A spectacular example of Hollywood Technicolor, the movie served as both big screen entertainment and propaganda for enlistment in the fight against Germany and Japan.
The story of a young flyer played by John Sutton who shows up at flight training school under the tutelage of Preston Foster. Both our leading men will fall for the same girl -- the drop dead gorgeous Gene Tierney.
The early WW2 plane enthusiasts will see some wonderful footage of the aircraft used in the film while in flight. "Thunder Birds" presents us with is a “B” film’s script that has been given the “A” budget treatment.
Originally released on November 20, 1942.
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