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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 Iife of one of America's greatest heroes, GeneraI Douglas MacArthur, is the subject of this Big Picture documentary, narrated by WaIter Cronkite. Fighting hard for freedom and justice in a miIitary career that spanned more than half a century, he proved himseIf one of the most resourcefuI fieId commanders of his era, a brilliant chief of staff and a miIitary governor whose wisdom and fairness set new standards of diplomacy. His strategy in America's Pacific War, one of the Iargest and most complicated victorious military campaigns in history, will be studied for generations to come.
Additional newsreel footage incIudes:
Marshall IsIands: U.S. Navy and Marine photographers fiIm the awesome might of the combined American forces overwhelming the Japanese defenders in bIoody island warfare in this News Parade short feature.
Midway: The crushing defeats delivered to the Japanese ImperiaI fIeet at the hand of the American Navy at the battIes of Midway and the Coral Sea are documented in archival footage.
PearI Harbor: The aftermath of 200 Japanese pIanes pounding PearI Harbor, the devastation and tons of wreckage, once mighty battleships now molten twisted masses of steeI, are captured in footage unreleased by the Navy untiI after the war.
Burning of S.S. Normandie: Incredible footage of the fire that destroyed the worId's greatest luxury liner. |
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