{"product_id":"target-for-tonight","title":"Target for Tonight","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany...how it is planned and executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of the Royal Air Force, from Commander-in-Chief to aircrafthand, re-enacting his daily life on the job.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Produced in association with the British Royal Air Force (RAF) \u003ci\u003eTarget for Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e documents in painstaking detail a night time bombing raid on a Nazi installation, from its initial planning to its explosive execution. We follow the crew of bomber \"F\" (for Freddie) into the cockpit as they take out a German oil storage facility on the Rhine River. The exciting aerial footage was directed by documentarian Harry Watt, a protege of Robert Flaherty (\u003ci\u003eNanook of the North\u003c\/i\u003e.) \u003ci\u003eTarget for Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e utilizes an authentic cast of actual British officers (tragically, Watt later noted that not all of them survived to see the end of World War II.) When this documentary was released in the United States by Warner Brothers, the pilots' voices were re-dubbed as the Warner studio execs found their accents indecipherable. According to modern sources, the film also underwent a re-edit by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock. It was this version that won an Honorary Academy Award in 1942. Seen today, \u003ci\u003eTarget for Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e can be appreciated as both nostalgic wartime propaganda and as a tribute to the heroic WWII British pilots who sacrificed themselves so others could live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e BONUS: \u003cb\u003eThe Air Force Story 'Road to Rome' (1953):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Air Force Story\u003c\/i\u003e was a multi-part history of the United States Air Force produced by the government early into the Cold War. Owing to the time it was made, much of it dealt with America's triumphs in World War II. This installment, 'Road to Rome', shows operations by the 12th Air Force from September 1943 through June 1944 in Italy, including the Battle of Monte Cassino that destroyed the Gustav Line that separated the Allies from Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802755981462,"sku":"089218822796","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218822796.jpg?v=1762202539","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/target-for-tonight","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}