The Uncensored Pearl Harbor Film, complete

[Number 6]

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 feature into a half-hour short, removing the history and analysis and concentrating solely on the battle and the recovery. Here is the complete film the brass did not want the public to see. http://youtu.be/IDNFZSFZ__E

[OpanaPointer]

Are you certain that's how the events played out with the film?

[Number 6]

Hi OpanaPointer, the info is from the DVD and take from AMAZON, but if there is one thing I have learned at this forum, if there's another side I'll be told!

[OpanaPointer]

Originally Posted by Number 6

Hi OpanaPointer, the info is from the DVD and take from AMAZON, but if there is one thing I have learned at this forum, if there's another side I'll be told!

My lead prof. at Purdue was focused on "History of Cinema". He assigned me this film as a summer project. I'll see if I can find my notes.

[Number 6]

Cool!