TARGET FOR TODAY
1944 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer
- National Archives Identifier
- 36776 (local identifier 111-TF-3384)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.36776 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36776 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3384 TARGET FOR TODAY Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). The 8th Bomber Command {8th Army Air Force}, stationed in England, prepares for and executes a daylight precision bombing mission on several German cities, including Brandenburg, Danzig, Goynia, and Marienburg. Reel 1, animated maps locate bombing targets. Reel 2, technicians, particularly of Operational Research, study and outline the bombing mission, Reel 3, oral and written orders follow high-level consultations on intelligence, operations, navigation, and bombing; bombs are loaded on airplanes. Reel 4, crews of planes are awakened, eat breakfast, and begin extensive briefing on their missions. Reel 5, briefings continue. Reel 6, crews arrive at air fields, receive final briefings, board planes, check equipment, and take off. The composition of a fighting "group" is described in detail. Reel 7, after being intercepted by German fighter planes, the bombers reach their targets and disburse for bombing runs. Reel 8, targets are bombed and groups reassemble for the return to England.Reel 9, planes land and crews are interrogated. Reel 10, interrogation continues and information and combat photographs are utilized in upper-echelon critiques. Reel 11 shows miscellaneous combat shots, as the narrator pays tribute to the Air Force. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.