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The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/19/2009 12:41:12 AM

KG Erwin

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Arguable, but "With the Marines at Tarawa" was shown is US movie theaters in 1944, and it helped bring home the true cost of "The Good War". Filmed entirely by USMC combat cameramen, it's remarkable it that it shows a short sequence in which you can see both the Japanese and US Marines in the same frames. Most of it is in color. It is also the first-known film of WWII which shows US dead. By orders of President Roosevelt, this segment was not censored.

It is available for viewing/download here: http://www.archive.org/details/WiththeMarinesatTarawa

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/19/2009 1:12:06 AM

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Thanks for the link...

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/19/2009 11:40:50 AM

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Very touching. Thx KG

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/19/2009 2:22:03 PM

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Very good indeed, thanks Erwin.

"...It is also the first-known film of WWII which shows US dead. By orders of President Roosevelt, this segment was not censored. "

That must've been a shock for the audience.

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/19/2009 4:55:28 PM

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Very good indeed, thanks Erwin.

"...It is also the first-known film of WWII which shows US dead. By orders of President Roosevelt, this segment was not censored. "

That must've been a shock for the audience.

Indeed it was, and during 1944 enlistments for the Marines suddenly plummeted.

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/19/2009 7:01:50 PM

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thanks for that. and, any other war documentary recommendations will be mostly welcomed.

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/23/2009 12:45:39 AM

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thanks for that. and, any other war documentary recommendations will be mostly welcomed.

Frank Capra's "Why we Fight"

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/23/2009 8:18:26 PM

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I like this channel over at Youtube:

Unknown WW2 in color

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/23/2009 9:20:02 PM

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I love that documentary. Especially the scene at 8:40 when a team of Japanese soldiers makes a dash to another position.

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RE: The Best War Documentary Ever? - 11/23/2009 9:28:36 PM

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