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The Resource Air Force, Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screen play by Dudley Nichols ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks

Air Force, Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screen play by Dudley Nichols ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks

Label
Air Force
Title
Air Force
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screen play by Dudley Nichols ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • por
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
The Flying Fortress Mary-Ann and its crew leave San Francisco for Honolulu on a routine training flight the day before Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Subsequently, the crew mans the Mary-Ann through action at Wake Island, the Philippines, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and Australia. The B-17 seen in many of the scenes would later be lost in action with its crew over the Pacific
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editor, George Amy ; music, Franz Waxman
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
In English with optional English, French or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
D743.23
LC item number
.A37 2007
PerformerNote
John Garfield, Gig Young, Harry Carey, George Tobias, Arthur Kennedy, James Brown, John Ridgely, Charles Drake, Ward Wood
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1896-1977
  • 1899-1986
  • 1895-1960
  • 1913-1978
  • 1878-1947
  • 1901-1980
  • 1914-1990
  • 1920-1992
  • 1909-1968
  • 1917-1994
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hawks, Howard
  • Wallis, Hal B.
  • Nichols, Dudley
  • Garfield, John
  • Young, Gig
  • Carey, Harry
  • Tobias, George
  • Kennedy, Arthur
  • Brown, James
  • Ridgley, John
  • Drake, Charles
  • Wood, Ward
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • First National Pictures, Inc
  • Turner Entertainment Co
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
124
Series statement
WB archive collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • United States
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • B-17 bomber
  • Bomber pilots
  • B-17 bomber
  • Bomber pilots
  • Military operations, Aerial
Technique
live action
Label
Air Force, Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screen play by Dudley Nichols ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1943
  • Special features: Oscar-nominated Technicolor drama short "Women at war"; classic cartoons "The fifth-column mouse" and "Scrap happy Daffy"; audio-only bonus: radio adaptation with George Raft and Harry Carey which aired 7/12/1943 on the Lux Radio Theater; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1828222
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Isbn
9780790791401
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 012569599826
  • 883316716526
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
65998
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o123377988
  • (OCoLC)123377988
System details
DVD, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) original theatrical presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Air Force, Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screen play by Dudley Nichols ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1943
  • Special features: Oscar-nominated Technicolor drama short "Women at war"; classic cartoons "The fifth-column mouse" and "Scrap happy Daffy"; audio-only bonus: radio adaptation with George Raft and Harry Carey which aired 7/12/1943 on the Lux Radio Theater; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1828222
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Isbn
9780790791401
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 012569599826
  • 883316716526
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
65998
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o123377988
  • (OCoLC)123377988
System details
DVD, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) original theatrical presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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