Target for Tonight
RAF Bomber Command in a Night Action
(1941, B&W, 50:00)
"Target for Tonight" follows the crew "F" for "Freddie", a Vicker's Wellington medium bomber (Millerton Station, Group 33), through an entire low level night mission attacking an oil storage depot at a rail yard. The film highlights the participation of not only servicemen from all classes from around the British Isles, but also Canadians and a navigator that sounds a lot like an American RAF volunteer.
The film exemplifies the understatement, dry humor, and "business as usual" approach typical of British information films of the period, along with a clear "get the job done" attitude.