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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is a 1944 American war film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo is based on the 1943 book of the same name by Captain Ted W. Lawson . Lawson was a pilot on the historic Doolittle Raid , America's first retaliatory air strike against Japan, four months after the December 7, 1941, Japanese ...
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo first appeared serialized in six issues of Collier's magazine, from May 22 to June 26, 1943. [2] It was also published later that year by Random House in a 220-page hardback "wartime book" (5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in × 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in; 13 cm × 20 cm) format.
The Doolittle Raid was the subject of another 1944 feature film, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, based on the book of the same title by Ted Lawson, who was seriously injured in a crash landing off the coast of China. Spencer Tracy played Doolittle and Van Johnson portrayed Lawson.
"30 Seconds Over Tokyo" is the debut single by American post-punk band Pere Ubu. Written by band members David Thomas, Peter Laughner, and Gene O'Connor during their stint with Pere Ubu's predecessor Rocket from the Tombs, it was released on Thomas' independent Hearthan Records in 1975. The song received very little airplay at the time but has ...
Her movie debut was opposite Van Johnson in the 1944 wartime film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. [2] In the 1945 film-noir Bewitched, Thaxter played Joan Alris Ellis, a woman with split personality. In 1948, she played a cattle owner's daughter in Blood on the Moon. Photo of Phyllis Thaxter and Van Johnson from the film, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock: 1959: 1992: Columbia Pictures (American Film Technologies) [710] Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: 1944: 1990: Turner Entertainment [711] 36 Hours: 1965: 1990: Turner Entertainment [712] Three Comrades: 1938: 1990: Turner Entertainment [713] Three Faces West: 1940: 1993: Republic Pictures [714] Three Men in a Tub: 1938 ...
Pere Ubu's debut single (their first four records were singles on their own "Hearpen" label) was "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" (inspired by the "Doolittle Raid" and named after a film depicting the raid), backed with "Heart of Darkness"; followed by "Final Solution" in 1976. [11]
He would later be portrayed by Leon Ames in the 1944 movie about the raid, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. [10] Jurika served on the Hornet in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, [11] and at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October, during which the Hornet was badly damaged and had to be scuttled. [5] In December he became the Operations ...