Target for Today is a documentary film describing the preparation and mounting of a United States Army Air Forces raid on East Prussia. It contains much combat footage of B-17 and B-24 bombers and named for the phrase used at briefings before air raids. The October 1943 footage was filmed during Eighth Air Force attacks on Nazi Germany industrial targets in Anklam, the 22nd Air Base in Marienburg (on the 9th), and Gdynia in occupied Poland. Prior to the combat footage, the documentary explains Operation Pointblank target selection and depicts planning, briefing, and preparation.

See also

22nd Air Base

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1944 films

1944 documentary films

Black-and-white documentary films

Documentary films about military aviation

Films directed by William Keighley

First Motion Picture Unit films

United States government films

World War II aviation films

American documentary films

1940s English-language films

1940s American films

Target for Today