December 7th
Overview
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
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Walter Huston
Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
Harry Davenport
Mr. 'C'
Dana Andrews
Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
Paul Hurst
World War I Ghost Soldier
George O'Brien
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
James Kevin McGuinness
Narrator (voice)
Philip Ahn
Shinto Priest (uncredited)
Addie Allen
Self (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
Reporter (uncredited)
James Conaty
Wounded Officer (uncredited)
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Reviews(2)
talisencrw
July 16, 2016
This was solid. Recently I have taken an interest in both the propaganda films and wartime documentaries of World War II from both sides. I especially wanted to see this, since I love Ford's 'They Were Expendable' so much. Definitely worth the effort to find if you have a similar inclination for the…
CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967August 20, 2025
Though technically a docu-drama, this is really more of a conspiratorial retrospective on just how the Japanese managed to catch the US military on the hop, disastrously, on this fateful day. It’s narrated, of sorts, by way of a supposed conversation between a notional “Uncle Sam” (Walter Huston) an…
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