Camera Thrills of the War (1940)
1940 · Ephemeral film · 9 min
- War
Synopsis
A compilation of World War II combat footage: US ships shooting down Japanese aircraft, paratroopers and glider troops, jungle fighting in the South Pacific with grenades, tanks and flamethrowers, submarine action, and fighter and bomber attacks.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · As John Lennon once said, "War is Thrilling!" · Spuzz · 2012-11-20
Narrator works overtime as he describes all the (pretty good actually) shots of war in this Castle shot. We see all sorts of enemy aircraft go down (and some US ones) and there's some icky casualty shots on the ground too. What sets this one apart is the overuse of the word "thrilling". Everything, from the plane flights to the fights on the ground are indeed this. Kinda funny, but just a bit mystifying.