Target for Today
1944 film by William Keighley
- 1944 (1944)
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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
- 22nd Air Base
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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Films directed by William Keighley
- The Match King (1932)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933)
- Easy to Love (1934)
- Journal of a Crime (1934)
- Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
- Kansas City Princess (1934)
- Dr. Monica (1934)
- Babbitt (1934)
- The Right to Live (1935)
- G Men (1935)
- Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
- Special Agent (1935)
- Stars Over Broadway (1935)
- The Singing Kid (1936)
- Bullets or Ballots (1936)
- The Green Pastures (1936)
- God's Country and the Woman (1937)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
- Varsity Show (1937)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Valley of the Giants (1938)
- Secrets of an Actress (1938)
- Brother Rat (1938)
- Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
- Each Dawn I Die (1939)
- The Fighting 69th (1940)
- Torrid Zone (1940)
- No Time for Comedy (1940)
- Four Mothers (1941)
- The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
- George Washington Slept Here (1942)
- Target for Today (1944)
- Honeymoon (1947)
- The Street with No Name (1948)
- Rocky Mountain (1950)
- Close to My Heart (1951)
- The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
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