Reel Number: 220342-10
Color: Colour
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1942
Country: Japan
Location: Pacific
TC Begins: 06:37:14
TC Ends: 06:40:00
Duration: 00:02:46
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Air Force Now - Jimmy Doolittle and Tokyo Raid. Faded colour Medal - Valour - James (Jimmy) Doolittle - early film of him as racing pilot. WWII - Tokyo Raid. Aircraft carrier at sea. On deck Doolittle with 80 volunteers. B-25 aircraft on deck of USS Hornet. Destroyer escort fires on Japanese ship. Planes lifting off from Hornet - first time fully loaded medium bombers had taken off from aircraft carriers. Brief street scene Tokyo. Planes in formation. Bombs dropping and explosions. 06.39.34 Doolittle presented with Medal of Honour by President Roosevelt.