Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo - Trailer (1944)

The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the novel of the same name. Stunned by Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America needed a victory - badly. To that end, Colonel Jimmy Dolittle, a former air racer and stunt pilot, devises a plan for a daring raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he must train army bomber pilots to to something no one ever dreamed possible - launch 16 fully load bombers from an aircraft carrier! This movie is remarkable in it's accuracy and even uses film footage from the actual raid.

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[Renshen1957]

Spencer Tracy had the benefit of hearing how Gen Doolittle talked. Tracy was a consumate actor and gave a realistic characterization as possible. I read the book Thirty Seconds over Tokyo in elementary school and Hollywood caught the spirit of the Ted Lawson's book (a rare event). People were decent back in the 1940's by and large. Even in the 1950's and into the 1960's the fastest way for a man to get a punch in the nose was to swear and cuss infront of another man's wife and children.

[54spiritedwill54]

Pearl Harbor could have been better. This is by far the best version of The Doolittle Raid.

[canaanclb]

@twinstu50 yeah, i've heard of pappy boyington, too. very good person!

[twinstu50]

just .

Charging through a door, shit, smoke, dust, yelling, fuckin' scared, will I be dead, and, then, nothing, just another empty, room .

Except, maybe one time, as you kick the door, BOOM!, you're dead.

As you kick the door, turn right and kick a trip wire, you're dead.

As you kick a door, the family behind offers you a small cup of tea, they are scared shitless.

As my Son was.

He had the gun, but, to his credit, he sat down with the family, and drank their tea.

[twinstu50]

To continue. I've done 23 years Military, (REMF), our two sons also have served, one in combat, and we're dealing with that, not pretty, but not looking for a sympathy vote. Stiff shit. (Australian term, basically, 'Get over it".) My point is this. Our son worked with Yanks. Being shot at. He said, "Dad, they're gutsy bastards, they're mad bastards, but, jees, (Jesus), they don't 'hang back', they're fuckin' mad. They 'run in'. (kick a door and then..) GUTSY BASTARDS.

[twinstu50]

Further.

The Doolittle Raiders were gutsy bastards, no argument.

The background of every airman that took part is significant, each one is unique, as though fate had chosen each man, the right man, the very special man, for this mission.

Their backgrounds are of America back then, farm boys, business men, a washing machine salesman, career Military, civillian Pilots, They cut the mustard! Courage.

26 October, 2011, you young warriors, whatever your duty, shine.

[twinstu50]

@canaanclb

No apology is necessary

In this instance, I'm just a crusty old bastard stepping off on the wrong foot.

Mea Culpa.

I too, love to study WW11, particularly the human side of it, as opposed to the propaganda side.

Right now, 26 October, I have just finished reading the biography of Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, - 'Baa Baa Black Sheep".

He started the manuscript in 1948, and as he clearly says, because of his battle with the booze, did'nt finish it until 1958.

Awesome man!.

[canaanclb]

@twinstu50 don't tell me to do my homework. i know the korean war was in the future. i know when this movie was made. i love to study world warII. world war II ended in 1945, a year after this movie was made. the korean war started five years later, in 1950, and i bet many of the people who fought in world war II also fought in korea, because the guy said "i'd like to come back because you're our kind of people." i meant it as a joke. sorry about that.

[twinstu50]

@canaanclb

No, not so.

When this movie was made, the korean war was in the future, this movie was made in 1944.

Do your homework.

[canaanclb]

when the american said to the chinese guy that he wanted to come back, he was probably talking about the korean war.

[recklesshabitat]

Im watching this on tcm right now 2 years later