Mission Accomplished (film)
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| Mission Accomplished | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Office of War Information |
| Distributed by | War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry |
| Release date(s) | 29 April 1943 |
| Running time | 10 min |
| Country |  U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Mission Accomplished was a short 1943 propaganda film produced by the United States Office of War Information about the B-17 Flying Fortress.
The film opens with a brief history of the B-17, its birth in 1935 and its proven war record at Midway and the Philippines. However, the narration states, the B-17 has yet to prove itself over Europe. The time and range needed for a successful bombing raid were not available in the European theatre, some people thought.
The film then switches to a dramatized mission over Europe, with captain telling his pilots what to bomb and where, and the film then follows them on their raid and back. At the end the many successful raid of the bomber and counted off, as well as the numbers of Germans they have shot down. The B-17 in Europe was a "mission accomplished".
[edit] References
- Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Flying Fortress, 1943. United States Office of War Information.
- "Internet Archive: Details: Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Flying Fortress". Internet Archive. Accessed on 2007-12-22.
