December 7th, 1941 (1943)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
John Ford's highly entertaining recreation of Pearl Harbor and the events after it certainly deserved the Academy Award win it received for Best Documentary Short. The film mixes recreated scenes very well with actual footage and I'd go as far to say that the battle scenes (done with models) are among the best from any war film of the period. The version I watched was the original, 34-minute theatrical version.
All of Ford's WW2 shorts are worth seeking out as well as the film's done by Frank Capra during this period.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
John Ford's highly entertaining recreation of Pearl Harbor and the events after it certainly deserved the Academy Award win it received for Best Documentary Short. The film mixes recreated scenes very well with actual footage and I'd go as far to say that the battle scenes (done with models) are among the best from any war film of the period. The version I watched was the original, 34-minute theatrical version.
All of Ford's WW2 shorts are worth seeking out as well as the film's done by Frank Capra during this period.