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The US Battle For Supremacy In The PacificIn 1943 John Ford gave the great cinematographer Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, The Grapes of Wrath) an opportunity to direct his first film. A veritable epic, framed by a debate between Walter Huston's Uncle Sam and Harry Davenport's Mr. C on the true nature of the Pacific paradise, Pearl Harbor.

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The US Battle For Supremacy In The PacificIn 1943 John Ford gave the great cinematographer Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, The Grapes of Wrath) an opportunity to direct his first film. A veritable epic, framed by a debate between Walter Huston's Uncle Sam and Harry Davenport's Mr. C on the true nature of the Pacific paradise, Pearl Harbor.Restart available0The Crusade in the PacificThis episode examines the relations between the United States, the Philippines, and Japan prior to World War II. Then it focuses on the Japanese invasion of Luzon, the take-over of Manila, and the eventual attack and seizure of Corregidor.

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