This airborne propaganda picture shows how a bomber crew copes on a mission to Japan. At times the picture has all the excitement of a technical manual - no switch, no scanner, no nut and bolt is ignored by the script - and it is, of course, a long haul across the Pacific to the target zone. Released after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, though production started before, the story is filled with vengeance and the Japanese are, of course, depicted as perpetrators of hideous cruelty, and lacking in military know-how. Routine wartime drama, then, lifted by a decent cast including Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott and Robert Ryan.

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular sequence.