John Huston's "Report from the Aleutians" in Restored Color - 1943
Starting on June 3, 1942, 6 months after Pearl Harbor, a small Japanese force occupied US territory on the Alaskan islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian chain. It took US Forces a year to dislodge them under harsh arctic conditions. Though remote, the island's strategic value was their ability to control Pacific "great circle" ocean and air routes. General Billy Mitchell told Congress, "I think it is the most important strategic place in the world." This classic color film, directed and narrated by Academy Award Winner John Huston, shows the first offensive steps of the rapidly expanding Army Air Corps at the dawn of world War 2 in the Pacific. Rare early war color footage includes P-39 Airacobras, the first operational deployment of P-38E Lightning fighters, B-25 Mitchells, Navy PBYs and some of the first missions flown by B-24 Liberator bombers by US forces. You'll also see one of the first of many far flung forward bases around the world carved out of the frozen wastes of Adak Island, a springboard to attack the Japanese. Typical of a great John Huston film, you'll meet the smiling yet determined sailors, airmen, and soldiers, some of them still wearing "doughboy" helmets, who risked their lives to take the war to the enemy for the first time.
I digitally restored the color in this video from an archival source..
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Видео John Huston's "Report from the Aleutians" in Restored Color - 1943 канала ZenosWarbirds
I digitally restored the color in this video from an archival source..
Zeno, Zeno's Warbird Videos.http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/
Видео John Huston's "Report from the Aleutians" in Restored Color - 1943 канала ZenosWarbirds
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