Target For Tonight [Reel 2]
<span><span>Presents a fictional reenactment of an actual air raid on Berlin by the Bomber Command of the British Royal Air Force. Aerial photographs disclose the objective to be raided. Then staff planning, routine preparations, and the tension of the evening take-off are shown. Follows a big Wellington bomber through its bombing of the target, engine trouble, the wounding of its wireless operator, and finally its report back to headquarters.</span> </span>To view reel one of this two reel film, see: <a href="http://collections.libraries.iub.edu/IULMIA/items/show/73"><em>Target for Tonight</em> [Reel 1]</a>
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Royal Air Force Central Band: music; Jonah Jones: photography; E. Catford: photography; Ken Cameron: sound; S. McAllister: film editor
<a href="http://collections.libraries.iub.edu/IULMIA/items/show/73"><em>Target for Tonight</em> [Reel 1]</a>
Building a Bomber: A Defense Report on Film
“Step-by-step manufacture and assembly of the B-26 medium bomber in the Glenn Martin plant at Baltimore.” (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 10.) Details every aspect of this process from the foundry where molten metals are cooked, to rivets and tools designed specifically for American aircraft production and finally the testing of the landing gear before a plane is ready to be used in combat.
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Canada Carries On: Target - Berlin
This film portrays the development of the first Canadian-built Lancaster bomber. Scenes of building the night bomber at Victory Aircraft are followed by the celebratory rollout of the completed plane at the plant. "Canada Carries On: Target - Berlin" also shows the first flight of the bomber.
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The Royal Canadian Air Force: produced with coorperation by; Royal Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force: additional combat photography
Wings Up
<em>Wing’s Up</em> features narration by Hollywood star Clark Gable in his lesser-known role as a member of the U.S. Army Air Force. Gable saw combat as a pilot in Europe, but eventually joined the First Motion Picture Unit in California. In this Army Air Force recruitment film, Gable discusses the Officer Candidate School, which picked the most promising soldiers out of new conscripts to train as pilots and airmen. The film shows the intensive barrage of physical and mental instruction, tests, and evaluations conducted on trainees to determine who was qualified and hardy enough to serve on high-stress and technically intensive bombing missions.
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Clark Gable: narrator
Target for Tonight [Reel 1]
<span>Presents a fictional reenactment of an actual air raid on Berlin by the Bomber Command of the British Royal Air Force. Aerial photographs disclose the objective to be raided. Then staff planning, routine preparations, and the tension of the evening take-off are shown. Follows a big Wellington bomber through its bombing of the target, engine trouble, the wounding of its wireless operator, and finally its report back to headquarters.</span> To view reel two of this two reel film, see: <a href="http://collections.libraries.iub.edu/IULMIA/items/show/128"><em>Target for Tonight</em> [Reel 2]</a>
<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Harry+Watt%3A+director">Harry Watt: director</a>
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Royal Air Force Central Band: music
Jonah Jones: photography
E. Catford: photography
Ken Cameron: sound
S. McAllister: film editor
<a href="http://collections.libraries.iub.edu/IULMIA/items/show/128"><em>Target for Tonight</em> [Reel 2]</a>
Target- Invisible
Illustrates the use of radar on a bombing mission over Japan, and explains the work of the "mysterious 11th member of the crew" - the radar operator. In a final scene, the film is revealed to have been produced after the war, and a narrator encourages the purchase of war bonds, to "buy a share in the peace" and support the development of new technologies.
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