Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

A Special Screening Hosted by

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Linwood Dunn Theater

November 18 @ 6:30PM

The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the novel of the same name. Stunned by Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America needed a victory - badly. To that end, Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, a former air racer and stunt pilot, devises a plan for a daring raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he must train army bomber pilots to do something no one ever dreamed possible - launch 16 fully load bombers from an aircraft carrier! This movie is remarkable in its accuracy and even uses film footage from the actual raid. The pilots who volunteered for this duty knew it was a suicide mission but went anyways. Their average age was 20. They only had enough gas to go one way and crash land. This is an astonishing tale of selflessness, innovation and bravery in the face of certain death. The success of this raid and the loss of life of these young men changed the morale of the entire United States at a critical moment at the beginning of WWII.

Special Guest appearances by :
Lt Col (ret) Richard E. Cole (Raider)
Maj (ret) Thomas Griffin (Raider)
Tom Liu (Chinese citizen that help rescue down Raider crew)
Edith McClure (spouse of Raider and WWII nurse in England)
Jonna Doolittle Hoppes (author, granddaughter of Gen Doolittle)