Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) - Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum And Van Johnson

The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the novel of the same name. Stunned by Pearl Harbour and a string of defeats, America needed a victory - badly. To that end, Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, a former air racer and stunt pilot, devises a plan for a daring raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he must train army bomber pilots to do something no one ever dreamed possible - launch 16 fully-loaded bombers from an aircraft carrier! This movie is remarkable in it's accuracy and even uses film footage from the actual raid.