Barney Smith ignored the signals of the landing officer the first day he arrived on the aircraft carrier and for two years he has begged to be allowed to fly a mission against the Japanese over the Pacific. As the Japanese air force downs most of the squadron, the suspended ace is restored to duty and must win back his commander's respect in a ferocious battle for honor and glory.

A stirring tribute to the men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew deadly missions during World War II. Half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties during the war were suffered by the Eighth. Director Erik Nelson tracked down nine of the surviving Eighth Air Force veterans to recall the harrowing experiences they endured in the summer of 1943.

Valiant and his feathered friends take to the sky as they work their way into the Royal Air Force during World War II. Together this rag-tag squadron of carrier pigeons engages in aerial adventures at a spitfire pace. From the first bumbling day of basic training through the final feather-raising mission, the flock of friends swoop their way toward victory. Against the odds and an evil German falcon, Valiant is called upon for a very important assignment....

"After watching [the 2007 documentary film] 'Wings of defeat', Fred Mitchell and Eugene Brick, U.S. Navy veterans and survivors of a Kamikaze attack, travel to Japan with the filmmakers to meet their former enemies. Overcoming their respective anxieties, the American and Japanese veterans, now in their 80s, sit down to ask each other tough questions, resulting in unexpected intimacy and newfound mutual respect. As they laugh and cry together, we witness...

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, are in love with the same woman, but must leave her behind when they become fighter pilots in World War I.