Wow. That was poor . The first half, I won’t even bother with. A product of its time and circumstance, to be sure. But the editing and the photography were horrible, even by 1943 standards. Banned for being a threat to moral? Should have been destroyed for being a pile of suck!
However, it did have a memorable line: A Navy chaplain is talking to some sailors and is making suggestions for upcoming Christmas gifts for the family. I swear, I think he says, " Get you Mother a Bukkake Lei…"
Just what mom wants!
December 7th is a 1943 propaganda documentary film produced by the US Navy and directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland, 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. 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...
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December 7th is a 1943 propaganda documentary film produced by the US Navy and directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland, 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. 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...
Banned by who? Never nobody ever says. The implication is the government banned it, which is questionable at best, and likely a simple lie.
The film is available on YouTube.
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The film is available on YouTube.
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Don’t waste your time. Trust me.
IIRC, parts of it were censored at the time.
And like most stuff that’s labeled “confidential” or “secret”, it isn’t that interesting.
A “pikake” lei? Pikake is the Hawaiian word for a type of jasmine.
