Flying Tigers (1942)
- Directed by
- David Miller
- Genre
- drama film, action film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 57 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
American volunteer pilots fly combat missions against the Japanese in China before the U.S. enters World War II. The film follows their daring aerial battles and personal rivalries within the group.
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What happens
Flying Tigers (a.k.a. Yank Over Singapore and Yanks Over the Burma Road) is a 1942 American black-and-white war film drama from Republic Pictures that was produced by Edmund Grainger, directed by David Miller, and stars John Wayne, John Carroll, and Anna Lee. Flying Tigers dramatizes the exploits of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), Americans who fought the Japanese in China during World War II. The movie portrays them as fighting before U.S. entry into the war but, in point of fact, they did not see action until after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is unabashedly a wartime propaganda film that was well received by a 1940s audience looking for a patriotic "flagwaver". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Flight Lieutenant (1942)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.