Target for Today

For the similar 1941 British propaganda film of World War II, see Target for Tonight. For a description of the filming of World War II combat footage, see RAF Polebrook § Hollywood at Polebrook.
Target for Today
DVD cover
Directed byWilliam Keighley
Music byAlexander Steinert
Production
company
Distributed byU.S. Government
Release date
  • 1944 (1944)
Running time
90 minutes
LanguageEnglish

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

  1. ^ "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.


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