While he is not officially credited, hollywood filmmaker john huston wrote, directed, edited, and narrated report from the aleutians. Report from the aleutians 1943 tvpg 44m documentaries john huston narrates this statesponsored film about the lives of u. Directed and narrated by the legendary john huston the maltese falcon, the african queen, this academy awardnominated wartime documentary chronicles the daytoday tasks of military. Report from the aleutians is a documentary propaganda film produced by the u. Army signal corps in 1943, creates an academy award winning documentary, which he narrates with assistance from his actor father walter, treating of the armed forces successful effort to prevent the fall of the aleutian islands to advancing japanese troops who had captured several islets. A filmic record of us military operations on the aleutian island of adak to take back japanese occupied kiska. The film is about a portion of wwii that few would remember today. Huston shows successful bombing missions and the excitement of being on the front lines of the aleutian campaign. Report from the aleutians john huston, world war ii 26140 hd by periscopefilm. John huston narrates and directs this propaganda documentary about american military life during the aleutian islands campaign of world war ii. The 1940 census arc film clips, part 1 arc film clips, part 2 from the archives to the moon harry s. Aleutians at the american film institute catalog report from the aleutians on imdb report from the aleutians is available for free download at. Skip to main content this banner text can have markup.
Human remains looted from aleutian islands may have a story to tell. Report from the aleutians digitally remastered a cinematic record of the united states military efforts to retake a japaneseoccupied island near alaska. Report from the aleutians, directed by john huston, follows the daily life of american soldiers serving in the aleutian islands, which extend in sequence off. The americans need an airfield and select adak tiny and uninhabited, but one of the most important strategic locations in the world to be the site for this new airfield. Report from the aleutians, directed by john huston, follows the daily life of american soldiers serving in the aleutian islands, which extend in sequence off the shores of alaska. These videos are available on our youtube channel and in the national archives catalog opa. Filmmaker john huston narrates this oscarnominated world war iiera film about life among the u.
Report from the aleutians 1943 directed by john huston. A cinematic record of us military operations on the aleutian island of adak to retake japanese occupied kiska. In the case of report from the aleutians, the young but very successful john huston helmed this project. This documentary tells the story of the early stages of the aleutian islands campaign during world war ii and depicts the harsh weather and living conditions faced by u. Search results for report from the aleutians dvd netflix. Believe it or not, war did affect alaska and some tough battles between japanese and american troops occurred. The secret land operation high jump antarctica expedition 1947 by zeroeightyfour. Looking to watch report from the aleutians on your tv or mobile device at home. A government documentary on the air campaign in the aleutian islands in 1943 prior to the us invasions of attu and kiska.
Stream and watch report from the aleutians online sling tv. Although the fighting in the aleutian islands ultimately proved to be a sideshow in the war in the pacific, report from the aleutians offers dramatic and compelling visual testimony of how difficult air operations in the islands southwest of alaska were. Service is pleased to have these resources available online for print or download. The aleutian campaign, long known as the forgotten war, is the. Report from the aleutians is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Report from the aleutians 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Army signal corps in 1943, creates an academy award winning documentary, which he narrates with assistance from his actor father walter, treating. A study of their dna could help inform how the aleutians were settled. This 1943 documentary, narrated by john huston, tells the story of the early stages of the aleutian islands campaign during world war ii and. In detailing the daytoday activities of protecting alaskas aleutian islands from japanese attack. The movie includes footage from a bombing raid over kiska with b17 and b24 bom. The movie includes footage from a bombing raid over kiska with b17 and b24 bombers.
In contrast to the other technicolor films made in the pacific war, report from the aleutians has relatively little combat footage, and instead concentrates on the daily lives of the servicemen on adak island, as they live and work there while flying missions over nearby kiska. This 360mb mpeg4 mp4 video file has been reformatted from a 1. It was one of three such films turned out between 1942 and 1945 while huston was assigned to the signal corps. A official documentary movie about the misson of the us forces on an island of the aleutians, from which us bombers are attacking the japanese occupied island kiska. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Report from the aleutians the film detective restored.
An official documentary movie about the misson of the us forces on an island of the aleutians, from which us bombers are attacking the japanese occupied island kiska. Report from the aleutians, directed by john huston, follows the daily life of american soldiers serving in the aleutian islands, which extend in. Army signal corps about the battle of the aleutian islands during world war ii. Report from the aleutians is a 1943 documentary propaganda film directed by john huston and produced by the u.
And despite john hustons claims that his wwii documentaries arent necessarily prowar, report from the aleutians shows its sympathies to the cause. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Watch report from the aleutians documentary on directv. Created in 1951, crusade in the pacific was an early television documentary that remains one of the most comprehensive looks at the pacific campaign on land, sea and air. Report from the aleutians by john huston overdrive. John huston directed this documentary chronicling six months in the lives of a group of soldiers stationed in a remote alaskan outpost during world war ii. John huston narrates this statesponsored film about the lives of u. The semifeaturelength wartime documentary report from the aleutians was written and directed by captain john huston. Superb fiction about forgotten war in aleutians proves deeply moving. Army signal corps about the aleutian islands campaign during world war ii. Though uncredited, john huston the maltese falcon directed this documentary, which also features music by four time oscar winner dimitri tiomkin high noon, the old man and the sea.
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