Air Force [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screen play by Dudley Nichols ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks.
John Garfield, Gig Young, Harry Carey, George Tobias, Arthur Kennedy, James Brown, John Ridgely, Charles Drake, Ward Wood. Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. Special features: Oscar-nominated Technicolor drama short "Women at war"; classic cartoons "The fifth-column mouse" and "Scrap happy Daffy"; audio-only bonus: radio adaptation with George Raft and Harry Carey which aired 7/12/1943 on the Lux Radio Theater; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
The Flying Fortress Mary-Ann and its crew leave San Francisco for Honolulu on a routine training flight the day before Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Subsequently, the crew mans the Mary-Ann through action at Wake Island, the Philippines, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and Australia. The B-17 seen in many of the scenes would later be lost in action with its crew over the Pacific.
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