December 7th (1943)

Directed by

Gregg Toland, John Ford

Genre

documentary film, action film, war film, propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

34 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It covers the events before and during the attack from different viewpoints.

somberfactualpatriotichistoricaltenseinstructional

What happens

December 7th is a 1943 propaganda documentary film produced by the US Navy and directed by Gregg Toland and John Ford, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II. Toland was also the film's cinematographer and co-writer. The original version of this film, with a running time of 82 minutes, was not released but was retained by the National Archives. An edited version of 32 minutes length, which removed a long introductory segment and a shorter epilogue, was given limited release to specific audiences but won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 1944. This is the only film Toland ever worked on for which he received a director credit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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