December 7th: The Attack on Pearl Harbor (1943)

Celluloid Days

06-12-2022 • 22分

Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the War Department asked the newly-formed Navy Field Photo Unit to quickly generate a documentary showing the world that the US was not only un-phased but raring to retaliate. What they actually got was...something else. Join Gordon and Nancy to talk about this 1943 documentary film.

The short (discussed) version: https://youtu.be/_uBKVz9k_CM
The long version: https://youtu.be/gb7XUDlhz6k
Mark Harris lecture on "Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the 2nd World War": https://youtu.be/_l8GWJPuhLA

Audrey Amidon's article at the Natl. Archives: https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2014/12/03/its-no-citizen-kane-legendary-cinematographer-gregg-toland-directs-december-7th/