The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner

1943 · 26 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, War

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.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Edwin Gilbert

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