The Rear Gunner
26 mins
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.
Edwin Gilbert
Writer
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Louis Hesse
Editor
Ted D. McCord
Director of Photography
James Van Trees
Director of Photography