Military documentary about the four years of Pacific war detailing the history of the defeat of Japan.Military documentary about the four years of Pacific war detailing the history of the defeat of Japan.Military documentary about the four years of Pacific war detailing the history of the defeat of Japan.
Douglas MacArthur
- Self
- (archive footage)
Chester W. Nimitz
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jonathan M. Wainwright
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright)
William F. Halsey
- Self
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWorking title was "Appointment in Corregidor", but before the film was released to theaters, the Japanese surrendered to the U.S. on September 2, 1945. Additional footage was added to the completed documentary and the title was changed to reflect the victory.
- Quotes
Narrator: [as ground troops push their way inland, after landing on Leyte, Philippines, late 1944] To the infantry, it was just another day to keep pushing. The speed and dash of the first days are gone. You're not front-page headlines anymore. And being dry is something you've forgotten. You march in mud. You eat in mud. You rest in mud. You sleep in mud. And as long as men remember war, they'll remember mud.
- Crazy creditsDistributed through the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry and exhibited through the cooperation of this Theater.
Featured review
lots of war action
The US military produced a war documentary of the advance towards Tokyo. It's only a few months after the official surrender on USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. It's got plenty of war action from the military and some captured footage from the Japanese. They are unbelievable and some familiar explosive action to any who has seen a lot of WWII docs. There are some compelling war footage of the fighting in Manila. Quite frankly, I thought the bloody asian man crawling on the ground towards the camera is something from Vietnam. The narration has the tone of heroic patriotic determination. In today's 24 hour news cycle, this is a relic of a bygone era. I don't know how people saw it back in the day but I'm sure this is some of the freshest footage in middle America theaters.
- SnoopyStyle
- Sep 17, 2019
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Details
- Runtime56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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