Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944)

Also known as Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944 · Feature film · 58 min · dir. Frank Capra

• War
• Documentary

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Synopsis

Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glouster, New Britain island in 1943 in the South Pacific theatre of World War Two, and the handicaps of the wild jungle in addition to the Japanese snipers and pill-box emplacements.

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Details

Director

Frank Capra

Writer

Robert Presnell Sr.

Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography

Jack Hively

Studio

U.S. Office of War Information, U.S. Army Signal Corps, U.S. War Department, RKO Radio Pictures

Released

1944-06-20

Awards

2 wins

Running time

58 minutes

Cast & crew

• Frank Capra Director
• Leo Genn
• Burgess Meredith
• Anthony Veiller
• Lloyd Nolan
• Douglas MacArthur
• WWalter Krueger

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