08Oh, so her name's Sophie, eh?
00:21:11Yeah, she's from back east.
00:21:13She's a personal friend of the quartermaster's family.
00:21:15I got two days leave of absence to show her the city.
00:21:18Incidentally, isn't that my tie?
00:21:20Yeah, how does it look?
00:21:26Suds for Sophie.
00:21:29Well, you're going to study tactics and I'm going to put them into practice.
00:21:32So long, pal.
00:22:06that's why not.
00:22:32What do you mean?
00:22:33What do you mean, what's the meaning of it?
00:22:35Don't stall now.
00:22:36When was Cooper's dead?
00:22:38Cooper?
00:22:38What Cooper?
00:22:39Do you take me for a sap?
00:22:41That's Tom Cooper's soap.
00:22:43How long has this been going on?
00:22:45Are you out of your head?
00:22:46How did I know that was from Tom Cooper?
00:22:48It came to the mail like it was some kind of sample.
00:22:50Yeah?
00:22:51Well, if he thinks he can come between you and me
00:22:53with his soft soap ways,
00:22:55I'll give him a sample of something else.
00:22:59Now, now, boys, I know just how you feel.
00:23:01Where is Cooper?
00:23:02Yes, where is he?
00:23:03He's in the city on leave of absence.
00:23:05Yeah?
00:23:06Well, it's lucky for him he's not here.
00:23:07What's he trying to do?
00:23:08Chisel in on me and my wife?
00:23:10Well, your wife got one, too.
00:23:11It seems that several of the boys' wives
00:23:13have received presents from Soapy today, Matt.
00:23:15I think the old man should hear of this.
00:23:17That's an idea.
00:23:18If we can't take a punch at him,
00:23:20we can have him up in the carpet for conduct
00:23:21on becoming an officer.
00:23:23But it's early yet.
00:23:23I don't think the old man will be in the office.
00:23:25All right, then.
00:23:26We'll get him at home.
00:23:26Come on.
00:23:27We can't get away with stuff like that.
00:23:37Well, now, listen.
00:23:39I wouldn't take it to heart, gentlemen.
00:23:41After all, Cooper probably meant it as a joke.
00:23:44I beg your pardon, Colonel.
00:23:46But I know the kind of dizzy women Cooper
00:23:47gives this perfume junk to.
00:23:49And when he sends it to my wife, it's no joke.
00:23:52I know.
00:23:53But I wouldn't get excited.
00:23:55Why, Cooper's a pretty square sort of a chap.
00:23:58Now, suppose you all sit down and have a cup of coffee.
00:24:00I'll send it to you right away,
00:24:01and I'll be back myself, too, in a minute.
00:24:08My wife told me she got hers in the mail.
00:24:09Mine came in the mail, too.
00:24:11Yeah, he thinks he's pretty smart, doesn't he, huh?
00:24:40I'll be back.
00:24:42A joke's a joke.
00:24:44But this is different.
00:24:47When a commissioner officer
00:24:48so far forgets ordinary discipline
00:24:51as to show disrespect to the wife of his commandant,
00:24:54he is guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer.
00:24:57You're right, sir.
00:24:58I understand Lieutenant Cooper is in the city
00:25:01on leave of absence.
00:25:03Telephone Lieutenant Wood.
00:25:04Get him here at once.
00:25:06Yes, sir.
00:25:10Get me Lieutenant Wood.
00:25:12You sent for me, sir?
00:25:16Do you know where Lieutenant Cooper is in the city?
00:25:19I know several places he might be.
00:25:21All right.
00:25:22Take orderly Enfield with you.
00:25:23Find Lieutenant Cooper.
00:25:25I wish to see him in my office immediately.
00:25:27Put him under arrest if necessary.
00:25:29Yes, sir.
00:25:32All right, gentlemen.
00:25:33You may return to your duties.
00:25:35I'll attend to Lieutenant Cooper.
00:25:41Would you like something to eat?
00:25:43No, thank you.
00:25:44Make it a pitcher of beer.
00:25:46How did you like that soap?
00:25:48It was very nice.
00:25:50Laquita liked it, too.
00:25:52Laquita?
00:25:53Yes, Laquita.
00:25:53I gave her a bath with it.
00:25:55She just loves perfumed soap.
00:25:58Poor Laquita.
00:25:59She'd love it here.
00:26:01Well, we could take her up a couple of bottles of beer.
00:26:03Don't be silly.
00:26:05Hello, Woody.
00:26:06How are the old tactics?
00:26:07I've been enjoying my tactics very much.
00:26:09I've been looking for you all day.
00:26:11Colonel wants to see you.
00:26:12Tell him to come down here and I'll buy him a beer.
00:26:14No, but seriously, Sophie.
00:26:16Colonel wants to see you in his office right away.
00:26:18What's this?
00:26:19Another gag?
00:26:20You tell him.
00:26:22Colonel's compliment, sir.
00:26:23He wants to see you immediately.
00:26:24If you won't come willingly, you're going to be placed under arrest.
00:26:29And in the meantime, I'll take care of your unfinished business.
00:26:33See you later, Sophie.
00:26:40I hope there's nothing wrong.
00:26:42Nothing I can't make right, beautiful.
00:26:48So you deny sending the soap to my wife?
00:26:51And the wife of the other officers?
00:26:52Absolutely.
00:26:55Is that your printing, Cooper?
00:27:00No, sir.
00:27:01Do you recognize that printing?
00:27:03Well, I... I'd rather not say, sir.
00:27:07Ranfield, you say the printed reports of the officers?
00:27:10Maybe you recognize that.
00:27:12Well, it looks familiar.
00:27:25Well, you'll notice that's the same as that of Lieutenant Woods on the bombing unit report.
00:27:29Hmm.
00:27:31So is Wood, eh?
00:27:35Where is Wood?
00:27:37I believe he's dancing with Lieutenant Cooper's girl in a beer garden, sir.
00:27:40Oh.
00:27:42So that's the explanation of this hocus-pocus about the soap.
00:27:47If the other officers had gotten a hold of you this morning, it might have been more than a practical
00:27:51joke.
00:27:53Wood must be out of his head.
00:27:54Yes, sir.
00:27:55What?
00:27:56Well, I mean, sir, I don't believe Lieutenant Wood is feeling very well.
00:28:00He's been acting queerly lately.
00:28:02Remember I mentioned something about his health when we were flying the air mail.
00:28:05Oh, yes, yes.
00:28:06And maybe he ought to spend a week or two in the hospital, eh?
00:28:10Well, if I might suggest it, sir, I believe he's been working rather hard.
00:28:13And, uh, a month's furlough might snap him out of it.
00:28:16Maybe you're right, Cooper.
00:28:18Wood has needed badly in his unit.
00:28:20Especially now that Captain Andrews is sick.
00:28:22I can't take a chance if he's going to Salem.
00:28:25That'll be all.
00:28:49Hiya, soapy old boy.
00:28:50Hiya, Woody old Benedict.
00:28:51That's right.
00:28:52Only six more months of bachelorhood.
00:28:54Yeah, and then what'll I do?
00:28:55This dump's been as lonesome as the North Pole for the past month.
00:28:58I guess it means goodbye to the good old days.
00:29:00Ah, but what'll you see, your soapy?
00:29:02Eyes like sapphires.
00:29:04Hair like a weaving wheat field.
00:29:06A nose that's a poem.
00:29:07Lips the color of the pomegranate and a complexion like milk.
00:29:11Past your eyes are raw.
00:29:13She's personality personified.
00:29:15Boy, you have got it bad, haven't you?
00:29:26What have we here?
00:29:27Mice?
00:29:28No, that's Sophie's Lakita.
00:29:29Sophie's been getting around, visiting a lot of friends for the last few days, and I've had to mind the
00:29:33pub for her.
00:29:35But she leaves for the East tomorrow, and then my nursemaid days will be over.
00:29:39Looks like she doesn't go for army food.
00:29:41What do you feed him anyway?
00:29:43I don't know.
00:29:44Let's see.
00:29:45Chihuahua's Mexican.
00:29:47Have you tried a hot tamale?
00:29:49That's an idea.
00:29:54By the way, I haven't told you all the news.
00:29:58I dropped in on the old man.
00:30:00He told me the bombing unit is taking off for the maneuvers in San Francisco tomorrow.
00:30:06Andrews is sick.
00:30:07I'm to be absent captain.
00:30:09That's great, Woody.
00:30:10I heard that the doctor grounded Andrews, and it won't be long now until you'll be permanent captain.
00:30:14Well, when I am, you'll get that first lieutenant's birth from the bombing unit.
00:30:18Well, I've got to step on it.
00:30:19I've got a lot of work to do if I'm going to get those planes ready.
00:30:22See you later.
00:30:23So long.
00:30:25Come on, Lakita.
00:30:27It's time for your bath.
00:30:45Here's a telegram that just came in for Lieutenant Wood.
00:30:48What'll I do with it?
00:31:03Relay, it's waiting for the maneuvers.
00:31:04Relay, it's waiting for the maneuvers.
00:31:05Okay.
00:31:07Don't you want to kiss Lakita goodbye?
00:31:09I better not.
00:31:10They say kissing animals is dangerous.
00:31:12You don't mean to tell me you're afraid you'll catch anything from Lakita.
00:31:15Well, not exactly.
00:31:16You see, Lakita's so small, she might get something from me and may not be able to get over it.
00:31:22What?
00:31:24Bye.
00:31:24Bye.
00:31:28I wonder if Lieutenant Wood received my telegram.
00:31:31Maybe he's waiting for you at the hotel, honey.
00:31:34Maybe.
00:31:34Get me a taxi, Ida.
00:31:36Yes, ma'am.
00:31:37Here's the taxi, boy.
00:31:39Come on, Ida.
00:31:41Yes.
00:31:59Won't you allow me?
00:32:01Please allow me.
00:32:13Ida, doesn't that look like Lieutenant Wood?
00:32:15It sure do.
00:32:17Maybe he got mixed up on the train.
00:32:19You wait here a minute.
00:32:21Yes, ma'am.
00:32:28Guess who?
00:32:30Well, it feels like Mary.
00:32:33The perfume is like Amy.
00:32:35But you sound like Sarah.
00:32:36Well, I like that.
00:32:39Well, I like it too.
00:32:40Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:32:42I thought it was somebody else.
00:32:43Well, under these conditions, I wish I were somebody else.
00:32:46I know you'll excuse me.
00:32:47I was expecting to meet another officer.
00:32:50I made a mistake.
00:32:51Wait a minute.
00:32:52You can't walk out of my life like that.
00:32:53Well, I...
00:32:54Well, under these conditions, if you're expecting to meet somebody else and they didn't show up,
00:32:58maybe I can be of some help.
00:32:59Thank you so much, but I'm on my way to the Metropolitan Hotel.
00:33:02You know where the Metropolitan Hotel is?
00:33:04No, but I'm sure the taxi driver does.
00:33:06You don't know these cab drivers and it's dangerous to drive with strangers.
00:33:10Well, after all, I don't know you either.
00:33:12Well, you're gonna know me very well.
00:33:25I think you'll find it much more comfortable riding in this car than in a taxi.
00:33:29Yes, thank you.
00:33:30It's very comfortable.
00:33:55I'm sure you get to be.
00:33:55Nice wigwam you got here.
00:33:57Looks like a bridal suite.
00:34:00All you need now is a groom.
00:34:04Thank you, sir.
00:34:07You shouldn't have done that.
00:34:08I get a kick out of doing things I shouldn't.
00:34:10You're very kind.
00:34:11I don't find it difficult.
00:34:13Well, I guess you want to get settled now, and I don't want to be in your way.
00:34:17When am I going to see you again?
00:34:18Why, I...
00:34:19Fine, that's a date.
00:34:21I'll give you a ring.
00:34:26Oh, I forgot the most important thing.
00:34:28You haven't told me your name.
00:34:34My name's Ida Johnson.
00:34:38Glad to know you, Miss Johnson.
00:34:39I'm Tom Cooper.
00:34:40A telephone call from a lady in distress to Grand Field will reach me anytime.
00:34:44I give 24-hour service.
00:34:46Goodbye.
00:34:47I'll be seeing you.
00:34:50How come you give him my name, honey?
00:34:54I thought it would be fun.
00:35:25No bad news, is it, honey?
00:35:35All my love and a million kisses.
00:35:39There sure is a lot of kisses.
00:35:42I guess there's nothing for us to do but to stay here.
00:35:45How come you all didn't ask Lieutenant Cooper if he knew Lieutenant Wood?
00:35:51I wonder why I didn't.
00:35:53But then, of course, he talked so fast he really didn't give me an opportunity.
00:36:15I'll have to admit, Tom, you certainly know your country and your moonlight.
00:36:22You shouldn't have done that.
00:36:23I couldn't help it, Ida.
00:36:25I love you.
00:36:25I've loved you since the first minute I saw you at the station.
00:36:29I know I don't amount to much, but next month I come up for a first lieutenancy.
00:36:33And maybe next year I might be a captain.
00:36:37I know, but I can't marry you.
00:36:39Why not?
00:36:41Please don't ask me to answer that.
00:36:43Then there's somebody else?
00:36:45Yes.
00:36:47Gee, that's tough.
00:36:49See, my roommate comes back from San Francisco in the morning and
00:36:53I thought that if I could tell him that you and I were going to be engaged and get married,
00:36:57he'd get a big kick out of it.
00:37:00We might even have had a double wedding.
00:37:04Who is the fellow?
00:37:06Tom, do you know Lieutenant Richard Wood?
00:37:08Would he? Sure, he's my pal, my buddy.
00:37:11He's the fellow I've been telling you about.
00:37:14He's the fellow...
00:37:16Do you mean...
00:37:18I don't know what you'll think of me.
00:37:21I'm the girl Dick's engaged to.
00:37:24Oh, I've been such a fool.
00:37:26I don't know what ever possessed me to give you my maid's name and not to tell you about Dick.
00:37:30I guess it must have been just that I loved you too from the first minute I saw you.
00:37:34How could you play a rotten trick like this on Woody?
00:37:37Don't blame me, Tom.
00:37:38I've been through enough already.
00:37:40I haven't slept a wink in two nights.
00:37:43Please believe me.
00:37:44I couldn't ever have really loved Woody.
00:37:46What do you do, go around getting engaged to men just for the fun of it?
00:37:49Or maybe you're just like all the rest of them.
00:37:52I guess I don't deserve anything better than that.
00:37:56Please don't be angry with me.
00:37:58I love you.
00:37:59I swear it.
00:38:01I wouldn't want any love or happiness at Woody's expense.
00:38:07All right, Lieutenant Cooper.
00:38:10Would you be so kind as to drive me back to my hotel?
00:38:13Don't, I agree.
00:38:13If I'm not really okay, tell your schedule.
00:38:14Mostly happy!
00:38:16I keep holding Joe.
00:38:23Purl one, knit one.
00:38:27Purl one, knit one.
00:38:27Purl one, knit one.
00:38:32Purl one, knit one.
00:38:36Purl one, knit one.
00:38:39Honey, if you don't quit walking up and down this low,
00:38:42you're going to make me miss one of these pearls
00:38:45and spoil this tam-a-shatter I was making.
00:38:48I do feel rather nervous.
00:38:50Nervous? You's like a hen on a hot griddle.
00:38:54You ain't nervous, honey. You's in love.
00:38:56Don't be silly.
00:38:58Anyway, why would that bother me?
00:39:00Lieutenant Wood will be back tomorrow.
00:39:01You ain't in love with Lieutenant Wood.
00:39:04Don't talk nonsense, Ida.
00:39:06You only got engaged to Lieutenant Wood,
00:39:08of course, his pappy, and your pappy is friends,
00:39:12and Lieutenant Wood loves you,
00:39:13and you wasn't in love with nobody else.
00:39:16You're funny, Ida.
00:39:17First you accuse me of being in love,
00:39:19and then you try to convince me I'm not.
00:39:20Oh, you was in love, all right, but not with Lieutenant Wood.
00:39:23You was in love with Lieutenant Cooper, and you knows it.
00:39:28You're right, Ida. It's an awful mess.
00:39:30I don't know what to do.
00:39:36All you've got to do is explain the situation
00:39:38to Lieutenant Woods when he gets back tomorrow.
00:39:43Oh, I couldn't, Ida. I couldn't.
00:39:56I couldn't bear to tell Dick it would break him up terribly.
00:39:59Well, it's better to break one heart now
00:40:01than to bust three later on.
00:40:03Come on.
00:40:15Sweetheart.
00:40:16Hmm.
00:40:17Oh, I thought I never would get back.
00:40:19How have you been, darling?
00:40:20I-I've been all right, Dick.
00:40:22Oh, it's good to see you.
00:40:24Dick, put me down.
00:40:28Have you been as lonesome as I have?
00:40:30Well, I managed to amuse myself,
00:40:32And besides, you can never get very lonesome with Ida.
00:40:34Good old Ida.
00:40:36How is she?
00:40:37Oh, she's fine.
00:40:38She'll be in in a minute.
00:40:39Well, what have you been doing with yourself?
00:40:42Have you seen much of the city?
00:40:43Yes, quite a bit.
00:40:45Have you been out to the flying field?
00:40:46No, I wanted to, but I never seem to get there.
00:40:49Oh, I could kick myself.
00:40:51If I had only thought, I could have had my pal, Tom Cooper,
00:40:54take you around and show you the sights.
00:40:56Oh, you've got to meet him.
00:40:58He's a grand chap.
00:41:01So what's the matter?
00:41:01Something wrong?
00:41:03Oh, no, it's nothing, Dick.
00:41:04It's sort of stuffy in here.
00:41:06I think I'd like to take a walk.
00:41:08All right.
00:41:09Maybe we could drive out to the field
00:41:11and Tom could have dinner with us in the office's mess.
00:41:14No, I think I'd rather walk.
00:41:16I'll get my hat.
00:41:26Hello, Lieutenant Wood.
00:41:28Hello, Ida.
00:41:29How are you?
00:41:30Just fine.
00:41:30How's you?
00:41:31Oh, I'm always the same.
00:41:33Especially when Miss Evelyn's around.
00:41:36Ida.
00:41:38Yes?
00:41:39Don't forget to mail those letters.
00:41:41I almost forgot.
00:41:48I think I forgot something else.
00:41:52Well, now, let's see.
00:41:54You've got your hat, your coat, and your bag.
00:41:57Of course, you can't mail letters without stamps.
00:42:00That's it.
00:42:01Stamps.
00:42:18I'll see you later, Lieutenant.
00:42:24I'll see you later.
00:42:25Oh, yes, sir.
00:42:25Goodbye.
00:42:38Well, I'm ready.
00:42:41Evelyn, where did you get this?
00:42:48What difference does it make, Dick?
00:42:50After all, a cake of soap is a cake of soap.
00:42:53But this is different.
00:42:55Evelyn, has Tom Cooper been up here?
00:42:59I'm not going to lie to you, Dick.
00:43:00Yes, he has.
00:43:03Please, let's not talk about it.
00:43:08You mean, I'm supposed to hear that you and Tom have met each other and are trying to conceal it
00:43:13from me and I'm not to talk about it?
00:43:19How did you meet him?
00:43:21Well, I mistook him for you at the train.
00:43:24He drove me to the hotel.
00:43:26And when he asked me my name, I gave him Idas.
00:43:28Then we went out a few times and...
00:43:30If it was so simple, then why did you try to conceal it from me?
00:43:35Evelyn, I want to know everything.
00:43:37I have a right to know.
00:43:41I didn't want to tell you, Dick.
00:43:43I hate myself for having to.
00:43:46I love Tom.
00:43:48He loves me.
00:43:49We couldn't help it.
00:43:50It just happened.
00:43:54You mean, you meet a man, know him three days, forget about me and everything else and then fall for
00:43:59him?
00:44:02Maybe you're just like the rest of the girls he picks up and gives soap to.
00:44:06Dick!
00:44:08Then that's the kind of a friend I've got.
00:44:10The minute I turn my back, he steps out with the girl I'm going to marry.
00:44:14The double-crossing toots, I mean...
00:44:16Dick! Dick!
00:44:18Please, wait.
00:44:26Hello, Woody. What's new?
00:44:28Get up on your feet.
00:44:31I told you to keep that left up. You're a sucker for a right.
00:44:34No, I'm a sucker for a friend.
00:44:40You...
00:44:40Wait a minute, Woody.
00:44:42Wait a minute.
00:44:43I've seen her.
00:44:44I know all about it.
00:44:46I never knew before I was living with a cheap, no...
00:44:48Listen, old man.
00:44:49I read in the paper that the girl you were engaged to was named Worthington.
00:44:52This girl told me her name was Johnson.
00:44:54She didn't know I was...
00:44:56Just because I've been a sap, I suppose you think I'm going to keep on being one.
00:45:01If you'll only listen, I can explain everything.
00:45:03What's there to explain?
00:45:05I thought you were my friend and confided in you.
00:45:08You know what that girl meant to me.
00:45:10As soon as I'm out of sight, you pick up with her.
00:45:13Insult my friendship and my fiancé by sending her the things you send those other cheap dames.
00:45:17Then you turn her against me, so she admits she loves you.
00:45:20Well, if that's what you and she call love, I don't want any part of it.
00:45:23But, Woody, you're all wrong.
00:45:24All right.
00:45:25That's my business.
00:45:26We're through.
00:45:27I'm going to see the adjutant and move into private quarters as soon as it can be arranged.
00:45:32Come in.
00:45:35Colonel Brooks' compliment, sir.
00:45:36He wants to see Lieutenant Wood and Lieutenant Cooper right away.
00:45:39It's important.
00:45:40Very well.
00:45:51You boys have probably read of the stratosphere flight that the army is planning.
00:45:57Yes, sir.
00:45:59The objectives of the flight are to try, if possible, to better...
00:46:05Commandus settles altitude record of eleven and a half miles.
00:46:11And to study by means of scientific instruments the stratospheric and electrical air conditions at various altitudes.
00:46:22The balloon will be the largest ever constructed, and will demonstrate the factability of such large, lighter-than-air vehicles.
00:46:34It has been my pleasure to learn from Colonel Worthington of West Point, who originated the idea of the flight,
00:46:42that when the ascension takes place, I am to have charge of the undertaking.
00:46:48Of course, it goes without saying that the flight will be a hazardous one, and that the pilots will have
00:46:55little more than 50-50 chance.
00:46:59And that they must realize that considering the value of the balloon and the scientific instruments, that their lives will
00:47:11be of secondary importance.
00:47:13You, Lieutenant Wood, because of your mathematical and scientific training at West Point, would, I am sure, be qualified for
00:47:25the scientific end of the job.
00:47:28And you, Lieutenant Cooper, because of your record in the air, would be eminently qualified to operate the balloon.
00:47:37Yes, sir.
00:47:39Do you think I can depend on you?
00:47:41Why, of course, sir.
00:47:43I don't know how to thank you, but I, I really can't believe it, sir.
00:47:46You men must act as an absolute unit.
00:47:50And, knowing the friendship existing between you, I consider it an added qualification.
00:47:57Yes, sir.
00:47:59All right, gentlemen.
00:48:01I shall communicate my selection to the war department.
00:48:06That will be all, Lieutenant Cooper.
00:48:08You will receive your further communication from Lieutenant Wood, after I have outlined to him the scientific training and investigation
00:48:16that he will undertake during the next month.
00:48:31Gee, Woody, that was a great break the Colonel gave us, wasn't it?
00:48:40When you receive this, I shall be on the train en route to New York.
00:48:44I think it's the only logical thing to do.
00:48:47Good luck.
00:48:50Woody, please.
00:49:03We can't let the old man in the outfit down.
00:49:07But I want it understood, definitely, that from now on, the relationship between you and me is strictly that of
00:49:14first and second lieutenant.
00:49:16Nothing more.
00:49:45Well, there it is, boys.
00:49:51Thirty-five hundred separate pieces of cloth, sewn in the biggest balloon, yet to leave the ground.
00:50:19All right.
00:50:20All right, boys.
00:50:33All right, boys.
00:51:00All right, boys.
00:51:18You boys better turn in and get a good rest while we're inflating the balloon.
00:51:22It'll be well into the night before it's up to capacity.
00:51:25Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
00:51:30Let's go.
00:51:57My, that's a beautiful sight from here.
00:51:59Yes, it is.
00:52:00And you're going to see the start of a great experiment.
00:52:04Boys expect to get away by dawn.
00:52:07Well, let's go, dear.
00:52:32Well, what do you think, huh?
00:52:34Well, from this morning's weather reports, it looks as though atmospheric conditions will be as good as we'll get for
00:52:39the takeoff.
00:52:40Well, then there's a chance of you making a record, huh?
00:52:43We'll certainly try, sir.
00:53:10Let's go, sir.
00:53:14Let's go, sir.
00:53:14Let's go over to the gondola.
00:53:15Oh, do you really think I should?
00:53:17It might be embarrassing.
00:53:19Nonsense, dear.
00:53:19Come on.
00:53:20Come on.
00:53:24I guess we're ready to start, sir.
00:53:25Well, good luck, my boy.
00:53:27Thank you, sir.
00:53:27And you too, Cooper.
00:53:28Thank you, sir.
00:53:29We'll camp right in the radio room until we know you're down.
00:53:32Let's see.
00:53:33Thank you, sir.
00:53:34Good luck, Dick.
00:53:36Thank you, Evelyn.
00:53:38A very successful trip, Tom.
00:53:40Thank you, Miss Johnson.
00:53:41I mean, Miss Worthington.
00:53:46Good luck, boys.
00:54:08Good luck.
00:54:09Everything all set?
00:54:10Right.
00:54:20Stand here.
00:54:23Cast off.
00:54:55All right.
00:54:56Cut loose the ballast.
00:55:03You happy to catch.grow
00:55:26it. Relaxed
00:55:27Fool, sir. Rackincage.
00:55:29Excuse your man, sir.
00:55:32By the way it's just
00:55:37Let's go.
00:56:03Wood's calling Grant Field.
00:56:06From Lieutenant Wood.
00:56:08Everything going okay.
00:56:10Altitude 58,000 feet.
00:56:12They've almost reached Commander Settle's record.
00:56:2068,700 feet.
00:56:22About 13 miles.
00:56:23Pretty good, huh?
00:56:33Wood calling Grant Field.
00:56:38Condition same as previously reported.
00:56:41Ideal for observation.
00:56:42Altitude 68,700 feet.
00:56:46Over 13 miles.
00:56:48If they don't get another foot, that's something to shoot at.
00:56:51If they can get down with those instruments intact,
00:56:54it may mean some startling innovation to science.
00:56:58We'll try another 1,000 feet.
00:57:00They've gone far enough.
00:57:01Tell them to start down.
00:57:04Grant Field calling Lieutenant Wood.
00:57:07Grant Field calling Lieutenant Wood.
00:57:15They want us to start down.
00:57:17What's the altitude?
00:57:2072,000 feet.
00:57:23Almost 14 miles.
00:57:26Start down.
00:57:47Something's wrong with the valve.
00:57:49The gas isn't coming out faster now.
00:57:51Try it again.
00:58:04There's no use.
00:58:05It's stuck.
00:58:05I can't do anything with it.
00:58:12The lightning bolt strikes this bag.
00:58:15We're through.
00:58:19Dad, how far away do you suppose they are now?
00:58:21If the storm has the velocity Wood estimated,
00:58:25they're hundreds of miles.
00:58:26Maybe 1,000 miles away.
00:58:30Lieutenant Wood.
00:58:32Can't ascertain position.
00:58:34Thunder and lightning, terrific.
00:58:36Low pressure area expanding gas
00:58:38and causing balloon to ascend again.
00:58:43We're rising all right,
00:58:44but not fast enough to get above it.
00:58:46We're still at 38,000 feet.
00:58:49The bag's only half inflated.
00:58:51If we could get out of this low pressure area,
00:58:53we'll be down in a few hours.
00:58:54We've either got to deplete and get below the storm area,
00:58:57or get above it somehow.
00:58:58We can't last long at this altitude.
00:59:01Hill drifting and ascending slowly.
00:59:04Feel confident we'll be able to descend
00:59:06as soon as we leave the low pressure storm area.
00:59:09If the Eastern Weather Bureau reported the storm,
00:59:11it's true.
00:59:12The boys won't be out of it for another 1,000 miles.
00:59:16But haven't they got parachutes?
00:59:18Maybe we had better let them use the parachutes.
00:59:24Tell Cooper and Wood that I order them to bail out immediately.
00:59:34Fire.
00:59:35My compliment to Colonel Brooks.
00:59:38Mowing to my confidence
00:59:39that I can salvage the scientific instruments,
00:59:41I don't consider it expedient to leave the ship.
00:59:44I am ordering Lieutenant Cooper to bail out.
00:59:46They'll have to be court-martialed when they get down.
00:59:49Yeah?
00:59:50Well, first you've got to get them down.
00:59:52Put on your parachute.
00:59:53No thanks.
00:59:54I'm your superior officer and I order you to do it.
00:59:57Yeah, well, if you can disobey your superior officer,
00:59:59I can disobey mine.
01:00:03Dad, you've got to do something.
01:00:04What can we do?
01:00:06Colonel Brooks has ordered them to come down.
01:00:08I don't care.
01:00:10The man I love is up there in that balloon.
01:00:12Well, when you picked Wood,
01:00:13you certainly picked a stubborn man to fall in love with.
01:00:15It isn't Wood.
01:00:17What?
01:00:17It's Tom Cooper.
01:00:19I have it.
01:00:21If they won't listen to us,
01:00:23maybe Cooper will listen to Miss Worthington.
01:00:26Contact the balloon again.
01:00:28All right, then why don't you let me take the chance?
01:00:30I know more about flying this gas bag than you do.
01:00:32Because your life means more than mine.
01:00:34How do you figure that?
01:00:35Evelyn loves you.
01:00:36I can tell by the way she acted before we took off.
01:00:40Besides, I heard that slip you made when you called her Miss Johnson.
01:00:43That was enough to convince me your stories were true.
01:00:46And anyway, Soapy, I've been thinking things over.
01:00:50I've acted like a fool.
01:00:51I know you have a fool.
01:00:53You were right.
01:00:54Evelyn loves you.
01:00:55I know she does.
01:00:55I tell you that...
01:00:56Wait a minute.
01:00:58Dick.
01:00:59Dick.
01:01:00Please come down.
01:01:01It's Evelyn.
01:01:03You've got to bring Tom down for my sake.
01:01:06Please.
01:01:11You were right, Soapy.
01:01:13She does love me.
01:01:14We're both bailouts.
01:01:16I told you so.
01:01:17Come on, let's go.
01:01:18All right.
01:01:19I'll help you with your shoes.
01:01:20You help me with mine.
01:01:21Okay.
01:01:25I can't hear a thing.
01:01:49We've lost contact.
01:01:52We've lost contact.
01:02:22I've lost contact.
01:02:23Get some rest.
01:02:24There's nothing more you can do here.
01:02:25All right.
01:02:26Grant Field calling Lieutenant Wood.
01:02:30Grant Field calling Lieutenant Wood.
01:02:54Have they heard from Lieutenant Wood?
01:02:56Sorry, I don't know.
01:03:09Why, hello.
01:03:13How are you, Cooper?
01:03:14I was never so glad to see anybody in my life.
01:03:17Have you heard from Lieutenant Wood?
01:03:19Not a thing since you've phoned that you were picked up.
01:03:21Have you got the chart you spoke about?
01:03:24This is almost as good as having the instruments themselves.
01:03:27I hope nothing has happened to Lieutenant Wood.
01:03:30He means a lot to me.
01:03:31I know, my boy.
01:03:32But there's a young lady down at the Metropolitan Hotel to whom you mean a lot.
01:03:35Colonel.
01:03:36Yes?
01:03:36Here's a newsflash.
01:03:38An unidentified balloon has crashed near Quebec, Canada.
01:03:41The pilot is badly cracked up and unconscious.
01:03:44It must be Wood.
01:03:46Do you mind, Colonel, if I hop on a plane and...
01:03:47Okay, Chabot.
01:03:52Hello.
01:03:53Get me to the Metropolitan Hotel in a hurry.
01:04:07Take care of my ship, will ya?
01:04:08Yes, sir.
01:04:09Where can I get a cab from St. Vincent's Hospital?
01:04:11Find one right over there.
01:04:24Hello, Woody.
01:04:24How are you?
01:04:25Hello, Suppy.
01:04:27Are you badly hurt, Dick?
01:04:28Nothing.
01:04:29I won't get over, everyone.
01:04:32Look, I'm sorry.
01:04:32I saved one of the instruments.
01:04:34It's still sealed and shows over 18 miles.
01:04:38Say, that'll be an all-time altitude record.
01:04:40Don't you believe it.
01:04:41With what I found out about stratosphere flying,
01:04:44I can show them how to build a balloon that'll ascend 20 miles.
01:04:48Maybe more.
01:04:49Great.
01:04:50When do you think we'll be able to go up?
01:04:52There isn't going to be any we, Soppy.
01:04:56Stratosphere flying's too dangerous for a married man.
01:05:11The