With the Marines at Tarawa
- With the Marines at Tarawa
"With the Marines at Tarawa" was a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Louis Hayward. It uses authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time he gets 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The film is in full color and uses no actors, making it a valuable historical document.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 the date; according to the documentary "The War", President Roosevelt himself gave approval for showing the film anyway against the wishes of the military leaders. It give the US population at home a more realistic view of the war going as far as showing dead Marines floating in the water.
The film won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
See also
*List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2
External links
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* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=KSEGPnj8Pa8 Part 1 of the film at YouTube]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=a1VPdIRqOek&feature=related Part 2 of the film at YouTube]
* [http://www.artprints.com/-ap/With-the-Marines-at-Tarawa-Posters_p178307_.htm movie poster]
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