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Director
  
William Keighley

Production
  
First Motion Picture Unit

Language
  
English

6.6/10
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Genre
  
History, War

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Release date
  
1944 (1944)

Prequel
  
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

Genres
  
Documentary, History, Drama

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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), and Gdynia in occupied Poland. Prior to the combat footage, the documentary explains Operation Pointblank target selection and depicts planning, briefing, and preparation.

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