December 7th (Long Version)
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Uploaded by PublicResourceOrg on Jun 6, 2009
Department of War
Department of the Navy
Released by National Archives and Records Administration
December 7th (Long Version)
According to the Amazon.Com description: In 1943 John Ford gave the great cinematographer Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, The Grapes of Wrath) an opportunity to direct his first film. What was intended to be a short documentary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor grew into a veritable epic, framed by a debate between Walter Huston's Uncle Sam and Harry Davenport's Mr. C on the true nature of the Pacific paradise. Hawaiian history, rah-rah patriotism, and arguments over the loyalty of the Japanese-American population are capped by a stunning re-creation of the battle so convincing that feature films borrowed footage from it for decades. Arch and dated, it's a fascinating slice of history that until a few years ago was never seen by the public. Toland's criticisms of the American Navy caused it to be withheld until Ford could cut the 82-minute feature into a half-hour short, removing the history and analysis and concentrating solely on the battle and the recovery.
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Pretty interesting. So many little historical details. Definately some wartime propaganda too. I didnt notice too many criticisms of the US Navy though, did anyone else catch them? I found the discussion about the asian population to be unsettling and paternalistic but it really doesnt surprise me either. Some of the footage I've never ever seen before, like the children in the trenches and the Aloha tower cammo'd.
ClearSmashDrop 2 months ago
Grab the audio from this track at speedyconversion doht cohm.
ThorstenHodge31 1 year ago
It's intermittent on sound at 1:01:05 but settles down after about 15 seconds without further interruption on my playback.
Timestrider1 1 year ago
Will not play past 1:01:05.
brucearmstrong1 1 year ago