Attack! The Battle for New Britain

56m
WarDocumentary
6

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.

Cast

Leo Genn
Narrator (voice)
Burgess Meredith
Narrator (voice)
Anthony Veiller
Narrator (voice)
Lloyd Nolan
Narrator (voice)
Douglas MacArthur
Self (archive footage)
Walter Krueger
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Frank Capra
Director, Producer
Robert Presnell Sr.
Writer
Jack Hively
Editor, Director of Photography
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer

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