Tomorrow We Fly

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Movie
Original title Tomorrow We Fly
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1943

Tomorrow We Fly is an American documentary short film that was nominated for an Oscar in 1944 .

content

The subject of the film is the Victory Corps , which must stand in defense of freedom. How do the men prepare themselves in order to be able to fulfill the given tasks. What is the mood like when a maneuver is due? Victory Corps candidates are also shown during their flight instruction and training and preparation at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles.

background

The V Corps (US) ( German  V. US Corps , The Victory Corps ) was a large unit of the corps level of the US Army . It was first erected in the American Civil War . It was also used in the First World War . He was reactivated in October 1941 during World War II at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. After a successful maneuver, it was relocated to Ireland in the spring of 1941. With the invasion of Normandy , the corps landed on the Omaha Beach section and subsequently took part in the further liberation of France (including Operation Cobra ).

Award

The film, created by the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Documentary Short" at the 1944 Academy Awards. However, the film created by the US Navy Field Photographic Branch was won by December 7 ( December 7th ) from the vote out, of the attack on Pearl Harbor focuses on 7 December 1941, which for the entry of the United States into the Second World War led .

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