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Filmed While The War Was Still Going On.

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2023

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Really well done wartime propaganda. Lots of actual footage. Black and white. I grew up with all of these old movies appearing on TV, but I never saw this one until now.

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Dan Parker

Believable.

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023

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These old movies of my childhood had believable acting as opposed to the digital age with its sound bites. The people were believable whether the movie was totally accurate or not.

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Mia

Little known part of WWll

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023

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It was well done and followed the book well

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Paul Honeywell

Fantastic WW2 movie.

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2023

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Great actors & action

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James E Shelton

The Day that Changed America

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2012

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The story of Jimmy Doolittle's B-25 bomber raid on the middle of Japan 5 months after he was given the task via President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General George C. Marshell, and then General Hap Arnold of the then Army Air Corps Army Air Corps is a thrilling story as powerful as any story in American Military History. On December 7, 1941 Japanese light aircraft(fighters and torpedo bombers conducted a sneak and dastardly attack from Japanese aircraft carriers which caught practically all US airplanes on the ground and the Navy's Pacific fleet completely unready and suprise lined up like ducks in Pearl Harbour and several military airfields in Hawaii. Pratically all US airdraft were destroyed on the ground and the powerful US Navy Fleet was decimated by torpedo bomers, dive bombers, and fighter aircraft. Fivethousand Americans, military and civilians were killed.Within hours after the Sunday, December 7th, 1941 sneak attack, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered Chief of Staff of the US Army,who commanded thethen US Army Air Force to bomb Japan to include the capital of Japan, Tokyo, and other manufacturing cities on the island of Japan, as soon as possible. The mission was designated TOP SECRET.. Gweneral Hap Arnold, commander of the Army Air Corps identified the man who General Arnold was confident then Major Jimmy Doolittle, a member of the Army Air Corps and the MOST knowledgeable aeronautical engineer, pilot, and civilian air racing champion was up to the task. Najor Jimmy Doolittle determined, with the help of the US Navy, that the new US two engine bomber named the "Billy Mitchell" B-25, named after the most famous US Army Air Corps flier of World War I, could take off within the very restricted deck of the newest US aircraft carrier "Hornet" Refitting of the New B-25 started immediately, since more gasoline tanks would have to be placed in the new bombers. All the members of the bomber crews were volunteers and were told the mission was a clandestine and dangerous mission, perhaps a suicide mission.Assembly of the crews was a relatively easy task since most men who were rated on B-25s volunteered. The aircraft and crews were assembled at Eglin Army Air Corps field in the panhandle of Florida, about 60 aircraft , each with six man crews. The number of planes and crews would be wittled down to about 25 manned aircraft for the actual mission. Training started immediately. Pilots were directed to the many small airfields in Florida which lay along the gulf of Mexico along the beaches in Florida. Crews were directed to spread out on the many available airfields surrounding the Gulf of Mexico acattering the aircraft in small groups to avoid detection. At Paige Field, the current private airfield in Fort Myers, Florida Doolittle had painted the dimensions of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet's deck. Doolittle then personally took the first B-25 off within the length of the simulated Carrier deck. Wheels were up in time with the engines purring at maximum speed. It was proven there that a B-25 could actually take off a carrier with a bomb and gasoline load needed for the long flight to the island of Japan after leaving the carrier. All planes were then flown to Oakland Army Terminal in California, loaded on board the Carrier Hornet by huge cargo lifting cranes. Secrecy was a paramount issue. When the 25 B-25 bombers were loaded the Carrier joined an escort of Navy destroyers and headed out into the Pacific Ocean. once at sea, Jimmy Doolittle announced to the aircraft crews on board that their bombing mission was headed for JAPAN. The war would be taken to the Japanese homeland which was thought to be impenetrable. SUPRISE! SUPRISE!.The rest of the story is history. Tokyo and several other Japanese cities were bombed. Some bombers with their crews were killed and or wounded. I'll leave the rest of the story to your imagination about how many survived this most important mission. Every B-25 and crew had different stories. Fear was put in the minds of the Japanese people. A huge boost of morale was gained by the American public, which was vitally concerned with the Japanese attacking US and Allied locations in the Pacific and Germany and Hitler's Army , Navy and Air Force bombing London and sending submarines to the us Atlantic coast. One of the greatest victories had been produced the the US favor by the combined ARNY, NAVY, and soon to be renamed the US AIR FORCE. The Sleeping giant had been awakened and the US Military Juggernaut had been released.on its enemies across the world. When Jimmy Doolittle got home from this mission he was promoted to General and awarded the United States highest military award, The MEDAL OF HONOR. Jimmy Doolittle is among the greatest of US Military Heros of all time. Five men of the entire Jimmy Doolittle Raiders are all left still living in the year 2012. May they always be remembered.. (James E. Shelton, Brigadier General, US Army(Retired)

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War

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023

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Wonderful movie

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Patricia L Leary

Many touching moments - a Classic

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023

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I'm going through Dalton Trumbo movies. This was an early example before he was blacklisted. I didn't really feel Trumbo's voice coming through until about 1:05:00 into the movie when those about to head out to bomb Tokyo spoke candidly about what they were about to do, admitting to each other that they were morally confused about bombing and killing innocent people who were just like them who they didn't know and it showed their reticence to do so. This happened 131 days after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, territory the U.S. had seized from Hawaii as a strategic Pacific military base. The bombing of Tokyo killed about 130,000 innocent civilians, women, children, grandparents, in their own country going about their regular business, unaware of the terror that was about to be unleashed upon them by the United States. This was about one year before the U.S. dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly vaporizing about 250,000 mostly innocent women and children and opening up the hovering fear of nuclear annihilation in our time. It shows the kindness and support given to our military by the Chinese, a country our government now labels its "adversary" merely because of its wonderful success and development. It's a classic film which in spite of its obvious propaganda, is well worth watching.

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Jimmy Doolittle bombing operation on Tokyo, Japan in the early days of WW2

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2023

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This movie debuted in 1944 while my father was serving in Italy prior to the D Day invasion. This bombing mission was our first response after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. I am elated to finally add this movie to my collection. If I remember correctly, “30 Seconds over Tokyo” earned an Oscar for special effects. Good Buys from Fred supplied a “good condition” dvd at a reasonable price with free combined shipping, which is my new normal these days due to inflation. Thankyou and I hope to make more purchases in the future.

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J. Rottweiller Swinburne

Good in parts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2010

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This is the story of the "Doolittle Raid", launched in April 1942, while the Americans were still reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbour a mere four months before. An audacious mission, it involved launching land-based bombers, not designed or equipped for shipboard operations and operating at the very limits of their range, from an aircraft carrier to attack Tokyo, thus showing the heretofore invincible Japanese that they were not immune to attack on their homeland.
On one level, this is a typical gung-ho American wartime morale booster, showing jut-jawed heroes doing all the right things. Many of the peripheral characters are portrayed almost as comic-book caricatures straight out of the pages of the Beano, or whatever the American equivalent of the Beano might be, and some of the main characters (played by actors such as Van Johnson and Robert Mitchum) aren't a whole lot better, at least to start with. Romantic sub-plots abound, usually involving how the little woman at home is going to manage when Dudley-Do-Right goes off to win the war single-handed. Such things grate on the nerves in this day and age, and are best skipped through as quickly as possible.

However, the operational side of things is well done. The "Doolittle Raid" was to the Americans what the Dambusters raid was to the British; an operation of questionable strategic value but of immense importance in boosting morale. In fact, the operation was of greater strategic value to the allied war effort than anyone realised at the time. Though it did little material damage (unlike the Dambusters raid), it forced the Japanese to pull back many of their naval forces from the farther reaches of the Pacific in order to safeguard the Japanese homeland (leaving, for instance, the Indian Ocean under the complete control of the Royal Navy). It also forced the Japanese into making the huge mistake of trying to defeat the US forces a few months later in the pivotal battle of Midway (June 1942), a disaster that ultimately cost them victory - no small feat for a handful of planes and a basketful of bombs.

The filming of the training for the operation is well done, using the right kind of aircraft (anorak alert - not just B-25 Mitchell bombers, but the right sub-variant of that aircraft - the B-25C, rather than the more usually-seen later B25J variant featured, for instance, in "Catch 22".). The footage (much of it authentic film of the aircraft involved taking off from the deck of the USS Hornet) is dramatic and awe-inspiring, and the tension of the actual raid very well realised. The film thereafter concentrates on the fortunes of just one crew, that of the "Ruptured Duck" which, in real life as in the film, crash-landed in China, leaving the grievously injured crew to be cared for by the Chinese until, months later, they were evacuated home. Incidentally, in reprisal for the help given to the Americans by the Chinese (most of whom were civilians), the Japanese slaughtered thousands of Chinese, not just because they had shown stupendous bravery in helping the downed Americans, but because they realised what the success of the raid signified - the ultimate defeat of Japan.

So, a good film apart from the obligatory romantic slush-and-syrup which dominates the first half, a rather patronising view of the Chinese and - a personal bugbear of mine - the fact that Spencer Tracy was picked to portray James Doolittle, who planned and led the raid. I don't mind actors such as Van Johnson and Robert Mitchum playing real-life heroes (as they often did), because they were both 4F and thus exempted from military service. But Tracy was simply an alcoholic coward who shirked his duty by whatever means he could. His presence in films like this is an insult to the real heroes that he portrayed.
The men who survived the actual mission thought the film was a pretty accurate rendition of their feats, so bear that in mind, fast-forward through the pap and enjoy the rest of it.

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cremonensis

A remarkable war film based on atrue story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2021

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This film is about the American attempts to bomb mainland Japan following the cowardly attack on the American pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour in 1941. Men are trained for a special mission and part of the film involves the special training involving low level flying and taking off from aircraft carriers. The film was made in 1944 and has a great sense of authenticity particularly the aerial sequences. The film deals with the personal relationships of the men and their families and really gives an idea of what it must have been like to go on a special mission from which one might not return. The acting is excellent with Van Johnson, Phyllis Thaxter and Spencer Tracy amongst others. Things don't go exactly to plan after the bombing and much of the film focusses on what takes place after the attack. It is difficult to put into words why this film is so good but possibly because of the way the aerial sequences are shot from inside the aircraft one has the feeling that one is actually there. A great film that deserves to be ranked as highly as the classic Pacific war films such as :"Tora, Tora, Tora" and "Midway" (the original older film).

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Item as expected & arrived on time.

Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2023

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classic movie.

David Riddle

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2009

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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo relates the dramatic story of the eighty young flyers who under their leader James Doolittle bombed Tokyo, Yokoham, Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya in April 1942.

Roosevolt, after the shock of Pearl Harbor, sought imediate action to restore the nations moral and standing. This film accurately reflects the couragous story of the raid. It portrays not only the valour of those involved in the raid but the overwhelming brave support of the Chinese who helped some of the flyers escape.

The film is justly of the 1944s moral boosting mode. Whilst it leaves out much of the harrowing accounts of the aftermath of the raid it is an excellent film with good special effects.

Craig Nelson's book "The First Heroes" recounts the full story and is a must for those interested this daring raid.

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R Irwin

Movie: 30 Seconds Over Toyko

Reviewed in Canada on May 7, 2020

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This is a wonderful movie! One of the best World War 2 movies that I have ever seen. My husband and I loved it.
This movie arrived on time and in excellent condition.

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