Target for Tonight (1941)

The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.

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Storyline

The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.

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Plot Keywords:

world war two

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Taglines:

Actually filmed under fire! The RAF is its cast! The RAF filmed it!

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 1941 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Alvo para Esta Noite

Filming Locations:

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crown Film Unit, Ministry of Information

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In order not to give away information to the enemy, RAF Mildenhall took the fictitious name of Millerton Aerodrome.

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Goofs

Although the film was about a bomber squadron flying Wellingtons, the aircraft shown on the movie poster are actually Boulton Paul Defiant fighters.

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Connections

Referenced in Octopussy (1983)

User Reviews

Memories of young childhood.

I saw this film at a cinema in Chertsey, Surrey, England as a 6 year old and it has remained with me for 60 years. Only recently did I find out its title, although the exploits of F for Freddy are vivid in my memory. As a child I was unaware of the fact that it was made by the RAF themselves but I would suggest that it was a more realistic view of WWII than any of its successors. I would love to see it again and would recommend it to anybody who can get hold of a copy.