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In this patriotic war drama, a unit of Army recruits train for a parachute corps. One is an arrogant football star who finds jumping a kick. Another is a coward who eventually finds his courage. Finally there is a chronic bumbler. The coward and jock find themselves competing for the affections of an indecisive young woman. The filmmakers of this movie paid careful attention to detail and was made with the cooperation of the 501st Parachute Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia using actual paratroopers. The viewer is taken through every stage of a jump including folding the chute at the beginning. --Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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In this pre-Pearl Harbor recruiting poster, colonel's estranged son Bill Burke, football hero Donald Morse, and hillbilly Jeff Hollis enlist in the paratroopers. Their training at Fort Benning, Georgia is followed in semi-documentary style, with time out for personal dramas and the romantic rivalry of Bill and Don over the sergeant's daughter. Written by Rod Crawford {puffinus@u.washington.edu}
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Propoganda But In A Good Way,
By Arthur (America) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Parachute Battalion (1941) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)
In 1941 the government needed to start gearing people up for the way that was on the horizon, so they started encouraging hollywood to come up with "feature films" that were often little more than military recruitment exercises.
Parachute Battalion is a good example of this genre. On it's face it's a story, not unlike Officer and a Gentleman, about new recruits at a military training center. Of course, the real purpose of the movie was to make becoming a parachute soldier look fun and exciting so that they could recruit more troops. This film, in my view, works on both levels and is much less ham handed than many similar propoganda films of the era.
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