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Narrator: PEARL HARBOR,
DECEMBER 7, 1941.
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THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK
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LAUNCHES THE UNITED STATES
INTO WORLD WAR II.
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AS ALLIED FORCES BEGIN
THEIR EPIC STRUGGLE
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TO DRIVE THE JAPANESE
OUT OF THE PACIFIC,
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A BRITISH JOURNALIST
HAS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
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TO THEIR CAMPAIGN.
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ARMED WITH HIS
COLOR MOVIE CAMERA,
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HE CAPTURES DRAMATIC FOOTAGE
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FROM SOME OF THE MOST SAVAGE
CONFLICTS OF WORLD WAR II.
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HE TRAVELS WITH THE TROOPS
AS THEY BATTLE
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TO RECAPTURE BORNEO, NEW GUINEA
AND THE PHILIPPINES.
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HE HAS PRIVILEGED ACCESS
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TO THE GREAT WAR LEADER
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR
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AND FOLLOWS HIM TO JAPAN
IN AUGUST 1945
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TO FILM THE HISTORIC SURRENDER.
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IN JAPAN HE WITNESSES
THE DEVASTATION
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OF THE ATOM-BOMBED CITIES
OF NAGASAKI AND HIROSHIMA
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AND THE JAPANESE NATION
COMING TO TERMS
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WITH THEIR BITTER DEFEAT.
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THIS IS THE UNIQUE STORY
OF THE WAR
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SEEN THROUGH ONE MAN'S LENS--
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A JOURNALIST WITH
BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS
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TO TELL THE STORY
OF THE END GAME IN THE PACIFIC.
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IN DECEMBER 1941,
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BRITISH JOURNALIST
WILLIAM COURTENAY
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IS TRAVELING
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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ON A MISSION FOR HIS GOVERNMENT.
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HE'S TRYING TO CONVINCE
RELUCTANT AMERICANS
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TO JOIN THE FIGHT
AGAINST ADOLF HITLER.
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THE UNITED STATES HAS AN
OFFICIAL POLICY OF ISOLATIONISM.
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COURTENAY HOPES TO CHANGE THAT--
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AND HISTORY IS ABOUT TO MAKE
HIS JOB MUCH EASIER.
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William Courtenay:
I WAS IN SEATTLE--
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THAT NIGHT I WAS TO ADDRESS
SOME 8,000 WORKERS
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FROM BOEING AIRCRAFT WORKS
AT THE LOCAL AUDITORIUM.
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IT WAS NOON ON THE COAST...
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THAT FATEFUL SABBATH WHICH WAS
TO SOUND THE DEATH KNELL
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OF AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM.
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Narrator: THE JAPANESE ATTACK
ON PEARL HARBOR
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ON THAT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7,
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BRINGS THE UNITED STATES
INTO THE WAR.
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COURTENAY'S MISSION COMPLETE,
NOW HE SENSES AN OPPORTUNITY.
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HE SECURES A PRESS BADGE
TO COVER BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC
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FOR THE BRITISH PRESS.
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AND IN THE SPRING OF 1942
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HE SETS SAIL WITH AMERICAN
TROOPS FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
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HE'S THE ONLY BRITISH JOURNALIST
GRANTED PRIVILEGED ACCESS
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TO THE U.S. MILITARY.
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Courtenay: WE STEAMED
UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE
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AT SAN FRANCISCO
IN FAIR WEATHER,
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WATCHED THE LAND RECEDE,
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WONDERED WHAT ADVENTURES
LAY BEFORE US
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AND WHEN WE WOULD ALL SEE
AMERICA AGAIN.
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Narrator: A MONTH LATER
COURTENAY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA
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AND IMMEDIATELY GETS TO WORK
AS A WAR CORRESPONDENT
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FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
AND DAILY SKETCH NEWSPAPERS.
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IT'S IN AUSTRALIA
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THAT COURTENAY FIRST MEETS
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR,
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THE MAN LATER DUBBED
AN AMERICAN CAESAR.
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MacARTHUR HAS JUST FLED
THE PHILIPPINES
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FROM THE ADVANCING JAPANESE.
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COURTENAY IS THERE WITH THE REST
OF THE PRESS PACK
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ON MARCH 21, 1942,
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WHEN THE GENERAL ARRIVES
IN MELBOURNE.
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ON HIS SHOULDERS RESTS
THE IMMENSE BURDEN
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OF DEFEATING A TRIUMPHANT JAPAN.
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Courtenay: EXCITEMENT RAN
LIKE WILDFIRE THROUGH MELBOURNE.
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HE HAD CAPTIVATED
THE PUBLIC FANCY OF AMERICA
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MORE THAN ANY OTHER GENERAL
SINCE LEE AND GRANT
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IN THE DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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Narrator: FOR MacARTHUR,
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NOW SUPREME COMMANDER
OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
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THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPANESE
IS PERSONAL.
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AFTER THEIR SUCCESSFUL ATTACK
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ON PEARL HARBOR,
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THE JAPANESE HAVE ADVANCED
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ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
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MacARTHUR HAS BEEN FORCED
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TO RETREAT FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS
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IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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IT HAS BEEN
A BITTER HUMILIATION.
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HE VOWS "I SHALL RETURN,"
WORDS THAT BECOME HIS MANTRA.
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MacARTHUR AND
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ
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LAUNCH A GRUELING AND COSTLY
ISLAND-HOPPING CAMPAIGN
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AGAINST A DETERMINED ENEMY.
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THEIR TWO-PRONGED ADVANCE
TO RECAPTURE THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
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WILL TAKE OVER THREE YEARS OF
BRUTAL ISLAND-TO-ISLAND COMBAT.
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THE ULTIMATE GOAL:
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AN INVASION OF JAPAN.
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THEIR CAMPAIGN BRINGS THE MIGHT
OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND NAVY
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TO BEAR ON AN ENEMY
WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING.
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[TROOPS SHOUTING]
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BUT WITHIN MONTHS
OF THE CAMPAIGN'S START,
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MacARTHUR AND NIMITZ'S TACTICS
BEGIN TO PAY OFF.
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IN MAY AND JUNE 1942,
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NIMITZ WINS A SERIES
OF DECISIVE NAVAL VICTORIES
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AT THE BATTLES OF CORAL SEA
AND MIDWAY.
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Newsreel announcer:
NAVY PLANES ROARED FROM
THE DECKS OF OUR CARRIERS...
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THUNDER DESTRUCTION
OVER A 300-MILE BATTLE AREA.
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THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY IS OVER.
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Narrator: AS THE ALLIES
CELEBRATE THE VICTORY AT MIDWAY,
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WILLIAM COURTENAY IS COVERING
THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW GUINEA.
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AS A DECORATED
WORLD WAR I PILOT,
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HE'S NO STRANGER TO COMBAT.
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OUT IN THE FIELD
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COURTENAY STRIKES UP A CLOSE
FRIENDSHIP WITH MacARTHUR
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THAT GIVES HIM PRIVILEGED ACCESS
WITH HIS CAMERA.
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IN 1943 HE TAKES PART
IN MULTIPLE LANDINGS
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AND FILMS THE GENERAL'S TROOPS
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AS THEY BATTLE THEIR WAY
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THROUGH THE PACIFIC.
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COURTENAY HAS WITH HIM
HIS 16-MILLIMETER MOVIE CAMERA
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USING THE NEW
COLOR KODACHROME FILM.
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HE HAS NO TRAINING
AS A CAMERAMAN,
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BUT HE MANAGES TO CAPTURE
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES RECORD
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OF LIFE WITH THE TROOPS.
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AND HE ISN'T SHY ABOUT APPEARING
IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA HIMSELF--
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OFTEN HANDING IT OVER
TO THE MEN HE'S WITH.
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MacARTHUR'S TASK IS DIFFICULT.
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THE ONLY WAY TO DEFEAT JAPAN
IS TO PRIZE THEIR GRIP
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FROM THEIR ISLAND FORTRESSES
ONE BY ONE.
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COURTENAY FILMS
A NEW TYPE OF WARFARE
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AS THE GENERAL LAUNCHES A SERIES
OF MASS AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS,
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EACH BACKED BY
AIR AND NAVAL BOMBARDMENT.
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FOR THE FIRST TIME
THESE AMPHIBIOUS FORCES
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ARE ABLE TO TRANSPORT
AND LAND WHOLE ARMIES
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WITH ALL THEIR WEAPONS.
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NO OTHER NATION CAN MATCH
THE MIGHT AND SOPHISTICATION
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OF THESE U.S.-LED OPERATIONS.
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COURTENAY IS WITH
THE 1st CAVALRY DIVISION
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ON FEBRUARY 29, 1944,
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AS IT LEADS ONE OF THE MOST
DECISIVE AMPHIBIOUS ATTACKS
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OF THE WAR SO FAR,
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AN ASSAULT
ON THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS,
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NORTH OF NEW GUINEA.
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THE ISLANDS CONTAIN LOS NEGROS,
HOME TO THE MAMOTE AIRFIELD,
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ONE OF THE KEY ASSAULT
OBJECTIVES FOR THE ALLIES.
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THEY'RE ALSO IDEALLY SITUATED
TO COVER THE ALLIED ADVANCES
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ALONG THE NEW GUINEA COAST.
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THE 1st CAVALRY DIVISION
IS MADE UP MAINLY OF TEXANS.
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IT'S THE BEST-TRAINED
AMERICAN DIVISION
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YET TO GO INTO ACTION
IN THE PACIFIC.
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COURTENAY SHOOTS
BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE
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OF THE MEN JUST HOURS
BEFORE THE ASSAULTS BEGIN.
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THE WRITER NORMAN MAILER,
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WHO ALSO SERVED
IN THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN,
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CAPTURES THE MOOD OF FOREBODING
BEFORE SUCH LANDINGS.
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Norman Mailer:
NOBODY COULD SLEEP.
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WHEN MORNING CAME,
ASSAULT CRAFT WOULD BE LOWERED
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AND A FIRST WAVE OF TROOPS
WOULD RIDE THROUGH THE SURF
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AND CHARGE ASHORE.
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ALL OVER THE SHIP,
ALL THROUGH THE CONVOY
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THERE WAS KNOWLEDGE
THAT IN A FEW HOURS
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SOME OF THEM
WERE GOING TO BE DEAD.
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Narrator:
AS THE 1st CAVALRY DIVISION
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PREPARES FOR THE ASSAULT
ON LOS NEGROS,
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COURTENAY FILMS
THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT
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AND LANDING OPERATIONS.
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Courtenay: FROM AIR AND SEA
WE PREPARED THE WAY.
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THE SUCCESSION OF BOMBS
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RESEMBLED THE RAT-TAT
OF MACHINE GUNS,
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WHILE HUNDREDS OF SHELLS
FROM EACH SHIP
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PLASTERED THE COAST ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE HARBOR ENTRANCE.
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Narrator: THE BRUTAL BOMBARDMENT
FORCES THE JAPANESE ENEMY
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OUT OF THEIR ENTRENCHED
POSITIONS AND INTO FULL RETREAT.
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THE 1st CAVALRY DIVISION
LANDS AT LOS NEGROS UNOPPOSED.
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THOUSANDS OF TROOPS SWARM
ONTO THE BEACHHEAD,
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BRINGING WITH THEM TONS
OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
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BY EARLY AFTERNOON
THE 1st CAVALRY DIVISION
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SECURES ITS INITIAL TARGET--
THE MAMOTE AIRSTRIP--
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WITH VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION.
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MacARTHUR IS ONE STEP CLOSER
TO THE PHILIPPINES.
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ALMOST THE MOMENT IT IS CAPTURED
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THE AIRFIELD IS PUT TO USE
BY ALLIED GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT
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FROM THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN
AIR FORCE.
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REINFORCEMENTS CONTINUE
TO FILE ASHORE FOR HOURS
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AFTER THE FIRST LANDINGS.
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AND THE RELIEF FOR THOSE
WHO'VE MADE IT ONTO LOS NEGROS
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IS ENORMOUS.
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OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
THE TROOPS REPEL
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SEVERAL FEROCIOUS
JAPANESE COUNTERATTACKS
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AS THE ALLIES
TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP.
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BY MAY 18, 1944,
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THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS ARE
SECURELY IN MacARTHUR'S HANDS.
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ALONG WITH FILMING THE ACTION,
COURTENAY HAS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
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TO THE ALLIED TROOPS
IN THE FIELD.
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HE SPENDS HIS TIME FLYING
FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND
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WITH HIS CAMERA,
RECORDING WHAT HE SEES.
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Courtenay: JUNGLE WARFARE
HAS ITS HUMORS AND COMEDIES
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JUST LIKE ON ANY OTHER FRONT.
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WHEREVER BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN,
OR AMERICAN TROOPS ARE FOUND,
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THEY HAVE A WAY
OF MAKING THEIR OWN FUN
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EVEN IN THE WORST
OF COUNTRY CONDITIONS
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OR UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIP.
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Leon Hesser:
A FEW OF US AT A TIME
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WERE TAKEN BY SMALL BOATS
TO THE BEACH FOR A SWIM.
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WE HAD NO SWIMMING SUITS,
SO WE SKINNY DIPPED.
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WADING OUT TO SEA
IN WATER ABOUT TWO FEET DEEP,
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A JEEP-LOAD OF WACs
PASSED ALONG THE BEACH.
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WE ALL FOUR FACED
THE YOUNG LADIES AND WAVED.
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Narrator: ONE FAVORITE PASTIME
OF THE TROOPS
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IS TO TRADE IN SOUVENIRS FOUND
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AMONG DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS
ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
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INCLUDING JAPANESE PROPAGANDA
INSTRUCTING ALLIED TROOPS
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ON HOW THEY SHOULD SURRENDER.
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THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER TROPHY
IS THE JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD.
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Courtenay: THE JAPANESE OFFICER
CONSIDERS IT A POINT OF HONOR
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TO HAVE HIS SWORD DIPPED
IN THE BLOOD OF HIS ENEMIES.
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MOST OF THE CAPTURED SWORDS
BEAR EVIDENCE OF BEING BLOODED.
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Narrator:
WHEREVER MacARTHUR'S TROOPS GO
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IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
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THEY FIND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
CAUGHT UP IN THE CONFLICT.
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[CHILD CRYING]
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MANY LIBERATED PACIFIC ISLANDERS
ARE KEEN TO JOIN COMBAT UNITS
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AND FIGHT ON THE SIDE
OF THE ALLIES.
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IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SOME 3,500 MELANESIANS SERVE
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IN THE PACIFIC ISLAND REGIMENT.
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THE TROOPS USE LOCALS
FOR MANUAL LABOR--
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LOADING AND UNLOADING
SHIPS AND TRUCKS;
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CARRYING AMMUNITION AND HELPING
TO CLEAR THE UNDERGROWTH.
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WITH THE VICTORY
IN THE ADMIRALTIES,
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THE ALLIES ARE MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS.
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INSTEAD OF CAPTURING
EVERY SINGLE ISLAND
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OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY,
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MacARTHUR'S STRATEGY IS
TO "HIT 'EM WHERE THEY AIN'T,"
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JUST TAKING SELECTED ISLANDS
AND BYPASSING OTHERS.
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ON APRIL 22, 1944,
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GENERAL WALTER KRUEGER'S
6th ARMY
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SETS OFF TO CAPTURE HOLLANDIA,
ALSO IN NEW GUINEA.
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Newsreel announcer:
ADVANCE LANDING BARGES
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SPEED TO SHORE
UNDER COVER OF FIRE,
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GENERAL MacARTHUR PERSONALLY
DIRECTING THE ASSAULT--
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A DARING THRUST 500 MILES
BEYOND THE MOST ADVANCED POINT
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PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED
BY ALLIED FORCES
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DRIVING DOWN
THE NEW GUINEA COAST.
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[AIRPLANE ROARING]
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Narrator: ON HOLLANDIA
COURTENAY LINKS UP WITH ONE
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OF THE AIR FORCE SQUADRONS'
FLYING B-24 LIBERATORS.
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AS A DECORATED WORLD WAR I PILOT
HIMSELF, COURTENAY LOVES FLYING.
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DURING THE CAMPAIGN
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HE OFTEN HITCHES A LIFT
WITH FRIENDLY AIRCREWS.
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THIS MISSION DELIVERS SUPPLIES
TO SOME TROOPS
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WHO HAVE BEEN CUT OFF
IN A LANDSLIDE
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DURING THE COMBAT.
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Courtenay: THE SLEEPERS
AND THE DROWSY ONES
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AND THE THINKERS AMONG US
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ALL ARE SUDDENLY GALVANIZED
INTO LIFE
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BY THE SHARP RAT-A-TAT-TAT
OF MACHINE GUN FIRE.
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CAN IT BE THAT ZEROES
HAVE ATTACKED US?
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EVERYONE IS ALERT
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AND WE CAN ALMOST HEAR THE
HEART THUMPS OF THE SOLDIERS.
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BUT IT IS ONLY OUR GUNNERS
IN THE FUSELAGE
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WISELY TRYING OUT A FEW ROUNDS
ON THEIR GUNS
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TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO JAMS
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AND THAT THEY ARE READY
FOR ANYTHING.
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Narrator: BUT ON MANY OCCASIONS
THESE ATTACKS CAN BE FOR REAL.
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[GUNFIRE]
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THESE LIBERATOR BOMBERS
CAN BE USED
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AS GROUND ATTACK GUNSHIPS, TOO.
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THEY'RE READY TO SWOOP DOWN
ON THE BEACHES OF NEW GUINEA
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AND TAKE THE JAPANESE
LANDING CRAFT BY SURPRISE
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WITH DEVASTATING RESULTS.
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[GUNFIRE]
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THE AIR CREWS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
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TAKE GREAT PRIDE
IN THEIR PLANES.
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THEY OFTEN NAME THEM AND
DECORATE THEM WITH ARTWORKS.
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EVERY AIR CREW DEPENDS
ON THEIR PLANE FOR SURVIVAL--
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AND FOR MANY, THAT RELIANCE
CREATES AN EMOTIONAL BOND.
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NAMING THE PLANE AND HAVING
A SYMBOL OF THAT NAME
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PAINTED ON THE NOSE
OF THE AIRCRAFT
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BECOMES A RITE OF PASSAGE.
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B-25 GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT,
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C-47 TROOP CARRIERS,
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P-47 THUNDERBOLTS,
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B-32 DOMINATOR BOMBERS;
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NO PLANE IS TOO BIG
OR TOO SMALL.
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AND THE ART CAN BE HUMOROUS,
RISQUE OR EVEN OUTRAGEOUS.
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FOR THE YOUNG BOMBER
AND FIGHTER CREWS,
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THESE ARTWORKS OFFER A BREAK
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FROM THE STRESSES AND STRAINS
OF COMBAT.
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AS COURTENAY IS FILMING
WITH THE FIGHTING MEN,
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MacARTHUR'S ISLAND-HOPPING
CAMPAIGN REMAINS ON THE MOVE.
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BY LATE SUMMER 1944 HE'S MADE
A DRAMATIC ADVANCE
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TOWARD JAPAN,
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HOPSCOTCHING 1,200 MILES
UP NEW GUINEA,
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ATTACKING KEY JAPANESE POSITIONS
AND BYPASSING OTHERS.
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HIS TROOPS HAVE STAGED A SERIES
OF SURPRISE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS
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ALONG THE WAY.
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THEY NOW SET THEIR SIGHTS
ON THE PHILIPPINES.
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FOR MacARTHUR, RETURNING
TO RECAPTURE THE ISLANDS
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HE'D BEEN FORCED TO ABANDON
TWO YEARS EARLIER
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IS A CASE OF PERSONAL PRIDE.
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ON OCTOBER 20, 1944, THE LARGEST
AMPHIBIOUS FORCE IN HISTORY
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LAUNCHES AN INVASION
OF THE PHILIPPINES.
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THEIR FIRST TARGET:
LEYTE ISLAND.
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COURTENAY LANDS ON THE BEACH
WITH THE MEN AT LEYTE
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TO FILM THE U.S. 6th ARMY
SPILLING ONTO THE ISLAND.
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IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT.
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A FEW HOURS LATER
GENERAL MacARTHUR HIMSELF
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MAKES A DRAMATIC ENTRANCE.
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AFTER SPLASHING ASHORE,
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HE DECLARES THE BEGINNING
OF THE LIBERATION.
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Douglas MacArthur:
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
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I HAVE RETURNED.
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BY THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD,
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OUR FORCES STAND AGAIN
ON PHILIPPINE SOIL.
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Paul Austin: THE WORD WENT
JUST LIKE WILDFIRE.
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"MacARTHUR HAS LANDED"
KEPT GOING THROUGH THE RANKS.
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EVERYBODY KNEW WHO HE WAS,
AND IT WAS UPLIFTING.
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WE HEARD THE PHRASE
"I SHALL RETURN" OVER AND OVER.
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IT WAS A KIND OF MOTTO,
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SOMETHING FOR US
TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
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Narrator: VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC
DEPENDS ON THE FIGHTING MEN;
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BUT IT ALSO RELIES
ON THOSE WHO FOLLOW,
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IN PARTICULAR THE SEABEES.
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THESE AMPHIBIOUS ENGINEERS
AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
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SWOOP IN TO BUILD AIRSTRIPS,
ROADS AND FACILITIES
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TO SUPPORT FURTHER OPERATIONS.
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THEY CARVE GREAT
17,000-FOOT RUNWAYS
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OUT OF THE VIRGIN JUNGLE,
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TEARING DOWN THOUSANDS
OF PALM TREES TO BUILD THEM.
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COURTENAY IS ON LEYTE
FOR ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT:
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THE ARRIVAL OF FEMALE NURSES
IN THE COMBAT ZONE.
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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN THE CAMPAIGN
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THAT NURSES ARE SENT IN TO TREAT
BATTLE CASUALTIES IN THE FIELD
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AS WELL AS THOSE WHO'VE BEEN
EVACUATED FROM THE FRONT LINES.
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DAVE BOONE,
A NEW YORK SUN COLUMNIST,
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GIVES A MOVING TRIBUTE
TO THE NURSES.
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Dave Boone: THE AMERICAN NURSE
AT HER BEST
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IS ONE OF THE GRANDEST
HUMAN BEINGS ON EARTH.
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I GUESS NO MATTER HOW BRAVE
AND SELF-SACRIFICING
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ANY MAN OR WOMAN MAY FEEL TODAY
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THESE GIRLS MAKE 'EM FEEL
SMALL TIME.
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Narrator: MacARTHUR'S
GREAT VICTORY AT LEYTE
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HELPS PAVE THE WAY
FOR THE ALLIES
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TO ADVANCE FURTHER
INTO THE PHILIPPINES.
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THEIR NEXT TARGET IS TO LIBERATE
THE ISLAND OF LUZON,
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HOME OF THE CAPITAL, MANILA.
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IN JANUARY 1945 THE 6th ARMY
HEADS TOWARD LINGAYEN GULF
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ON THE EAST COAST OF LUZON.
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THIS WILL BE MacARTHUR'S LARGEST
AND COSTLIEST OPERATION.
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OVER 100,000 JAPANESE SOLDIERS
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ARE PREPARED
FOR A MAJOR CONFRONTATION.
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00:20:10,036 --> 00:20:12,072
THEY WILL FIGHT
TO THE BITTER END,
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00:20:12,107 --> 00:20:14,868
AND THEY HAVE
A DEADLY NEW WEAPON--
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THE KAMIKAZE SUICIDE SQUADRON.
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WITH THE THREAT OF KAMIKAZE
ATTACKS ON U.S. SHIPS,
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NERVOUS GUNNERS ON BOARD
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FIRE AT EVERYTHING
THAT MOVES IN THE AIR.
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00:20:36,545 --> 00:20:40,204
JUST BEFORE DAWN
ON JANUARY 9, 1945,
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THE 6th ARMY REACHES
THE LANDING BEACHES AT LINGAYE.
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COURTENAY JOINS THOUSANDS OF GIs
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AS THEY POUR INTO LANDING CRAFT
FOR A FULL-SCALE ATTACK.
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900 AMPHIBIOUS TANKS
AND 2,500 LANDING CRAFT
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SWARM TOWARD SHORE IN A DAZZLING
DISPLAY OF RAW POWER.
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COURTENAY IS IN ONE
OF THE LANDING CRAFT
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00:21:11,649 --> 00:21:16,275
AND FILMS AS THE FIRST WAVES OF
TROOPS PREPARE TO HIT THE SHORE.
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[GUNFIRE]
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CONDITIONS ARE PERILOUS.
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DESPITE SPOTTER PLANES ABOVE,
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THESE MEN CAN'T BE SURE
WHERE THE ENEMY IS.
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00:21:36,674 --> 00:21:40,644
COURTENAY'S SHAKY SHOT REVEALS
THE ADRENALINE OF THE MOMENT.
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00:21:45,442 --> 00:21:48,755
BUT LUCK IS ON THEIR SIDE.
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A JAPANESE COUNTERASSAULT
NEVER COMES.
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175,000 ALLIED TROOPS
LAND SAFELY ALONG A BEACHHEAD
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THAT STRETCHES 20 MILES.
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THE LIBERATED FILIPINOS
GREET THE ALLIED SOLDIERS
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AS CONQUERING HEROES.
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David Gutterman:
AFTER WE LANDED
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THE FILIPINOS REALLY
WELCOMED US; THEY LIKED US.
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THEY WERE ALL YELLING "MALMHAY,"
WHICH MEANS HELLO.
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00:22:19,234 --> 00:22:21,995
THEN WE HEADED
DOWN TOWARDS MANILA.
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Narrator: FOR THE ALLIES,
LIBERATING THE CAPITAL
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WILL SYMBOLIZE
THEIR DETERMINATION
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TO SMASH JAPANESE POWER
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
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00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,390
BUT THE JAPANESE WILL FIGHT
TO THE BITTER END
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TO KEEP THEIR HOLD ON THE CITY.
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00:22:40,289 --> 00:22:45,122
THE GRUELING BATTLE OF MANILA
BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 3, 1945.
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U.S. NEWSREELS REPORT
THAT 50,000 JAPANESE ARE KILLED
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AS ALLIED TROOPS BATTLE
THEIR WAY TOWARD THE CITY.
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FOR MacARTHUR IT'S PAYBACK TIME.
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AT LAST, AFTER FOUR WEEKS
OF FIGHTING,
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HIS FORCES LIBERATE MANILA.
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00:23:03,002 --> 00:23:05,176
WILLIAM COURTENAY IS ONE
OF THE FIRST JOURNALISTS
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00:23:05,211 --> 00:23:08,835
TO FILM THE RUINS
OF THE PHILIPPINE CAPITAL.
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00:23:11,873 --> 00:23:13,668
TO CELEBRATE THE ALLIED VICTORY,
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00:23:13,702 --> 00:23:15,739
AMERICA'S TOP VAUDEVILLE
PERFORMER,
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00:23:15,773 --> 00:23:21,158
JOE E. BROWN, PUTS ON A SHOW
FOR THE TROOPS.
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00:23:21,192 --> 00:23:23,263
NICKNAMED "GI JOE,"
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00:23:23,298 --> 00:23:25,714
BROWN WORKS TIRELESSLY
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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00:23:25,749 --> 00:23:29,269
TO ENTERTAIN
THE SOLDIERS AND NURSES.
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00:23:29,304 --> 00:23:32,169
IT WAS, HE SAID, A MEANS
OF OVERCOMING THE LOSS
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00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:35,344
OF HIS OWN SON, DON,
AN AIR FORCE CAPTAIN
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WHO HAD DIED ON
A TRAINING FLIGHT IN 1942.
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00:23:44,215 --> 00:23:46,528
BROWN DEDICATES ONE
OF HIS ENTERTAINMENT TOURS
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00:23:46,563 --> 00:23:47,874
IN THE PACIFIC
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00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:51,015
AS A MEMORIAL TO HIS SON.
401
00:23:51,050 --> 00:23:54,640
Joe Brown: WHEN I WAS OUT THERE
ALONE ENTERTAINING TROOPS...
402
00:23:54,674 --> 00:23:56,469
I SOMETIMES THOUGHT
OF THAT THING
403
00:23:56,504 --> 00:23:58,333
WE HAD SAID TO EACH OTHER.
404
00:23:58,367 --> 00:24:00,369
I'D SEE A LAD DOWN
IN THE AUDIENCE
405
00:24:00,404 --> 00:24:04,650
WHO LOOKED LIKE MY SON,
AND I'D REMEMBER.
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00:24:04,684 --> 00:24:07,998
I DID MEET HIM OUT THERE
HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
407
00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,485
Narrator:
THE ALLIES ARE NOW PREPARING
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00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,833
FOR THE FINAL, DEADLIEST ASSAULT
OF ALL--
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00:24:15,868 --> 00:24:19,043
THE INVASION OF JAPAN ITSELF.
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00:24:19,078 --> 00:24:20,217
AS AMERICAN FORCES FIGHT
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00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:21,839
FOR THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA
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IN MARCH 1945,
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00:24:23,841 --> 00:24:24,877
THEY HAVE TO BATTLE
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00:24:24,911 --> 00:24:26,395
INCREASINGLY DESPERATE
415
00:24:26,430 --> 00:24:28,846
JAPANESE SUICIDE ATTACKS.
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00:24:28,881 --> 00:24:30,745
Newsreel announcer: ONE DAY
FOUR OF THEM STARTED AT ONCE.
417
00:24:30,779 --> 00:24:32,436
TWO WERE SHOT DOWN,
THE THIRD JUST MISSED,
418
00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:34,058
BUT THE FOURTH KEPT COMING,
419
00:24:34,093 --> 00:24:35,819
COMING AT 300 MILES AN HOUR
420
00:24:35,853 --> 00:24:38,131
AND FINALLY CRASHED
ON THE FLIGHT DECK.
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00:24:42,619 --> 00:24:44,034
Narrator:
AS U.S. TROOPS ARE ADVANCING
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00:24:44,068 --> 00:24:45,518
ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA,
423
00:24:45,553 --> 00:24:47,727
COURTENAY IS WITH
THE 9th AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
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00:24:47,762 --> 00:24:50,592
OFF THE COAST OF BORNEO.
425
00:24:50,627 --> 00:24:53,181
ON JUNE 10, 1945,
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00:24:53,215 --> 00:24:56,425
THEY BEGIN THEIR AMPHIBIOUS
ASSAULT ON LABUAN ISLAND
427
00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:58,497
SUPPORTED BY U.S. FORCES.
428
00:25:01,983 --> 00:25:05,124
THEIR OBJECTIVE IS TO LIBERATE
THE WHOLE OF BORNEO
429
00:25:05,158 --> 00:25:08,645
AND TO REGAIN CONTROL
OF ITS RICH OILFIELDS.
430
00:25:12,718 --> 00:25:16,549
[GUNFIRE]
431
00:25:16,584 --> 00:25:18,517
AS THE TROOPS ADVANCE
INTO THE ISLAND,
432
00:25:18,551 --> 00:25:22,728
A FORCE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND
JAPANESE DEFENDS FIERCELY.
433
00:25:25,213 --> 00:25:28,975
BUT THEY ARE NO MATCH
FOR THE SUPERIOR ALLIED FORCES.
434
00:25:34,498 --> 00:25:36,880
COURTENAY'S PRIVILEGED ACCESS
TO MacARTHUR
435
00:25:36,914 --> 00:25:39,572
ENSURES THAT HE'S ON HAND
WITH HIS CAMERA
436
00:25:39,607 --> 00:25:41,367
FOR THE GENERAL'S LANDING
437
00:25:41,401 --> 00:25:44,819
JUST HOURS AFTER HIS TROOPS
HAVE SECURED THE BEACHES.
438
00:25:55,726 --> 00:25:59,143
ON LABUAN ISLAND, COURTENAY
ALSO COMES FACE TO FACE
439
00:25:59,178 --> 00:26:03,389
WITH SOME JAPANESE PRISONERS
CAPTURED DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
440
00:26:06,875 --> 00:26:08,808
Courtenay: EVERY JAPANESE
SOLDIER IS TAUGHT
441
00:26:08,843 --> 00:26:11,708
THAT SURRENDER IS
THE SAME AS DEATH.
442
00:26:11,742 --> 00:26:15,504
IF HE SURRENDERS,
HE IS TREATED AMONG THE DEAD.
443
00:26:15,539 --> 00:26:20,164
HE IS TOLD THAT HE WILL
NEVER RETURN TO JAPAN.
444
00:26:20,199 --> 00:26:22,132
Narrator: BUT THEY DO RETURN.
445
00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:25,204
AFTER MOVING TO CAMPS
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
446
00:26:25,238 --> 00:26:27,516
UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA,
447
00:26:27,551 --> 00:26:32,763
THE MAJORITY OF JAPANESE POWs
GET HOME BY THE END OF 1946.
448
00:26:35,041 --> 00:26:37,630
ONLY FOUR WEEKS LATER,
COURTENAY JOINS UP
449
00:26:37,665 --> 00:26:40,599
WITH THE 7th AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
ON BORNEO
450
00:26:40,633 --> 00:26:42,117
AS THEY SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH
451
00:26:42,152 --> 00:26:44,672
THE LAST MAJOR ASSAULT
OF WORLD WAR II
452
00:26:44,706 --> 00:26:46,881
ON BALIKPAPAN.
453
00:26:55,993 --> 00:26:57,788
THOUGH NO ONE KNEW IT
AT THE TIME,
454
00:26:57,823 --> 00:27:01,516
IT MARKS THE END OF
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S CAMPAIGN.
455
00:27:07,177 --> 00:27:10,042
ON AUGUST 6, 1945,
456
00:27:10,076 --> 00:27:14,978
COMES AN EVENT
THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.
457
00:27:15,012 --> 00:27:17,946
Newsreel announcer:
THE ENOLA GAY BEGINS
THE BOMB RUN.
458
00:27:17,981 --> 00:27:22,192
AT 9:15 THE BOMB IS DROPPED.
459
00:27:22,226 --> 00:27:26,783
THE AIRCRAFT BANKS AWAY
AT HIGH SPEED.
460
00:27:26,817 --> 00:27:28,336
Narrator: PRESIDENT TRUMAN
461
00:27:28,370 --> 00:27:32,064
ORDERS THE DROPPING
OF THE ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA.
462
00:27:35,688 --> 00:27:37,690
THEN, JUST THREE DAYS LATER,
463
00:27:37,725 --> 00:27:41,694
THE AMERICANS DROP THEIR SECOND
ATOMIC BOMB ON NAGASAKI.
464
00:27:44,007 --> 00:27:48,459
A SHATTERED JAPAN FINALLY
ACCEPTS UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
465
00:27:51,635 --> 00:27:54,396
FOR THE FORCES WHO HAVE FOUGHT
THEIR WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC
466
00:27:54,431 --> 00:27:58,469
IN ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL AND
COSTLY CONFLICTS IN HISTORY,
467
00:27:58,504 --> 00:28:00,748
THE SWIFT AND SURPRISING END
TO THE WAR
468
00:28:00,782 --> 00:28:04,303
COMES AS A MIGHTY RELIEF.
469
00:28:04,337 --> 00:28:08,825
A MILLION-MAN GROUND INVASION
OF JAPAN HAS BEEN AVERTED.
470
00:28:11,241 --> 00:28:14,658
Gutterman: WE WERE GETTING
OURSELVES READY FOR JAPAN.
471
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,315
I DIDN'T EXPECT
THAT I'D LIVE THROUGH IT
472
00:28:16,349 --> 00:28:18,041
IF WE MADE THE LANDING.
473
00:28:18,075 --> 00:28:21,734
SO I WAS CERTAINLY GLAD
THEY DROPPED THOSE ATOMIC BOMBS.
474
00:28:21,769 --> 00:28:25,462
THAT'S A HELL OF A THING TO SAY,
BUT THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL.
475
00:28:30,501 --> 00:28:33,712
Narrator: THE NEXT DAY
THE JAPANESE EMPEROR HIROHITO
476
00:28:33,746 --> 00:28:36,507
TAKES TO THE RADIO
FOR THE FIRST TIME
477
00:28:36,542 --> 00:28:38,717
TO ANNOUNCE DEFEAT.
478
00:28:40,926 --> 00:28:42,548
WILLIAM COURTENAY
479
00:28:42,582 --> 00:28:44,584
IS AT GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS IN MANILA
480
00:28:44,619 --> 00:28:48,796
LISTENING TO HIROHITO'S
SURRENDER SPEECH ON THE RADIO.
481
00:28:48,830 --> 00:28:50,452
Courtenay:
THE EMPEROR'S SCRIPT COMMENCED
482
00:28:50,487 --> 00:28:53,593
WITH A MASTERPIECE
OF UNDERSTATEMENT:
483
00:28:53,628 --> 00:28:57,701
THE WAR HAD NOT ALTOGETHER GONE
IN OUR FAVOR.
484
00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:03,534
Narrator: GENERAL MacARTHUR
BECOMES THE SUPREME COMMANDER
485
00:29:03,569 --> 00:29:06,883
FOR THE ALLIED POWERS IN JAPAN.
486
00:29:06,917 --> 00:29:10,369
IN MANILA HE'S NOW TASKED WITH
ARRANGING THE PEACEFUL ENTRY
487
00:29:10,403 --> 00:29:15,408
OF THE VICTORIOUS ALLIED FORCES
INTO THE DEFEATED COUNTRY.
488
00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:20,793
HIS FIRST JOB IS TO FIND A WAY
TO TALK TO THE JAPANESE.
489
00:29:20,828 --> 00:29:22,726
WITH ALL COMMUNICATIONS DOWN,
490
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,832
HE ORDERS THEM TO SPEAK TO HIM
IN MANILA
491
00:29:24,866 --> 00:29:27,041
BY RADIO LINK FROM TOKYO
492
00:29:27,075 --> 00:29:31,804
AND SETS OUT TO ARRANGE THE
FIRST DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER.
493
00:29:31,839 --> 00:29:35,704
MacARTHUR COMMANDS THE JAPANESE
TO SEND A DELEGATION TO MANILA
494
00:29:35,739 --> 00:29:37,879
FOUR DAYS AFTER THE SURRENDER.
495
00:29:37,914 --> 00:29:40,433
IT'S A TWO-STAGE JOURNEY;
496
00:29:40,468 --> 00:29:43,091
THE JAPANESE FLY FIRST
IN THEIR OWN PLANES
497
00:29:43,126 --> 00:29:46,715
TO THE LITTLE ISLAND
OF LE SHIMA.
498
00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:50,858
AT LE SHIMA THEY TRANSFER
TO A DOUGLAS C-54 SKYMASTER
499
00:29:50,892 --> 00:29:54,654
AND ARE FLOWN ON TO NICHOLLS
AIRFIELD OUTSIDE MANILA.
500
00:29:54,689 --> 00:29:58,624
THERE ARE NERVES ON BOTH SIDES.
501
00:29:58,658 --> 00:30:01,834
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME
THE AMERICANS COME FACE TO FACE
502
00:30:01,869 --> 00:30:05,769
WITH THEIR BITTER ENEMY
OUTSIDE THE BATTLEFIELD.
503
00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,633
THE JAPANESE DESCEND THE PLANES
504
00:30:07,667 --> 00:30:10,187
STILL WEARING
THEIR SAMURAI SWORDS.
505
00:30:10,222 --> 00:30:14,882
NO ONE QUITE KNOWS
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
506
00:30:14,916 --> 00:30:16,400
THE JAPANESE ARE MET
507
00:30:16,435 --> 00:30:18,678
BY MAJOR GENERAL
CHARLES A. WILLOUGHBY,
508
00:30:18,713 --> 00:30:22,096
WHO HAS BEEN MacARTHUR'S
INTELLIGENCE CHIEF.
509
00:30:24,339 --> 00:30:27,032
ON THE SURFACE
ALL SEEMS IN ORDER.
510
00:30:27,066 --> 00:30:29,862
BUT AS COURTENAY'S UNIQUE
COLOR FOOTAGE REVEALS,
511
00:30:29,897 --> 00:30:32,382
WILLOUGHBY ENDS UP HUSTLING
THE JAPANESE DELEGATION
512
00:30:32,416 --> 00:30:34,108
INTO THEIR CARS.
513
00:30:34,142 --> 00:30:37,905
ENRAGED FILIPINOS ARE STARTING
TO THROW ROCKS AT THEM.
514
00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:44,635
THE JAPANESE DELEGATION
IS TAKEN TO MANILA CITY HALL
515
00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:46,637
FOR A FIRST CONFERENCE
WITH THE ALLIES
516
00:30:46,672 --> 00:30:49,192
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
517
00:30:49,226 --> 00:30:51,332
OF THE JAPANESE MAINLAND.
518
00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:55,301
CAMERAS FLOCK TO THE SCENE,
519
00:30:55,336 --> 00:31:00,513
BUT NO ONE GETS CLOSER
THAN WILLIAM COURTENAY.
520
00:31:00,548 --> 00:31:04,207
THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY,
521
00:31:04,241 --> 00:31:08,590
LIEUTENANT GENERAL KAWABE,
IS FIRST OUT OF THE CAR.
522
00:31:08,625 --> 00:31:12,387
HE FINDS HIMSELF
SURROUNDED BY GIANTS.
523
00:31:14,355 --> 00:31:16,633
Courtenay: ONE OF
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S TOUCHES
524
00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:18,566
WAS TO LINE THE APPROACH
TO THE CITY HALL
525
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,395
WITH ARMY GUARDS--
526
00:31:20,430 --> 00:31:24,710
EACH MAN AT LEAST
6 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL.
527
00:31:27,161 --> 00:31:29,749
[MUSIC PLAYING]
528
00:31:29,784 --> 00:31:31,130
Newsreel announcer:
THE CONFERENCE
IN WHICH ARRANGEMENTS
529
00:31:31,165 --> 00:31:33,339
FOR THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
ARE MADE.
530
00:31:33,374 --> 00:31:35,065
THE ENTRANCE OF THE JAPANESE.
531
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:36,998
THEY ARE TOLD
THAT AMERICAN AIRBORNE TROOPS
532
00:31:37,033 --> 00:31:38,966
WILL LAND IN THE TOKYO AREA.
533
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,279
THE BEGINNING OF THE OCCUPATION
OF JAPAN!
534
00:31:46,456 --> 00:31:49,079
Narrator: GENERAL MacARTHUR
HAS DELIBERATELY STAYED AWAY
535
00:31:49,114 --> 00:31:50,874
FROM THE MANILA CONFERENCE,
536
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:53,049
CHOOSING TO WAIT
AND COME FACE TO FACE
537
00:31:53,083 --> 00:31:57,570
WITH HIS CONQUERED ENEMY
ON JAPANESE SOIL.
538
00:31:57,605 --> 00:32:02,092
HE FLIES INTO OKINAWA
ON AUGUST 29, 1945,
539
00:32:02,127 --> 00:32:07,063
IN HIS OWN GLEAMING
C-54 SKYMASTER, BATAAN.
540
00:32:07,097 --> 00:32:09,375
THIS IS THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
541
00:32:09,410 --> 00:32:12,758
OF THE 65-YEAR-OLD CONQUEROR'S
CAREER.
542
00:32:16,486 --> 00:32:19,627
THE NEXT DAY COURTENAY
AND THE OTHER WAR CORRESPONDENTS
543
00:32:19,661 --> 00:32:21,008
MAKE THE HISTORIC FLIGHT
544
00:32:21,042 --> 00:32:25,391
FROM OKINAWA
TO THE JAPANESE MAINLAND.
545
00:32:25,426 --> 00:32:27,393
SOME 15,000 MEN
546
00:32:27,428 --> 00:32:29,844
OF THE BATTLE-TESTED
11th AIRBORNE DIVISION
547
00:32:29,878 --> 00:32:34,021
ACCOMPANY THEM
ON THEIR 1,000-MILE JOURNEY.
548
00:32:34,055 --> 00:32:39,026
EACH AIRCRAFT CARRIES
44 FULLY ARMED INFANTRYMEN--
549
00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:41,028
REMEMBERING THE TREACHERY
OF PEARL HARBOR,
550
00:32:41,062 --> 00:32:45,894
THE AMERICANS
ARE TAKING NO CHANCES.
551
00:32:45,929 --> 00:32:49,312
BY 8 A.M. THE COASTLINE OF JAPAN
COMES INTO VIEW
552
00:32:49,346 --> 00:32:51,797
ON A HAZY SUMMER DAY.
553
00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:56,319
Courtenay: YOU MAY IMAGINE
THE FEELINGS OF ALL OF US--
554
00:32:56,353 --> 00:32:59,011
ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO HAD
BEEN WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR
555
00:32:59,046 --> 00:33:01,186
ON THE LONG MARCH
FROM MELBOURNE TO MANILA
556
00:33:01,220 --> 00:33:02,911
AND UP TO TOKYO
557
00:33:02,946 --> 00:33:08,193
TO FEEL THAT HERE AT LAST
WAS JOURNEY'S END.
558
00:33:08,227 --> 00:33:10,264
Narrator: WHEN COURTENAY
AND THE OTHER CORRESPONDENTS
559
00:33:10,298 --> 00:33:12,576
LAND AT ATSUGI AIRFIELD,
560
00:33:12,611 --> 00:33:13,992
THE FIRST THING THEY SEE
561
00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:16,373
IS A GROUP OF MITSUBISHI
RAIDER FIGHTERS
562
00:33:16,408 --> 00:33:20,377
WITH THEIR PROPELLERS REMOVED.
563
00:33:20,412 --> 00:33:23,104
MacARTHUR HAS ORDERED THIS
AT THE MANILA CONFERENCE
564
00:33:23,139 --> 00:33:27,798
TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS BY JAPANESE PILOTS.
565
00:33:29,938 --> 00:33:31,733
THE 11th AIRBORNE DIVISION
566
00:33:31,768 --> 00:33:34,115
TRIUMPHANTLY RAISES
THE STARS AND STRIPES
567
00:33:34,150 --> 00:33:38,913
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON THE JAPANESE MAINLAND.
568
00:33:38,947 --> 00:33:41,157
COURTENAY IS ONE
OF THE FIRST JOURNALISTS
569
00:33:41,191 --> 00:33:43,159
TO GET BEHIND-THE-SCENES IMAGES
570
00:33:43,193 --> 00:33:46,748
OF AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR
ON THEIR WAY HOME.
571
00:33:46,783 --> 00:33:49,406
MANY OF THESE MEN HAVE
BROKEN OUT OF PRISON CAMPS
572
00:33:49,441 --> 00:33:51,063
AND TRAMPED
THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE
573
00:33:51,098 --> 00:33:54,239
TO REACH AMERICAN FORCES.
574
00:33:54,273 --> 00:33:58,933
WITHIN 24 HOURS THE POWs
WILL BE BACK ON U.S. SOIL.
575
00:34:01,487 --> 00:34:03,144
THE CONQUERING TROOPS PREPARE
576
00:34:03,179 --> 00:34:06,320
FOR THEIR VICTORIOUS ENTRANCE
INTO THE JAPANESE MAINLAND
577
00:34:06,354 --> 00:34:09,185
WITH SOME TREPIDATION.
578
00:34:09,219 --> 00:34:12,670
IN OKINAWA, CIVILIANS HAVE
THROWN THEMSELVES FROM CLIFFS
579
00:34:12,705 --> 00:34:15,777
RATHER THAN SUBMIT
TO THE DISHONOR OF SURRENDER.
580
00:34:15,812 --> 00:34:18,746
WILL THE SAME HAPPEN HERE?
581
00:34:22,370 --> 00:34:23,992
ALONG THE ROUTE TO YOKOHAMA
582
00:34:24,027 --> 00:34:26,202
THEY SEE HUNDREDS
OF JAPANESE SENTRIES
583
00:34:26,235 --> 00:34:30,585
LINING BOTH SIDES
OF THE DUSTY ROAD.
584
00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:33,933
Courtenay:
THEIR BACKS WERE TURNED
TOWARDS THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS,
585
00:34:33,967 --> 00:34:36,522
WHO THOUGHT THIS
WAS A DELIBERATE INSULT.
586
00:34:36,556 --> 00:34:40,699
ACTUALLY IT WAS JAPAN'S IDEA
OF THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT.
587
00:34:40,733 --> 00:34:42,114
THEY FELT THEY WERE NOT WORTHY
588
00:34:42,149 --> 00:34:44,875
TO LOOK THEIR CONQUERORS
IN THE FACE.
589
00:34:50,985 --> 00:34:53,712
Narrator: THE VICTORS
ARE IMPRESSED IF NOT SHOCKED
590
00:34:53,746 --> 00:34:58,682
BY THE MILE AFTER MILE OF URBAN
DEVASTATION THAT THEY ENCOUNTER.
591
00:34:58,717 --> 00:35:03,204
BUT DESPITE CARPET BOMBING,
SOME SERVICES SEEM UNTOUCHED.
592
00:35:05,724 --> 00:35:07,519
Courtenay:
WHEN WE ENTERED YOKOHAMA
593
00:35:07,553 --> 00:35:11,143
WE WERE SURPRISED TO STILL SEE
THE TRAINS RUNNING PAST...
594
00:35:11,178 --> 00:35:16,321
WHEN ALL AROUND IS DESOLATION,
HALF THE CITY IS DESTROYED.
595
00:35:18,668 --> 00:35:20,325
Narrator: THE DEFEATED NATION
596
00:35:20,359 --> 00:35:22,050
COMES FACE TO FACE
WITH THEIR CONQUERORS
597
00:35:22,085 --> 00:35:23,604
ON THE U.S.S. MISSOURI
598
00:35:23,638 --> 00:35:28,333
AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY
ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945.
599
00:35:28,367 --> 00:35:30,714
TOKYO BAY IS CLOGGED
WITH HUNDREDS
600
00:35:30,749 --> 00:35:34,270
OF POWERFUL, GLEAMING
AMERICAN FIGHTING SHIPS.
601
00:35:36,789 --> 00:35:39,827
THE CEREMONY IS DUE TO START
AT 9:00 A.M.
602
00:35:39,861 --> 00:35:43,486
THE DELEGATES AND PRESS
CROWD ONTO THE OPEN DECK.
603
00:35:47,352 --> 00:35:49,043
AS A FRIEND OF MacARTHUR,
604
00:35:49,077 --> 00:35:52,391
COURTENAY GETS SPECIAL ACCESS
TO FILM THE HISTORIC SIGNING
605
00:35:52,426 --> 00:35:55,498
FROM A PRIME POSITION
ON THE NUMBER 2 GUN TURRET
606
00:35:55,532 --> 00:35:58,017
FAR ABOVE THE PRESS PACK.
607
00:36:00,227 --> 00:36:06,543
AT 8:55 A.M. THE JAPANESE
DELEGATION REACHES THE MISSOURI.
608
00:36:06,578 --> 00:36:09,477
Courtenay: AND A GASP
OF SURPRISE SWEPT DOWN THE SHIP
609
00:36:09,512 --> 00:36:11,238
AS THE JAPANESE
FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIALS
610
00:36:11,272 --> 00:36:14,310
HEADED BY SHIGEMITSU,
THE FOREIGN MINISTER, ARRIVED
611
00:36:14,344 --> 00:36:17,105
WEARING TOP HATS
AND FULL MORNING COAT,
612
00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:20,212
FORMAL DRESS WITH STRIPED PANTS.
613
00:36:25,044 --> 00:36:29,911
Narrator: A JAPANESE DELEGATE,
TOSHIKAZU KASE, LATER WRITES:
614
00:36:29,946 --> 00:36:31,879
Toshikazu Kase:
NEVER HAD I REALIZED
615
00:36:31,913 --> 00:36:35,952
THE GLANCE OF GLARING EYES
COULD HURT SO MUCH.
616
00:36:35,986 --> 00:36:39,818
WE WAITED, STANDING
IN THE PUBLIC GAZE
617
00:36:39,852 --> 00:36:44,443
LIKE PENITENT BOYS AWAITING
THE DREADED SCHOOLMASTER.
618
00:36:44,478 --> 00:36:46,031
Narrator: ONE MAN IS MISSING:
619
00:36:46,065 --> 00:36:50,553
EMPEROR HIROHITO, WHO TAKES
NO PART IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
620
00:36:50,587 --> 00:36:53,625
MacARTHUR HAS OTHER PLANS
FOR HIM.
621
00:36:58,319 --> 00:37:01,080
FINALLY, GENERAL MacARTHUR
MAKES HIS ENTRANCE
622
00:37:01,115 --> 00:37:03,359
WITH FLEET ADMIRAL
CHESTER NIMITZ
623
00:37:03,393 --> 00:37:05,878
AND ADMIRAL WILLIAM HALSEY.
624
00:37:08,156 --> 00:37:10,952
MacArthur: IT'S MY EARNEST HOPE
625
00:37:10,987 --> 00:37:14,749
AND INDEED THE HOPE
OF ALL MANKIND
626
00:37:14,784 --> 00:37:20,928
THAT FROM THIS SOLEMN OCCASION
A BETTER WORLD SHALL EMERGE
627
00:37:20,962 --> 00:37:24,207
OUT OF THE BLOOD AND CARNAGE
OF THE PAST--
628
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:29,385
A WORLD FOUNDED UPON FAITH
AND UNDERSTANDING,
629
00:37:29,419 --> 00:37:33,527
A WORLD DEDICATED
TO THE DIGNITY OF MAN
630
00:37:33,561 --> 00:37:38,048
AND THE FULFILMENT
OF HIS MOST CHERISHED WISH
631
00:37:38,083 --> 00:37:42,501
FOR FREEDOM, TOLERANCE
AND JUSTICE.
632
00:37:44,641 --> 00:37:46,609
Narrator: THE SIGNING
OF THE SURRENDER
633
00:37:46,643 --> 00:37:51,579
SIGNALS THE OFFICIAL END
TO A SAVAGE CONFLICT.
634
00:37:51,614 --> 00:37:53,754
MAMORU SHIGEMITSU SIGNS,
635
00:37:53,788 --> 00:37:58,172
REPRESENTING THE IMPERIAL
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT,
636
00:37:58,206 --> 00:38:00,692
THEN GENERAL YOSHIJIRO UMEZU,
637
00:38:00,726 --> 00:38:04,074
ON BEHALF OF THE IMPERIAL
ARMED FORCES.
638
00:38:07,733 --> 00:38:11,599
AFTER THE JAPANESE,
IT'S MacARTHUR'S TURN.
639
00:38:11,634 --> 00:38:15,362
LOOKING OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER
IS A SYMBOL OF THE WAR'S TOLL:
640
00:38:15,396 --> 00:38:17,709
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
"SKINNY" WAINWRIGHT,
641
00:38:17,743 --> 00:38:21,954
EMACIATED FROM THREE AND HALF
YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR.
642
00:38:25,372 --> 00:38:31,309
THEN COME THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF NINE OTHER ALLIED POWERS.
643
00:38:31,343 --> 00:38:33,345
AS THE JAPANESE ARE LED AWAY,
644
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:36,969
THE VICTORS PUT ON
ONE FINAL DISPLAY OF TRIUMPH:
645
00:38:37,004 --> 00:38:39,317
1,500 PLANES--
646
00:38:39,351 --> 00:38:42,216
BOEING SUPERFORTRESSES
AND NAVY FIGHTERS--
647
00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:44,598
ROAR ACROSS THE SKY.
648
00:38:44,632 --> 00:38:45,978
Walter Brun:
IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY
649
00:38:46,013 --> 00:38:48,360
WAS PULLING A CURTAIN
OVER THE SKY.
650
00:38:48,395 --> 00:38:50,638
THAT'S HOW MANY PLANES
THERE WERE.
651
00:38:50,673 --> 00:38:54,780
IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING THAT WE
ALL FELL DOWN ON OUR KNEES,
652
00:38:54,815 --> 00:38:57,127
SOME PRAYING AND CRYING.
653
00:38:57,162 --> 00:39:00,924
THAT WAS ONE TIME,
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.
654
00:39:03,686 --> 00:39:05,929
Narrator: THE ONLY REQUEST
THE JAPANESE HAVE MADE
655
00:39:05,964 --> 00:39:07,241
AT THEIR SURRENDER
656
00:39:07,275 --> 00:39:11,487
IS THAT THE EMPEROR
MAINTAINS HIS THRONE.
657
00:39:11,521 --> 00:39:15,767
THIS SUITS MacARTHUR, WHO WANTS
TO BRING DEMOCRACY TO JAPAN
658
00:39:15,801 --> 00:39:18,390
AND THINKS HIROHITO
WILL HELP STABILIZE
659
00:39:18,425 --> 00:39:22,808
THE TRANSITION TO PEACE.
660
00:39:22,843 --> 00:39:25,293
IN AN INCREDIBLE BREAK
WITH CONVENTION,
661
00:39:25,328 --> 00:39:28,193
THE EMPEROR CHOOSES TO PAY
MacARTHUR A FORMAL VISIT
662
00:39:28,227 --> 00:39:31,369
SHORTLY AFTER THE AMERICAN
ARRIVES IN TOKYO.
663
00:39:34,233 --> 00:39:39,135
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1945,
SECURITY IS TIGHT AT THE PALACE
664
00:39:39,169 --> 00:39:43,311
AS COURTENAY WAITS
WITH THE PRESS PACK.
665
00:39:43,346 --> 00:39:49,179
HE MANAGES TO CAPTURE A RARE
GLIMPSE OF HIROHITO ON FILM.
666
00:39:49,214 --> 00:39:52,251
Courtenay: WE SAW HIS CAR
DISAPPEARING IN THE DISTANCE.
667
00:39:52,286 --> 00:39:55,254
IT WAS AN EVENT
NOT LOST ON THE JAPANESE
668
00:39:55,289 --> 00:39:57,671
THAT A MAN WHO THEY BELIEVED
TO BE A GOD
669
00:39:57,705 --> 00:40:00,432
SHOULD HAVE TO CALL
ON A MERE MORTAL.
670
00:40:00,467 --> 00:40:01,916
IT WAS BY THIS METHOD
671
00:40:01,951 --> 00:40:04,712
THAT MacARTHUR KEPT THE EMPEROR
ON THE THRONE
672
00:40:04,747 --> 00:40:09,924
AND ISSUED HIS ORDERS TO
THE PEOPLE THROUGH THE EMPEROR.
673
00:40:09,959 --> 00:40:11,409
Narrator:
THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN
674
00:40:11,443 --> 00:40:14,342
AT MacARTHUR'S MOMENTOUS
FIRST MEETING WITH HIROHITO
675
00:40:14,377 --> 00:40:18,450
BECOMES THE MOST FAMOUS IMAGE
OF THE OCCUPATION.
676
00:40:18,485 --> 00:40:22,765
IT CAUSES A SENSATION WHEN IT'S
PUBLISHED IN THE JAPANESE PRESS.
677
00:40:22,799 --> 00:40:24,491
IN ONE SINGLE IMAGE
678
00:40:24,525 --> 00:40:27,045
IT ESTABLISHES
BOTH MacARTHUR'S AUTHORITY
679
00:40:27,079 --> 00:40:30,428
AND THE FACT THAT HE WILL
SUPPORT THE EMPEROR.
680
00:40:35,398 --> 00:40:37,331
JUST WEEKS AFTER
THE ATOMIC BOMBING
681
00:40:37,365 --> 00:40:39,644
OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI,
682
00:40:39,678 --> 00:40:43,233
ALLIED FORCES VISIT
THE RUINED CITIES.
683
00:40:46,271 --> 00:40:47,997
COURTENAY IS
THE FIRST JOURNALIST
684
00:40:48,031 --> 00:40:52,139
TO FILM BOTH HIROSHIMA
AND NAGASAKI IN COLOR.
685
00:40:56,315 --> 00:40:59,491
HE CAPTURES ENDLESS VIEWS
OF URBAN RUBBLE,
686
00:40:59,526 --> 00:41:05,221
OBLITERATED BUILDINGS
AND BLASTED TREES.
687
00:41:05,255 --> 00:41:06,843
ALL OF THIS DESTRUCTION,
688
00:41:06,878 --> 00:41:12,021
THE RESULT OF A SINGLE BOMB
DROPPED ON EACH CITY.
689
00:41:12,055 --> 00:41:14,437
IN NAGASAKI
COURTENAY IS MESMERIZED
690
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:16,957
BY THE EERIE LANDSCAPE.
691
00:41:19,028 --> 00:41:21,168
Courtenay: THE MITSUBISHI
AIRCRAFT WORKS HERE
692
00:41:21,202 --> 00:41:23,515
WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
693
00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:26,484
SO GREAT WAS THE HEAT GENERATED
BY THE BOMB
694
00:41:26,518 --> 00:41:30,660
THAT THESE WORKS MELTED
LIKE WAX FROM A CANDLE.
695
00:41:30,695 --> 00:41:32,973
SURVIVORS AND EYEWITNESSES
WITH WHOM I SPOKE
696
00:41:33,007 --> 00:41:35,631
A FEW DAYS LATER
AFTER WE ENTERED THE CITY
697
00:41:35,665 --> 00:41:38,875
TOLD ME THAT THE FIRST THING
OF WHICH THEY BECAME CONSCIOUS
698
00:41:38,910 --> 00:41:42,120
WAS A STRANGE WHITE LIGHT
IN THE SKY.
699
00:41:49,714 --> 00:41:53,338
Narrator: IN NAGASAKI COURTENAY
ALSO FILMS A GROUP OF SAILORS
700
00:41:53,372 --> 00:41:56,203
FROM THE BRITISH CRUISER
H.M.S. SWIFTSURE
701
00:41:56,237 --> 00:42:01,277
WHO ARE THERE AS GUESTS
OF THE U.S. MARINES.
702
00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:02,899
WITH THE THREAT OF DISEASE
703
00:42:02,934 --> 00:42:05,557
AND THE UNIMAGINABLE DESTRUCTION
ALL AROUND,
704
00:42:05,592 --> 00:42:07,904
THE ENTRY FROM THE CRUISER'S
SEMI-OFFICIAL LOG
705
00:42:07,939 --> 00:42:10,493
DELIVERS A POIGNANT ACCOUNT.
706
00:42:14,946 --> 00:42:17,086
"ONLY A FEW
TWISTED BUILDINGS STOOD
707
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,606
AMONGST THE ACRES OF RUBBLE
708
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,574
AND ALTHOUGH A FEW ROADS
HAD BEEN CLEARED,
709
00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:27,061
THE REST WAS AS IT HAD FALLEN,
WITH CHARRED BONES,
710
00:42:27,096 --> 00:42:31,549
AND EVEN SKULLS,
AMONGST THE RUBBLE.
711
00:42:31,583 --> 00:42:35,587
THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY SMALL,
UNBROKEN ORNAMENTS AND CHINAWARE
712
00:42:35,622 --> 00:42:37,106
SHOWED ONLY TOO CLEARLY
713
00:42:37,140 --> 00:42:43,077
THAT MOST OF THE RUBBLE
HAD BEEN SMALL JAPANESE HOMES.
714
00:42:43,112 --> 00:42:45,321
MOST OF US RETURNED ON BOARD
FROM OUR VISIT
715
00:42:45,355 --> 00:42:48,669
IN AN EXTREMELY DEPRESSED
STATE OF MIND,
716
00:42:48,704 --> 00:42:51,948
AND NOBODY WAS SORRY WHEN WE
SAILED AGAIN FOR KAGOSHIMA
717
00:42:51,983 --> 00:42:54,192
THAT SAME EVENING."
718
00:42:58,506 --> 00:43:01,130
THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME
THAT COURTENAY WILL TRAVEL
719
00:43:01,164 --> 00:43:03,408
TO THESE RUINED CITIES.
720
00:43:03,442 --> 00:43:06,100
TWO YEARS LATER
HE RETURNS TO HIROSHIMA
721
00:43:06,135 --> 00:43:08,793
TO FILM ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT.
722
00:43:12,313 --> 00:43:14,764
EMPEROR HIROHITO EMERGES
FROM THE MIST
723
00:43:14,799 --> 00:43:16,421
AS AN ORDINARY MORTAL
724
00:43:16,455 --> 00:43:18,526
TO INSPECT
THE ATOMIC DEVASTATION
725
00:43:18,561 --> 00:43:23,842
THAT BROUGHT AN END
TO HIS CLAIMS OF DIVINITY.
726
00:43:23,877 --> 00:43:28,433
HIS VISIT TO HIROSHIMA
ON DECEMBER 7, 1947, TAKES PLACE
727
00:43:28,467 --> 00:43:33,369
ON THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
728
00:43:33,403 --> 00:43:37,062
EVERYWHERE HIROHITO GOES
HE'S GREETED BY HIS PEOPLE,
729
00:43:37,097 --> 00:43:41,342
WHO SING, WEEP, AND CHEER
THEIR FORMER GOD.
730
00:43:43,551 --> 00:43:44,863
THE EMPEROR'S TOURS,
731
00:43:44,898 --> 00:43:49,040
WHICH BEGAN IN 1946 AND TAKE HIM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
732
00:43:49,074 --> 00:43:54,562
PLACE HIM IN UNPRECEDENTED
CONTACT WITH HIS SUBJECTS.
733
00:43:54,597 --> 00:43:58,463
HIS SIMPLE CLOTHES AND HABIT OF
RAISING HIS HAT AT THE CROWDS--
734
00:43:58,497 --> 00:44:01,673
AN UNIMAGINABLE GESTURE
BEFORE HIS DEFEAT--
735
00:44:01,708 --> 00:44:04,883
BECOME AN ESSENTIAL PART
OF HIS SHOWING HIS PEOPLE
736
00:44:04,918 --> 00:44:10,613
THAT HE IS LIKE THEM--
A MERE MORTAL.
737
00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:13,823
THE HIGH POINT OF THE EMPEROR'S
TOUR COMES HERE,
738
00:44:13,858 --> 00:44:18,552
STANDING ALONE ON A WOODEN
SCAFFOLD NEAR GROUND ZERO.
739
00:44:18,586 --> 00:44:20,554
HIROHITO PLEDGES TO HIS PEOPLE
740
00:44:20,588 --> 00:44:23,212
THAT NEVER AGAIN
WILL JAPAN PURSUE POLICIES
741
00:44:23,246 --> 00:44:27,009
THAT MIGHT LEAD
TO ANOTHER PEARL HARBOR.
742
00:44:37,019 --> 00:44:41,333
THESE MOVING SHOTS MARK THE
CLIMAX OF COURTENAY'S JOURNEY--
743
00:44:41,368 --> 00:44:45,130
HERALDING A NEW ERA
IN POST-WAR JAPAN.
744
00:44:47,788 --> 00:44:51,171
THIS IS THE LAST TIME COURTENAY
WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE COUNTRY
745
00:44:51,205 --> 00:44:54,692
WITH HIS MOVIE CAMERA.
746
00:44:54,726 --> 00:44:58,247
IN THE LATE 1940s COURTENAY
BECOMES AN AIR CORRESPONDENT
747
00:44:58,281 --> 00:45:00,318
AND OCCASIONAL
WAR CORRESPONDENT
748
00:45:00,352 --> 00:45:05,012
WRITING ON KOREA IN PARTICULAR.
749
00:45:05,047 --> 00:45:06,565
BUT THE AMATEUR FILMS HE SHOT
750
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,672
DURING THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC
AND IN JAPAN
751
00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:14,297
WILL HAVE A LASTING LEGACY.
752
00:45:14,332 --> 00:45:16,955
AFTER THE WAR
COURTENAY'S FILMS ARE HAILED
753
00:45:16,990 --> 00:45:20,096
AS ONE OF THE ONLY
AUTHENTIC RECORDS IN COLOR
754
00:45:20,131 --> 00:45:21,546
SHOWING THE STIRRING EVENTS
755
00:45:21,580 --> 00:45:25,170
BEFORE AND AFTER
THE FALL OF JAPAN.
756
00:45:27,759 --> 00:45:29,899
THEY'RE SHOWN
TO CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES
757
00:45:29,934 --> 00:45:32,488
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
AND GREAT BRITAIN,
758
00:45:32,522 --> 00:45:34,421
INCLUDING SCREENINGS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
759
00:45:34,455 --> 00:45:38,114
AND IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
760
00:45:38,149 --> 00:45:40,323
FOR COURTENAY, WHAT HE HAD SEEN
AND LIVED THROUGH
761
00:45:40,358 --> 00:45:42,015
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
762
00:45:42,049 --> 00:45:45,466
WOULD STAY WITH HIM
ALL HIS LIFE.
763
00:45:45,501 --> 00:45:48,953
HE HAD WITNESSED IMAGES OF
GREAT HORROR AND GREAT HEROISM
764
00:45:48,987 --> 00:45:50,886
AND SEEN HISTORY IN THE MAKING
765
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:52,888
AS HE FOLLOWED
THE ALLIED FIGHTING MEN
766
00:45:52,922 --> 00:45:56,408
IN THEIR EPIC STRUGGLE
TOWARD VICTORY.
767
00:45:56,443 --> 00:46:01,310
AND WHAT HE SAW WAS CAPTURED,
IN COLOR, FOR THE AGES.
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