December 7th - The Pearl Harbor StoryDecember 7th - The Pearl Harbor Story
starring: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst, George O'Brien directed by: Gregg Toland, John Ford List Price: $14.99 Price: $12.28 You Save: $2.71 (18%)Prices subject to change. See similar products Read customer reviews Related Items:
Third Party New Price: $12.28 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0089859030734 Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC Label: Vci Video Languages: Manufacturer: Vci Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Vci Video Release Date: April 24, 2001 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Vci Video Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 82-minute feature into a half-hour short, removing the history and analysis and concentrating solely on the battle and the recovery. VCI's release features Toland's original cut as well as Movietone News and Universal newsreels of the attack and an unusual Japanese TV newscast covering the 1995 debut of this restored version in Japan. The DVD also features Ford's Oscar®-winning 34-minute version, audio commentary by four Pearl Harbor survivors, and Frank Capra's 60-minute 1945 documentary Know Your Enemy: Japan, a more traditionally jingoistic piece of wartime propaganda that was narrated by Walter Huston. --Sean Axmaker Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Interesting HistoryThe extras on this product are great, especially the Know Your Enemy (The Eighth in Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" Series). The images and newsreels are great for showing what was happening during the attacks and show a better idea of what was going ... Read More Rating: - it is a rare documentaryfor generations who never live at that time through this documentary one should learn what the meaning of sacrifation and the price of freedom Rating: - Two Good Documentaries on One DVDThis DVD contains two documentaries. The first is John Ford's film about the attack on Pearl Harbor. I had mixed views about this film. I thought the original scenes from the attack were very interesting, and there were some scenes which I've never ... Read More Rating: - Good documentaryThis movie is a good documentary about what happened in Pearl Harbor, Hawaï, on December 7, 1941. It is curious to still see the word "CENSORED" on the screen of the radar more than 60 years later; there are no more secrets about radar. So, if you wish ... Read More Rating:  - important? in it's own way...I don't quite know what to say about this. John Ford is an important director. I suppose this is important historically speaking, but it is very racist. It's propoganda, and not against the enemy, but against out own people. This is the type of work that ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Related Items:
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