December 7th
1943 | 32m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Ford, Gregg Toland |
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| Writer: | Budd Schulberg |
| Staring: |
| "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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 01, 1943 |
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| Director: | John Ford, Gregg Toland |
| Writer: | Budd Schulberg |
| Genres: | Action, History, War |
| Keywords | pearl harbor |
| Production Companies | U.S. War Department, Navy Department |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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’Brien | Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) |
| James Kevin McGuinness | Narrator (voice) |
| Philip Ahn | Shinto Priest (uncredited) |
| Addie Allen | Self (uncredited) |
| Ralph Byrd | Reporter (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | Wounded Officer (uncredited) |
| Emperor Hirohito of Japan | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Adolf Hitler | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| James E. Kelley | Self (uncredited) |
| Mrs. James E. Kelley | Self (uncredited) |
| Mrs. William J. Leight | Self (uncredited) |
| William J. Leight | Self (uncredited) |
| 'Ducky' Louie | Hawaiian Boy (uncredited) |
| Robert Lowery | Pvt. Joseph L. Lockhart (uncredited) |
| Benito Mussolini | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Irving Pichel | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Joseph B. Poindexter | Self (uncredited) |
| Henry L. Rosenthal | Self (uncredited) |
| Mrs. Henry L. Rosenthal | Self (uncredited) |
| Lionel Royce | Mr. Hanneman (uncredited) |
| William R. Schick Jr. | Self (uncredited) |
| Mrs. William H. Schick | Self (uncredited) |
| William H. Schick | Self (uncredited) |
| Karl Swenson | Machine-Gunner (uncredited) |
| Mrs. Stephen Szabo | Self (uncredited) |
| Stephen Szabo | Self (uncredited) |
| Jesus A. Tafoya | Self (uncredited) |
| Mrs. Jesus A. Tafoya | Self (uncredited) |
| Charles Tannen | Mike - Landing Field Officer (uncredited) |
| H.N. Wallin | Self (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Ford | Director |
| Gregg Toland | Director, Director of Photography |
| Robert Parrish | Editor |
| Budd Schulberg | Writer |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Ford | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
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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.