Target for Tonight

Target for Tonight


Director: Harry Watt
Studio: Classic Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
An amazingly graphic documentary series. Moving, emotional, personal accounts from both sides on the strategy adopted by both the Allied and Axis Forces during World War Two in which cities and civilians became the target. This includes the destruction of Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, London, Coventry, Plymouth, Manchester, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nuremberg. "Gentlemen, your target for tonight is"…these were the words that every allied airman will recall, the moment that nights target was revealed. Would it be a short hop across the relative safety of the English Channel, or the much-feared and highly dangerous long haul to Berlin?
Target for Tonight Deluxe Edition featuring Target Germany!
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • very interesting historic films from the war
  • CLASSIC COMBAT FILMS FROM WWII
  • "Deluxe Edition" ???????
 Target for Tonight Deluxe Edition featuring Target Germany!
Starring: Leighton Lucas; Sir Richard Peirse; Percy Pickard; Ian Dalrymple
Director: Harry Watt
Manufacturer: Periscope Film
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000NO216O
Release Date: 2007-03-02

Product Description

One of the most famous and celebrated Royal Air Force documentaries, Target for Tonight follows the crew of the Wellington bomber F for Freddie during a nighttime raid on Freihausen, Germany.

Starring a real-life R.A.F. crew, the film is a stirring portrait of heroism during the early days of the Allied air campaign. The film won an honorary Academy Award(tm) in 1942, and was voted Best Documentary by the National Board of Review in 1941.

While the British bombed at night, the American Eighth Air Force struck during the day. Exposed to German fighters and flak, the Mighty Eighth endured huge losses before victory was secured. The fight is chronicled in Target Germany! which features B-17s, B-24 Liberators and their P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning escorts.

Also included in this special edition DVD is a .pdf of the original Target for Tonight brochure from 1942. It can be accessed using any computer with a DVD drive.

Running time: Over 80 Minutes!

Please note: the films on this DVD come from original 16mm prints that have been digitally transferred. Due to the age and rarity of these films, sound and visual quality may vary. Please note: This DVD is recorded in the DVD-R format. It may not be compatible with first-generation DVD players. It will play normally on most computers and 99% of DVD player. Check your player's manual for more information.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars very interesting historic films from the war.......2007-06-14

this is a pretty nifty collection of films. frankly i enjoy watching this stuff better than watching the history channel since these were made during the war to show the public what was going on, and keep morale up. you cannot exactly expect them to show war in all of its dirty and dark aspects, but you still get a strong flavor of what it was like for these men. i highly recommend this and the companion film, target for today, and also there are many similar films that are much more famous like memphis belle and combat america.

5 out of 5 stars CLASSIC COMBAT FILMS FROM WWII.......2007-06-07

This is one of the all time great WWII combat films in the air, Target for Tonight. It is thrilling to see it again, as I had not seen it for over forty years. This is a classic, following the crew of the bomber "F for Freddie" as they fight for survival over Germany. The bonus film, which is called "Target Germany" is one I had never seen before, and which was also gripping.

1 out of 5 stars "Deluxe Edition" ???????.......2007-05-12

Well, i bought this DVD as i wanted to see those historical propaganda, particularly "Target for Tonight" with "Pick" PICKARD who was later killed flying a Mosquito during the AMIENS Jail Raid. These films were isued in the 80's on VHS in Europe in the "After the Battle" serie. Now my VHS are more than 20 years old and i hoped to get an as good image as can be expected with a DVD. What a disillusion. These poeple from PERISCOPEFILM have allowed themselves to put a (as they say) Digitl Signal at the right low corner of the screen. It means that you've got a grey circle with a periscope during the whole show. How dare they deteriorating theses films this way? By the way, the film restoration is not as good as it could be done techically. Particularly, the beginning of "TARGET FOR TONIGHT", with cut frames and missing parts of the music. Where the hell did they find this horrible copy of the film. By comparison, the VHS version of "After the Battle" was more viewable!!
Should i have known all of this, i would have kept my money and tried to have a look and my old VHS
Target for Tonight
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Good but Maybe not Great
  • NOT WHAT IS ADVERTISED
  • This is not Henry Watt's 1941 classic "Target For Tonight"
  • This DVD is not the RAF film "Target for Tonight"
 Target for Tonight
Director: Harry Watt
Manufacturer: Classic Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000244FBO
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Description

An amazingly graphic documentary series. Moving, emotional, personal accounts from both sides on the strategy adopted by both the Allied and Axis Forces during World War Two in which cities and civilians became the target. This includes the destruction of Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, London, Coventry, Plymouth, Manchester, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nuremberg. "Gentlemen, your target for tonight is"…these were the words that every allied airman will recall, the moment that nights target was revealed. Would it be a short hop across the relative safety of the English Channel, or the much-feared and highly dangerous long haul to Berlin?

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good but Maybe not Great.......2005-08-23

As others have noted, this is not the famous World War II documentary. It does have some valuable footage and has some interesting sidelines on such things as Mosquito bomber raids. It is worthwhile, but still not the needed documentary that RAF Bomber Command deserves.

1 out of 5 stars NOT WHAT IS ADVERTISED.......2004-12-27

This is a jumble of war-time newsreels, not Pick Pickard in F for Freddie. The title of the DVD when it plays is The Target for Tonight. The real Target for Tonight starring Pickard's crew is available on VHS from Belle and Blade, or you can try searching for a Region 2 DVD from the UK. Very disappointed in the description given for this product.

1 out of 5 stars This is not Henry Watt's 1941 classic "Target For Tonight".......2004-11-27

This is not a bad DVD, but if you expecting Henry Watt's 1941 classic of the same title or anything remotely as interesting, you will be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars This DVD is not the RAF film "Target for Tonight".......2004-10-04

I just purchased the DVD in this listing. It is not the RAF 1941 film, "Target for Tonight"; it is rather a comprehensive documentary about the bombings of three German Cities, with narration, color footage, and was obviously produced for British television. I kept the disc because it is well produced; however, if you are expecting the RAF featurette about the bombing of oil storage at Freihausen, Germany, you will be disappointed. I think somebody dropped the ball. This DVD is titled "THE Target for Tonight". Oddly, there is about 45 seconds of beautifully restored footage of the RAF film, but it is NOT the original, not the film directed by Harry Watt.

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