A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.
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Dane Clark
- Benny
- (as Bernard Zanville)
Knox Manning
- Narrator
- (voice)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
- Gunnery Student
- (uncredited)
- …
Hank Mann
- Carnival Booth Man
- (uncredited)
Jack Mower
- Recruiting Officer
- (uncredited)
Richard Quine
- Pilot with Sun Glasses
- (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Jack Shea
- Lieutenant Doyle
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaBurgess Meredith, an actual Lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps at the time of filming (He later reached the rank of Captain.), portrayed a Private and was promoted to Corporal late in the movie.
- GoofsThe "Japanese Zeroes" are actually North American AT-6 Texans, popular flying training airplanes used by the Army Air Forces during World War II, Korea, and the early Cold War.
- ConnectionsEdited into The United States Service Bands (1943)
- SoundtracksThe Army Air Corps Song
Written by Robert Crawford
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits and played often in the score
Featured review
"The fire from your guns is the fire of freedom!"
Here's another of the seemingly hundreds of short subjects that Warner Brothers produced during the Second World War. It touts the training of a specialized sort of soldier, the tail gunner of the Army Air Corps, in the person of that short, unassuming Everyman, Burgess Meredith.
There is considerable talent in this propaganda short: Ray Enright, who directed, was one of the workhorse directors of Warner Brothers throughout the 1930s, adept at comedy, westerns and musicals. During the War, he made some fine war features in between shorts like this.; it require two cinematographer, James Van Tree and three-times-Oscar-nominated Ted McCord; and the cast includes Ronald Reagan and Dane Clark.
It's a high-speed and rousing short subject, aimed not just at educating the American public, but letting them know that their sons were doing an important job in the coming victory.
There is considerable talent in this propaganda short: Ray Enright, who directed, was one of the workhorse directors of Warner Brothers throughout the 1930s, adept at comedy, westerns and musicals. During the War, he made some fine war features in between shorts like this.; it require two cinematographer, James Van Tree and three-times-Oscar-nominated Ted McCord; and the cast includes Ronald Reagan and Dane Clark.
It's a high-speed and rousing short subject, aimed not just at educating the American public, but letting them know that their sons were doing an important job in the coming victory.
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- boblipton
- Jun 7, 2019
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- Broadway Brevities (1942-1943 season) #10: The Rear Gunner
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- Runtime26 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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