December 7th

Title:

December 7th

Genres:

History , War , Action

Companies:

Navy Department, U.S. War Department

Countries:

United States of America

Release Date:

1943-03-01

Runtime:

Languages:

English

Status:

Released

Overview

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.

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Walter Huston

Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

Harry Davenport

Mr. 'C'

Dana Andrews

Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor

Paul Hurst

World War I Ghost Soldier

George O’Brie

Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

James Kevin McG

Narrator (voice)

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Movie Reviews

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This was solid. Recently I have taken an interest in both the propaganda films and wartime documentaries of World War II from both sides. I especially wanted to see this, since I love Ford's 'They Were Expendable' so much. Definitely worth the effort to find if you have a similar inclination for the material. I have always wondered if a truly 'objective', 'unbiased' documentary can be made. Simply the decisions a director makes in what to capture and what not to makes such a gesture impossible, doesn't it? I especially feel this is the case when it comes to nationalistic documents, such as this. I have NO idea what its competition was, but this deservedly won Ford an Oscar for Best Documentary: Short Subject--this was a fine work he was well to be proud of.