Target for Tonight (1941)
August 18, 1941Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

Percy Charles Pickard
Dickson

Harry Watt
Director

Jonah Jones
Camera Operator

Ken Cameron
Sound

E.Catford
Camera Operator

S.McAllister
Editor

Teddy Catford
Cinematographer

Stewart McAllister
Editor
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 18, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time48m
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Target for Tonight (or Target for To-Night) is a 1941 British World War II documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all during wartime operations. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The film is about the crew of a Wellington bomber taking part in a bombing mission over Nazi Germany. The film won an honorary Academy Award in 1942 as Best Documentary by the National Board of Review.
Despite purporting to be a documentary there are multiple indicators that it is not quite as such: film shots include studio shots taken from the exterior of the aircraft looking into the cockpit whilst "in flight"; several stilted sections of dialogue are clearly scripted; on the ground shots of bombing are done using model trains; and several actors appear, including Gordon Jackson as the young rear gunner. The film does give a unique insight into the confined nature of the Wellington's interior and some of the nuances of day to day operation such as ground crew holding a blanket over the engine while it starts to regulate oxygen intake.
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