Watching Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

[kuzano]

Watching Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2pm Sunday PM).

Is that a black Leica that Polly Perkins, the love interest, played by Qwyneth Paltrow is using to snap pictures of the giant robots marching through the streets.

B/W movie shot in the haze of the era.

I just caught a glimpse. It could very well have been a Black Argus. Remember, Argus had government contracts for radio parts during WWII.

Joe (Sky Captain) is flying a P40 Mustang.

OOPs.. just saw it again.. it's the "brick" Argus C3-pretty sure.

 

[Dwig]

The image used on the movie's poster is of the rather common early version C-3 or, unlikely, a C-2. You can't tell a C-2 from the original version of the C-3 without seeing the flash contacts on the side or seeing it with an attached flash. The C-2 is rather rare so it's unlikely they used one. Most of the posters use the picture flipped left to right making the camera look somewhat odd to anyone familiar with it.

 

[Mcary]

P40= Warhawk also know as the Kittyhawk RAF
P51=Mustang

 

[Travis L.]

He flies a P-40 Warhawk

 

[Al Patterson]

Oddly modified Argus at that. Watch the film counter...