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Target for Tonight
Target for Tonight (or "Target for To-Night") is a 1941 British documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all while under fire. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The film is about the crew of a Wellington bomber partaking in a bombing mission over Germany. The film won an honorary Academy Award in 1942 as 'Best Documentary' by the National Board of Review.
Plot.
After text cards explaining RAF Bomber
turn in the first film. North Sea proved popular and was to lead to a number of feature-length dramatised documentaries during the 1940s, including "Target for Tonight", "Coastal Command", "Fires Were Started", and "Western Approaches". Cavalcanti and Watt went on to work within the feature film industry.
Cast.
- Bill Blewitt
External links.
- "North Sea at the BFI