Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1944. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1944 film, showing director Mervyn LeRoy hosing down a plane prop on the set, with Spencer Tracy making a goofy face from the pilot's seat. Printed mimeo snipe in French and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso.
Based on the 1943 book, an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan, four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle.
Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California.
8.5 x 6.5 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso, else Near Fine.
[Book #168473]
Price: $325.00
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