Character mistake: Characters refer to the Dallas and the Red October as "ships," but anyone stationed aboard a submarine would know to call it a "boat."
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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Directed by: John McTiernan
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Courtney B. Vance, James Earl Jones, Jeffrey Jones, Joss Ackland, Peter Firth, Richard Jordan, Sam Neill, Scott Glenn, Sean Connery, Tim Curry
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Chosen answer: They use it to wipe the grease pencil markings off the screens.