December 7th - The Pearl Harbor Story
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Actor: Dana Andrews, George O'Brien, Harry Davenport, Paul Hurst, Walter HustonDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Vci Video
Movie Reviews of December 7th - The Pearl Harbor Story
Movie Review: Interesting History
Summary: 5 Stars
The extras on this product are great, especially the Know Your Enemy (The Eighth in Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" Series). The images and newsreels are great for showing what was happening during the attacks and show a better idea of what was going on during the time - excellent use in the classroom.
Summary of December 7th - The Pearl Harbor Story
Banned by the us government this is a controversial look at december 7 1941. Walter huston is uncle sam the day before the japanese attack vacationing in hawaii. Features: commentary by wwii survivors cut & uncut versions capras know your enemy short film. Studio: Video Communications Inc. Release Date: 04/24/2001 Starring: Walter Huston Run time: 84 minutes Rating: NrIn 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.
VCI's release features Toland's original cut as well as Movietone News and Universal newsreels of the attack and an unusual Japanese TV newscast covering the 1995 debut of this restored version in Japan.
The DVD also features Ford's Oscar®-winning 34-minute version, audio commentary by four Pearl Harbor survivors, and Frank Capra's 60-minute 1945 documentary Know Your Enemy: Japan, a more traditionally jingoistic piece of wartime propaganda that was narrated by Walter Huston. --Sean Axmaker
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