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With the Marines at Tarawa is a american film of genre War directed by Louis Hayward released in USA on 2 march 1944 with William Lundigan
With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 march 1944
Length 18minutes
OriginUSA
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating69%
With the Marines at Tarawa is a 1944 short documentary film directed by Louis Hayward. It used authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time they get the news that they are to participate in the invasion to the final taking of the island and raising of the Stars and Stripes.
The film is in full color and uses no actors, making it a valuable historical document. The documentary showed more gruesome scenes of battle than other war films to date. According to the documentary The War, President Roosevelt himself gave approval for showing the film, against the wishes of many advisors.
Since the pictures were far too graphic to meet the standards of Hollywood producers and distributors, only the President could grant permission for its release to the general public. President Roosevelt consulted the only man who was present at the Battle of Tarawa that he personally knew and trusted, Time-Life photographer Robert Sherrod. Quoting Sherrod, "I tell the President the truth. Our soldiers on the front want people back home to know that they don't knock the hell out of them every day of every battle. They want people to understand that war is a horrible, nasty business, and to say otherwise is to do a disservice to those who died." Based on Sherrod's prompting, FDR agreed to release the film, uncensored.
The film won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
The film.
Tarawa beach, where the graphic footage of American corpses was filmed.
Actors
William Lundigan
(Narrator (voice))
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