Recently, the English version of Extraordinary Rescue, an episode from the six-part documentary series Behind the Medals: We Fought Side by Side produced by China Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio (Group), held its first public screening in the United States at EAA AirVenture2026, the world’s premier aviation event hosted in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The screening took place at the Skyview Theater within the EAA Aviation Museum. The venue was packed on the day of the screening. As the film drew to a close, the audience remained immersed in the story and rose to their feet, delivering sustained and warm applause.

近日，中央新闻纪录电影制片厂（集团）出品的六集系列纪录片《勋章背后，我们曾并肩战斗》之《非常营救》英文版，在美国威斯康星州奥什科什举办的EAA AirVenture 2026全球航空盛会上完成美国首场公开展映。展映活动在EAA博物馆Skyview Theater举行，展映当天放映厅内座无虚席。影片落幕时，全场观众意犹未尽，起立送上持久热烈的掌声。

This grand aviation gathering, drawing over 500,000 attendees from more than 80 countries across the globe, bore witness to a touching story originating from China’s eastern coast—a story indelibly tied to Sanmen in Zhejiang Province.

On April 18, 1942, after carrying out the bombing raid on Tokyo, the Doolittle Raiders ran out of fuel. Fifteen warplanes were forced to make emergency landings in China. Crew No.7 crashed onto the beach of Dasha Village on Nantian Island in Sanmen County, while Crew No.15 plunged into the waters off Tantoushan Island, leaving ten pilots in mortal danger. At that time, Sanmen Bay was under Japanese occupation, with Japanese and puppet patrols omnipresent, rendering the situation extremely perilous.

Local residents and troops in Sanmen rose to the occasion. They rescued five injured crew members of Crew No.7 by breaking through enemy blockades within 72 hours. Subsequently, over five days and nights, the locals sheltered the airmen of Crew No.15 in island caves, moving them under cover of darkness while avoiding detection by day. Ultimately, all ten pilots escaped safely.

这场汇聚全球80多个国家超50万名观众的航空盛会，见证了一段来自中国东海岸的动人故事，那个故事里深深印刻着浙江三门的印记。1942年4月18日，杜立特行动队完成东京轰炸后燃油耗尽，15架战机迫降中国，其中7号机组坠于三门县南田岛大沙村海滩，15号机组坠毁于檀头山岛洋面，10名飞行员身陷险境。彼时三门湾被日军掌控，日伪巡逻密布，处境凶险。三门军民挺身而出，72小时穿越封锁线营救7号机组5名伤员，又耗时五天五夜，将15号机组人员藏于海岛洞穴、昼伏夜出辗转转移，最终10名飞行员全部安全脱险。

 Larry D. Kelley, host of the screening event, is a veteran researcher and communicator of the history of the Doolittle Raid and has been awarded the title of Honorary Doolittle Raider. During the production of Extraordinary Rescue, Larry D. Kelley, together with the filming crew and Zheng Weiyong, an expert on the Doolittle Raid from Quzhou, made a special trip to Sanmen. Supported by the Sanmen Media Center for film arrangements and guided on-site by Zhang Hongxiao, a local expert on Sanmen’s history and records, the group visited the sites where the pilots made emergency landings, villages that sheltered them, evacuation routes and the hospital where the airmen received treatment. Standing at these historic locations, they gained a profound understanding of the immense sacrifices made by the Chinese people to rescue the American airmen. As Larry acknowledged in the documentary:”The core reason why those 64 young Americans survived is that the Chinese people risked their own lives to save them. Locals could have turned a blind eye back then, yet everyone chose to lend a hand. We fought side by side, and this story must never be forgotten.”

展映活动主持人Larry D. Kelley是杜立特突袭行动历史的资深研究者与传播者，曾获颁“荣誉杜立特突袭队员”称号。拍摄《非常营救》期间，Larry D. Kelley和摄制组、衢州市杜立特行动研究专家郑伟勇专程走进三门，由三门县传媒中心协助拍摄、三门史志专家章宏晓担任现场向导，一行人踏访当年飞行员迫降点、藏身村落、转移路线与疗伤医院，在历史发生地感受中国百姓为营救美军飞行员付出的巨大代价。正如Larry在纪录片中坦言：“64名美国年轻人能够活下来，核心原因是中国人民不惜性命拯救他们。当年当地人本可以置之不理，但所有人都选择伸出援手。我们曾并肩作战，这段故事绝不能被世人遗忘。”

Across 84 years, the friendship forged amid the flames of war has never faded, stretching from the turbulent waves of Sanmen Bay to the big screens in the United States. The successful screening of Extraordinary Rescue has brought the bravery and benevolence of Sanmen’s residents and militiamen to the eyes of the world. It is reported that the EAA Aviation Museum will host a repeat screening of the film in the spring of 2027. To mark the 85th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid in April of the same year, the documentary will continue to be presented on platforms including the Air Force Association of the United States. The extraordinary rescue story of Sanmen is spreading from the shores of the East China Sea to the wider world.

从三门湾的惊涛到美国的大银幕，84年光阴流转，那份战火中结下的情谊从未褪色。《非常营救》的成功展映，让三门军民的勇敢与善良被世界看见。据悉，EAA博物馆将于2027年春季复映本片，同年4月杜立特突袭行动85周年纪念之际，影片还将在美国空军协会等平台持续亮相。三门的“非常营救”故事，正从东海之滨飞向更广阔的世界。

（部分素材来源：中央新影集团公众号）