| Description |
1 videodisc (160 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Contents |
December 7th (82 minutes) -- Bonus materials: Universal Newsreel: Pearl Harbor first films! ; Movietone News Extra: First actual battle films. Includes comments by Al Brick, the Movietone cameraman who filmed the footage ; Japan's reaction: When this "uncensored" version was first shown in Japan in 1995 it was treated as a major news story. See the actual newscast in both Japanese and English. Full commentary by four actual Pearl Harbor survivors. Learn the inside story on how the un-cut version of December 7th was made and why the U.S. Government kept it classified and away from public view for decades ; Compare the cut and uncensored versions ; Frank Carpa's infamous Know your enemy : Japan (1945) (62 minute documentary), produced for the US Army : a combination of authentic newsreels, capured enemy films, scenes from Japanese feature films, plus re-enactments films in Hollywood. |
| Cast |
Walter Huston, Harry Davenport. |
| Summary |
December 7th (1943) is a propaganda docudrama film produced by the US Navy about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II. The film begins with a chronological breakdown of the events of December 7, starting with the town of Honolulu gradually waking up and coming to life in the morning. A young private is credited with intercepting some vital information which his superiors dismiss; other sailors play baseball or attend religious services. Then, "like locusts", the Japanese planes start humming over the air above Oahu, and begin the now infamous attack on American military installations on the island, including the sinking of the Arizona, and the bombing of Hickam Field. All the while, back in Washington, Japanese diplomats are still talking with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. An animated sequence is then shown, with a large radio tower over Japan, broadcasting a fictional speech by Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. The narrator contradicts most of the "facts" that the Japanese leader tells his listeners in Tokyo, Kobe, and Okure. After the attack Honolulu isn't quite the same; the island is put under martial law, barbed wire and other protective barriers are set up in case of invasion and even children have to be evacuated and given gas masks. The film is notable for its sympathetic depiction of the Japanese in Hawaii, and the difficulties they now had to go through. The production of the film started within days of the attack, the original film was 82 minutes long and asked some embarrassing questions, such as why there was no long-range reconnaissance and no short range air patrols. Further, the film had a lot of time devoted to the culture of the 160,000 Japanese in Hawaii and their response to the attack. For these reasons the long version of the film was censored for decades and only its shorter 32-minute version was released. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC ; region all. |
| Language |
In English with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Feature films.
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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War films.
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Documentary films.
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Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941) (OCoLC)fst01056083
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst00896079
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst00922105
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War films. (OCoLC)fst01170482
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Hawaii. (OCoLC)fst01208724
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| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Added Author |
Ford, John, 1894-1973, director.
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Toland, Gregg, director.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, actor.
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Davenport, Harry, 1866-1949, actor.
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Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, producer.
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United States. Navy Department, production company.
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United States. War Department, production company.
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Kit Parker Films, issuing body.
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VCI Entertainment (Firm), issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Pearl Harbor story. |
| Note |
Title on disk: John Ford's December 7th : the Pearl Harbor story. |
| Added Title |
December seventh : the Pearl Harbor story. |
| ISBN |
1557393486 |
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9781557393487 |
| Standard No. |
089859050725 |
| Music No. |
KFP 507 Kit Parker Films |
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#KPF 507 Kit Parker Films |
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