World War II Documentary Double Feature: With the Marines at Tarawa (1944) / Fury in the Pacific (1945)
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 6 minutes
- Video: Color/black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: 1944
- Originally Released: 1944
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Narrated by: William Lundigan & Narrated by: Richard Carlson | |
Directed by | Louis Hayward & Richard Brooks |
Entertainment Reviews:
Description by OLDIES.com:
FURY IN THE PACIFIC (1945): Fury in the Pacific is an eyewitness account of two crucial battles in the Pacific Theater: the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Angaur. It is unique in that it is a co-production between three different branches of the United States Military - the Navy, the Army, and the Marines. Though often credited to Frank Capra, Fury in the Pacific was actually directed by a series of combat cameramen - eight of whom perished during filming. It is also noted for its particularly gruesome images of the war dead. The take-no-prisoners narration is by Richard Carlson, best remembered for his roles in classic sci-fi films such as It Came from Outer Space (1953) and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) as well the TV series I Led 3 Lives (1953-1956), in which he played real-life spy Herbert Philbrick.
BONUS: The Omar N. Bradley Story (1963): To combat flagging patriotism during the Cold War, the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictorial Center produced The Big Picture, a weekly television series that combined actual wartime newsreels with Hollywood footage to revisit the greatest victories of World War II. "The Omar N. Bradley Story", part of The Big Picture's 'Famous Generals' series-within-a-series, familiarizes us with the humble man who led the Allied forces on D-Day and then into Germany during the final days of WWII. An on-camera introduction is supplied by Walter Matthau, who himself served with distinction as a radioman-gunner stationed in England. The Big Picture must have struck a patriotic chord, as new episodes continued to be produced until 1971, eventually branching out into the Korean and Vietnam wars. (The Big Picture is now available from Alpha Video in both individual volumes and multi-disc sets.)
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- UPC: 089218860194
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