Target Tokyo (1944)

Directed by

William Keighley

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

22 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 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.

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How it feels

This short film follows a US bomber crew as they train and fly a mission to bomb Tokyo in World War 2. It shows their preparation, the journey, and the attack from the perspective of the airmen. Ronald Reagan narrates the film.

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What happens

Target Tokyo is a 22-minute film produced by the US Air Force and portraying the travels of an aircraft bomber and its crew from training in the U.S. and Saipan to the bombing of Tokyo. It was partially shot in Saipan, thus becoming the first example of a cinema of Northern Mariana Islands. Future U.S. president Ronald Reagan was the narrator. General Henry H. Arnold starred as himself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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