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Movies released in 1944

Rating: 68 %
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Length: 138 mins
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo poster

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

  • April 18th, 1942, the US bomb Tokyo in a surprise raid

Rating: 58 %
Length: 99 mins
The Purple Heart poster

The Purple Heart (1944)

  • April 18th, 1942, eight US airmen are shot down during the Doolittle Raid and captured by the Japanese

  • August 28th, 1942, US airmen are put on trial in Japan for war crimes

  • October 15th, 1942, eight US airmen are executed for their supposed war crimes