Movie opens with shot below and looking up at massive B-17s. Camera plane pulls away. MS of ground crew working on B-17. Bombardier is escorted to plane. Bombs are lugged to plane. Waist gunner prepares machine gun for mission. Interior shot of waist gunners checking ammunition. Crew loads bombs into B-17. Crews ride bike to operations hut. Secret inside view of actual briefing of first operational strike of B-17s on Germany. These actual shots let you feel exactly what it was like to be there that day. The target is presents. It is Rouen, Germany. Crews look nervous and tense. These are the actual crews that flew that first B-17 mission. Flak warnings are given. Time check is conducted. Crews leave to prepare for mission. Crews get geared up and ride jeeps to planes where ground crews have made everything ready. The props are pulled through. Crew enters B-17 through all entrances. Engines are fired. We closely see B-17 YANKEE DOODLE. Ground crew pulls chocks and the first plane makes hard turn, JARRIN JENNY and STINKY to line up for takeoff. Ground crew waves goodbye and pilot closes window. Excellent shots of B-17s taking off. Close angle. One B-17 banks just after liftoff. Formation of B-17s fly’s low over field. Aerial formation shots. Nice view of B-17s over puffy cloud base. Interior shots of crew in flight. Rare look at some positions. Planes are attacked. Bombardier gets his fix and we watch bombs drop out of planes and strike target. B-17s form tight formation for run home. Close shots of B-17s landing. In some shots B-17s land just over camera. More aerial formation shots. This time formation is simply one long line across. Length of Total Movie: 12:40