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The Rear Gunner

  • Drama
  • War

April 10, 1943 (US)

0h 26m

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 Arch...

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