Target for Today (1944)

Directed by

William Keighley

Genre

documentary film, propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows how the United States Army Air Forces planned and carried out a bombing raid on East Prussia in 1943. It covers the selection of targets, the briefing of crews, and includes combat footage from the actual attack.

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What happens

Target for Today is a documentary film describing the preparation and mounting of a United States Army Air Forces raid on East Prussia. It contains much combat footage of B-17 and B-24 bombers and named for the phrase used at briefings before air raids. The October 1943 footage was filmed during Eighth Air Force attacks on Nazi Germany industrial targets in Anklam, the 22nd Air Base in Marienburg (on the 9th), and Gdynia in occupied Poland. Prior to the combat footage, the documentary explains Operation Pointblank target selection and depicts planning, briefing, and preparation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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