Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

TCM – Friday 31 August, 8.30pm

After the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the string of defeats that followed for the United States, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, devises a plan for a daring raid to strike at the heart of Japan. A squadron of American planes flies across the Pacific Ocean on a one-way mission to deliver a deadly payload. Starring Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson and Robert Walker.

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