Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Yes.

Just a minute.

Your call, colonel.

Thank you. Thanks.

Hello. Captain York, please.

You know, if this thing works out,

it might give our boys,

all the way from Bhutan to Singapore,

a big lift, and it may pull

a lot of japs back to their islands.

It'll work out, general.

I'm sure it will.

Hello. Hello, York? Doolittle. York, I want you

to get 24 b-25s with volunteer crews

down to eglin field as soon as you can.

The job will take them

out of the country for about 3 months.

Tell them it's a secret mission.

They won't know where they're going

until they get there. That's right. Volunteers.

Tell them they're not to talk to anybody.

That's an order.

I'll join you in a few days.

Right.

Army 0-22-41 to eglin tower.

Three b-25s request traffic

and landing instructions.

Go ahead.

Radio: Army 4-1, the left-hand pattern.

Wind direction north by northeast.

Land on runway number 3.

There's the field, all right.

Boy, did you ever see such a wide runway?

She's big, all right.

You could almost close your eyes and get in.

But I'd give plenty to know where we go from here.

Yeah, so would I.

Hey, don't do anything till I get my camera.

How does she look from the nose, clever?

Great. Florida: Palm trees,

alligators, bathing beauties.

Hey, Thatcher,

have a look at the real country.

It's not as pretty as billings, sir.

Did you keep your cookies

this trip, Thatcher?

Yes, sir. I had a little trouble

coming over the mountains, but I hung on!

Radio: 0-22-41 in flight.

Wait a minute.

Go around, make an Echelon right,

once over the field, then break away.

Let's make it pretty.

Here's for luck.

Switches off.

5:25. Not bad time.

Yeah, we moved.

Better write that left engine up.

She sounded a little rough.

Boy, I got some swell shots, Lawson.

You really made a nice breakaway.

Gave me kind of an artistic angle.

Someday, I'll do a crash landing

so you can get a real movie.

Thatcher says that Florida

can't compare to billings.

Trouble with Thatcher is he thinks that any place

with more than 300 people is overcrowded.

According to the last census, sir,

billings has a population of 16,380.

16,000! Oh, no, Thatcher.

You must be thinking

of greater billings.

No, he's right, clever.

They count the cows up in that country.

Sorry, sir.

Yes?

Cameras aren't allowed on the field.

What? That's right, sir.

A lot of secret work goes on here,

and they're very strict about it.

I can't see anything secret from here.

I'll have to report you

to the commanding officer, sir.

Those are my orders.

Ok, ok. H-Hey, look.

Brick holstrom's still with us.

We were afraid

you wouldn't get that Turkey in till tomorrow.

Why, that baby flies so pretty,

we floated the last 200 miles.

You guys ready?

Yeah. Come on, brick.

Oh, Thatcher, I'll be right back

to tell you where your quarters are.

Yes, sir.

Come on, Davey. You've got an idea.

What's the dope?

Where do we go from here?

I already told you.

All he said was it would

take us out of the country,

we'd be gone about 3 months,

and it would be dangerous.

Look, I got the real dope from Joe Randall.

He says a foreign patrol squad

has to guard the canal.

What's dangerous about canal patrol?

Well, what are we worrying about?

Skl'll give us all the dope when we check in anyhow.

3 ships in, sir. Holstrom, Lawson, and myself.

Good. These ships ok?

Yes, sir.

Sit down.

Where are we staying, ski?

The government's leased a hotel near here.

They call it "the officers' club."

The men whose wives are coming can stay there.

The other officers' quarters

are in barracks 5.

Is Emmy coming down?

She'll be here in a couple of days.

Where will I put Thatcher, ski?

The enlisted men

are assigned to barracks 12.

Ok.

Uh, anything else?

Nope. At least not until tomorrow morning.

Well, we'll be seeing you.

Say, ski, the guys are all crazy to know what's up.

You know as much about it as I do.

We may be given

more information in the morning.

Mm-hmm.

Paul, you come in.

Ha ha!

Whoa!

Well, beat me, daddy!

Look who's coming.

Well, well, well!

Plant me now and dig me later!

If it isn't the pride

of Randolph field. How are you, boy?

Great, shorty.

The minute we heard that razzmatazz,

we knew you must be somewhere around.

You volunteer for this deal, too?

Sure enough.

They had me stationed up in Minneapolis...

coldest country I ever did see!

I'd have volunteered for anything

to get back in the sunshine.

Where you been?

Columbia, south Carolina.

Bob!

Hello, Ted.

You guys know each other?

Well, we just went through Kelly

together, that's all.

Sure, Bob was bridesmaid at my wedding.

Wedding?! Nobody tells me anything anymore!

How long you been balled up and chained down?

6 months in... In 5 more days.

Well, blow my foot off!

Skin me again, boy!

Hey, Davey,

what are you doing down here?

Brick.

Hi, Don.

I thought you were hunting subs.

Was. Got me one, too.

You in on this deal?

Sure. I've got a swell crew,

and it looked like it was going to be something.

So, why not?

Eh, any ideas what we might be up to?

Oh, just a hunch.

Yeah? Well, give.

South seas.

Knock ourselves off a few meatballs.

Yeah?

Three.

Honest man.

Dealer takes two.

You know, I just got an idea.

About what?

About where we might be going.

The way it looks to...

oh, that's not right. Forget it.

Sets two.

I got an idea, too.

Yeah?

Uh-huh. I've got an idea

you're pretty much of a dope

to have come in

on this deal in the first place.

What kind of crack is that?

Oh, I don't know. You're married,

you've got a swell girl...

I would have never stuck my neck out