The Rear Gunner (1943)

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2769 / Local Identifier 18-AF-100 - THE REAR GUNNER - War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947). Dramatizes the training and experience of a rear gunner. Details of training includes classroom instruction, turret familiarization, skeet firing, towed target practice, night firing, and aerial gunnery practice. He downs one plane on his first mission and later mans his gun and gets another enemy plane that is strafing his abandoned bomber. He is awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. -

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Education

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• The
• Rear
• Gunner
• (1943)
• world
• war
• II
• cold
• korean
• propaganda
• vietnam
• communism
• democracy

[thepollywog1]

It was interesting to see the trainning these tail gunners went through. I wonder what was the average combat longetivity?

[jorgecitoAZ]

Yeah, I remember the story of the Japanese attacking Tucson but Mickey saved the day with his .50 cal one-two!

[twinstu50]

@mbs169 Kid, here's the thing.

In WW11, it was completely serious, you had one choice, win or die.

The 'Enemy' had one goal. Your destruction. If you did'nt fight, in whatever capacity, at home, or the front, you died, simple as that.

SIMPLE AS THAT.

Everything else was just window dressing.

Got it?.

[cybrotius]

I don't get it. Are we fighting the Japanese in Afghanistan or Iraq? 

[mbs169]

Cool Burgess Meredith. That is great. "He is not obsolete" Twilight Zone.. God Bless those strong service men. Stoped evil, "before it came here" We werent over there pissing off first. Duhhh.. BTW VOTE RON PAUL......2012

[mbs169]

Wow, the real American military where they actually won wars with guts. Now we get to fight next to little girls and fags. Same thing really. Back when America was GREAT and STRONG, and the US pulled together for a cause. Now it's "what do I get". We are so fucking weak now, and getting weaker by the day. Wish I was a teenager in the early 40's. Sure it woulda sucked in WW2, but I bet it was better than seeing what America has become now. Sad. Damn ass sad.

[koponenii]

This is hilarious and as rear gunner was most dangerous spot they sure needed this kinda crap to get new flesh.

[koponenii]

@Ulleval73 im on 0:45 and regocnise propaganda movie wo none other values than those all have. In my country u go to army or jail (shit option called civil service is too) but this law for it is old. Way older than me and world has changed alot. So if u dont have this i garantee it is step back and "war mongering".

[Ulleval73]

Such a great film. We could all take a lesson from it....that every American has a responsibility to national service of some kind.

[jrcadet4]

We're lucky the film has survived---this print, at least, shows a lot of deterioration. Nitrate stock just wasn't meant to last.