Bombardier
See the bombing of Tokyo before your very eyes
Directed by Richard Wallace
Produced by RKO Radio Pictures
A wartime semi-documentary that blends military training sequences with personal drama, culminating in a spectacular bombing sequence that serves both as propaganda and spectacle.
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular sequence.
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