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Target for Tonight (or Target for To-Night) is a 1941 British World War II documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all during wartime operations. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The film is about the crew of a Wellington bomber taking part in a bombing mission over Nazi Germany. The film won an honorary Academy Award in 1942 as Best Documentary by the National Board of Review.Despite purporting to be a documentary there are multiple indicators that it is not quite as such: film shots include studio shots taken from the exterior of the aircraft looking into the cockpit whilst "in flight"; several stilted sections of dialogue are clearly scripted; on the ground shots of bombing are done using model trains; and several actors appear (includin

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  • Target for Tonight és un documental britànic de 1941 considerat com filmat i actuat per la Royal Air Force, mentre lluitava sota el foc. Va ser dirigit pel . La pel·lícula tracta de la tripulació d'un avió Vickers Wellington i va guanyar un premi Oscar el 1942 i el "Millor Documental" pel National Board of Review el 1941. (ca)
  • Target for Tonight ist ein britischer Kurz-Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 1941. Regie führte Harry Watt. Der Film handelt von der Arbeit der Royal Air Force während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und wurde unter realen Bedingungen gedreht. Er erhielt 1942 einen Ehrenoscar und wurde vom National Board of Review als bester Dokumentarfilm ausgezeichnet. (de)
  • Target for Tonight (or Target for To-Night) is a 1941 British World War II documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all during wartime operations. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The film is about the crew of a Wellington bomber taking part in a bombing mission over Nazi Germany. The film won an honorary Academy Award in 1942 as Best Documentary by the National Board of Review.Despite purporting to be a documentary there are multiple indicators that it is not quite as such: film shots include studio shots taken from the exterior of the aircraft looking into the cockpit whilst "in flight"; several stilted sections of dialogue are clearly scripted; on the ground shots of bombing are done using model trains; and several actors appear (including Gordon Jackson as the young rear gunner). The film does give a unique insight into the confined nature of the Wellington's interior and some of the nuances of day to day operation such as ground crew holding a blanket over the engine while it starts to regulate oxygen intake. (en)
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  • Target for Tonight és un documental britànic de 1941 considerat com filmat i actuat per la Royal Air Force, mentre lluitava sota el foc. Va ser dirigit pel . La pel·lícula tracta de la tripulació d'un avió Vickers Wellington i va guanyar un premi Oscar el 1942 i el "Millor Documental" pel National Board of Review el 1941. (ca)
  • Target for Tonight ist ein britischer Kurz-Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 1941. Regie führte Harry Watt. Der Film handelt von der Arbeit der Royal Air Force während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und wurde unter realen Bedingungen gedreht. Er erhielt 1942 einen Ehrenoscar und wurde vom National Board of Review als bester Dokumentarfilm ausgezeichnet. (de)
  • Target for Tonight (or Target for To-Night) is a 1941 British World War II documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all during wartime operations. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The film is about the crew of a Wellington bomber taking part in a bombing mission over Nazi Germany. The film won an honorary Academy Award in 1942 as Best Documentary by the National Board of Review.Despite purporting to be a documentary there are multiple indicators that it is not quite as such: film shots include studio shots taken from the exterior of the aircraft looking into the cockpit whilst "in flight"; several stilted sections of dialogue are clearly scripted; on the ground shots of bombing are done using model trains; and several actors appear (includin (en)
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