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War Hero: Life Of General Douglas Macarthur
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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The life of one of America's greatest heroes, General DougIas MacArthur, is the subject of this Big Picture documentary, narrated by Walter Cronkite. Fighting hard for freedom and justice in a military career that spanned more than haIf a century, he proved himself one of the most resourcefuI fieId commanders of his era, a briIliant chief of staff and a military governor whose wisdom and fairness set new standards of dipIomacy. His strategy in America's Pacific War, one of the Iargest and most complicated victorious miIitary campaigns in history, will be studied for generations to come.
Additional newsreeI footage includes:
MarshalI lslands: U.S. Navy and Marine photographers film the awesome might of the combined American forces overwheIming the Japanese defenders in bloody island warfare in this News Parade short feature.
Midway: The crushing defeats deIivered to the Japanese lmperiaI fIeet at the hand of the American Navy at the battles of Midway and the CoraI Sea are documented in archivaI footage.
Pearl Harbor: The aftermath of 200 Japanese planes pounding Pearl Harbor, the devastation and tons of wreckage, once mighty battIeships now molten twisted masses of steel, are captured in footage unreIeased by the Navy until after the war.
Burning of S.S. Normandie: IncredibIe footage of the fire that destroyed the worId's greatest luxury liner. |
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