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1943 Sea Tiger submarine.
British submarine. an ok movie. but sound was bad. there crew were after a german battleship. "brandenburg" Not sure if they even got it. movie was very poor. fought there way through a mine field. and then I sub-net that they pushed through. was very funny to see. running low on oil. goes to denmark to take on some germans at port. of denmark land. and fighting their was best action of the movie. WE Dive At Dawn Was not a very good movie. stick with run silent run deep. was better..

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Exceptional Royal Navy film with excellent cast.
We Dive At Dawn is a standard issue, exceptionally well acted British war film about a submarine of the Royal Navy. It is a visual masterpiece of Navy detail. Sir John Mills et al, are well cast and extremely believable in their roles.

The filming was done on an actual submarine and depot ship. I know a sailor who was in the depot ship, HMS Maidstone in Holy Loch Scotland, at the time the movie was made. He advised me of a small detail that make the film much more interesting to watch. If you look closely in the control room scenes, there is a sailor in a white turtleneck sweater close to Mills. That sailor is the actual submarine CO keeping a close eye on things to make sure nothing awkward happens.

This film is a tale of submarine warfare in the Baltic Sea. It was not an easy area for submarines to operate in because it is relatively shallow and a submarine likes to have a lot of water between it and the enemy on the surface. This is not the case in the Baltic. There were heavy casualties amongst British submarines sent to this area.

I had an opportunity to live in the Holy Loch area in the mid-60s when HMS Maidstone was replaced by USS Hunley. As I look at the film, I see some of the same landmarks that were there in 1941-42 as in 1964 - absolutely unchanged.

What is a little bit different for this film is that we see a great deal of the life of the sailors of the Royal Navy. It readily shows the team concept that is life in submarines. Remember, there may only be 5-6 officers in addition to the captain. The crew was essentially masters of their own destiny in a very real sense since even junior sailors had tremendous responibility placed on them. And they excelled, uniformly. The ending is typically understated British and yet highly effective.

This is an exceptional movie and belongs in any navy history enthusiasts library.

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I can smell the sea
I like British pictures and Royal navy.This film shows me how about inside "H.M.S.".I am pleased to hear the ordres and answers.
I found interesting to see subs entering seaport hoisting jory-roger if she made some ship sink and the other hand ,ships in port blow sirens.
I like these "seamanship".