The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner

5.2

1943-04-10

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Released

1943-04-10

Runtime

26

Director

Ray Enright

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

War

Language

English

Production

U.S. Army Air Forces

Warner Bros. Pictures

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