Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Jun 20, 1944

0h 56m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Documentary

Production Companies

U.S. Office of War Information

U.S. Army Signal Corps

U.S. War Department

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Leo Genn

Narrator (voice)

Burgess Meredith

Narrator (voice)

Anthony Veiller

Narrator (voice)

Lloyd Nolan

Self (archive footage)

Douglas MacArthur

Self (archive footage)

Walter Krueger

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