John Huston s Academy Award nominated documentary.
Airmen serve in remote Alaska.
Volume Three - Expanded Descriptions . American troops fight to the death with the Japanese in this rare color film, photographed by 15 combat cameramen. Highlights include the initial naval bombardment of this tiny Pacific island, the return Japanese fire, and American's foot by foot advance past Japanese gun emplacements, blockhouses and trenches. With the Marines at Tarawa won the 1944 Academy Award - Best Documentary Short Subject. Here we meet such stars as Lana Turner, Marlene Dietrich, Red Skelton, Hedy Lamarr, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante, and many others.