December 7th : the Pearl Harbor story / produced by the War Department, Special Service Division, with cooperation of the Signal Corps, in 1943, and Department of the Navy ; directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland.

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: United States. Navy Department (Production company)
United States. War Department (Production company)
Kit Parker Films (Issuing body)
VCI Entertainment (Firm) (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Ford, John, 1894-1973 (Director)
Toland, Gregg (Director)
Huston, Walter, 1884-1950 (Actor)
Davenport, Harry, 1866-1949 (Actor)
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 (Producer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with English subtitles.
Published: [Tulsa, Oklahoma] : Kit Parker Films : VCI Entertainment, 2014.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
War films.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (160 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Pearl Harbor story.
John Ford's December 7th : the Pearl Harbor story.
December seventh : the Pearl Harbor story. [Other title]
Format: Video DVD
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.