Target Tokyo

Target Tokyo

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 24, 1945

Runtime

0h 22m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Target Tokyo

Production Companies

First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces

Description

The story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Crews are followed from their training staging at Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation point on the island of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant outside Tokyo is depicted.