| Target for Today | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | William Keighley |
| Music by | Alexander Steinert |
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| Distributed by | U.S. Government |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
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), [1] and Gdynia in occupied Poland. Prior to the combat footage, the documentary explains Operation Pointblank target selection and depicts planning, briefing, and preparation.
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. Bombing: Arnold calls the Marienburg raid the best example of precision bombing" (pdf). Life. November 8, 1943. p. 119. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
External links
- Target for Today is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Target for Today on YouTube
- Target for Today at IMDb
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- 1944 films
- 1944 documentary films
- Black-and-white documentary films
- Documentary films about military aviation
- Films directed by William Keighley
- First Motion Picture Unit films
- United States government films
- World War II aviation films
- American documentary films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
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