Target for Today
Department of War
Education
Clips are not offered for this film: the US renewal records do not settle it.
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About
The War Department First Motion Picture Unit Army Air Forces
Target for Today AVA11757VNB1 - 1944 - T.F. I-3384
Official Training Film
From The Wikipedia Entry:
Target for Today is a 1944 documentary film billed as being filmed by and acted by the United States Army Air Force, all while under fire. It was directed by William Keighley. The film documents the October raids made by the Eighth Air Force on targets in Anklam, Marienburg and Gdynia in Poland, all industrial centers for the Nazi war machine.
The raids were made by B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers. General Hap Arnold called the series of attacks "the greatest strike ever". According to Arnold, they helped cripple German aircraft production and signaled the beginning of the end for the Luftwaffe.
The documentary documents these three air raids from planning, to briefing, preparation, and then reveals in unparalleled sequences the brutal battles waged at 30,000 feet.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films
- Licence or status
- Public domain (Creative Commons dedication), as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- Department of War
- Language
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed