Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

Director, Henry King. (132min)
This fictional film released in 1949 explores the moral and emotional challenges faced by the Eighth Air Force during the early days of daylight bombing raids on Germany. It tells the story of a General who takes a failing and disheartened bomber group and turns them into proud aviators. As the characters come to know each other, it highlights the psychological challenges of making life and death decisions for those under your command. While the story itself is fictional and based on a book of the same name, some of the shots shown of fighter planes is genuine footage.