The Rear Gunner
The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner

April 10, 1943 | 26 min

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.

Genres

Drama War

Cast

Naomi Scott

Burgess Meredith

Naomi Scott

Ronald Reagan

Naomi Scott

Tom Neal

Naomi Scott

Dane Clark

Naomi Scott

Jonathan Hale

Naomi Scott

Knox Manning

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