The Compass

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — 1941

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Ebb-3 — 15 years ago(September 23, 2010 10:05 AM)

Would that small compass (or any magnetic compass) work in a submarine? I mean wouldn't all that metal throw it off?
WHAT THE HELL IS AN ALUMINUM FALCON!?!

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sionxxii — 11 years ago(February 17, 2015 01:46 PM)

Does it really matter?

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crockett_john — 10 years ago(May 04, 2015 09:08 PM)

None of it really matters. I think it was just a curiosity on the part of the poster. I don't think the compass in a Cracker Jack box would work anywhere, especially on a submarine and it would be worthless for navigation. In the movie, however, the Japanese submariners thought they could use it to navigate. Trying to get it from Hollis Wood was good for a few laughs.
I'm just expressing my opinion.
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LlllPppp — 10 years ago(September 17, 2015 10:39 AM)

Can't honestly say for certain if it would work or not, but the premise of Japanese submariners thinking it would help guide their wartime submarine, and then needing Slim Pickens to excrete it out so they could try it, is outrageously hilarious!