With the Marines at Tarawa

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With the Marines at Tarawa was a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Louis Hayward. It uses authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time he gets the news that they are to participate in the invasion to the final taking of the island and raising of the Stars and Stripes.

The film is in full color and uses no actors, making it a valuable historical document. The documentary showed more gruesome scenes of battle than other war films to the date; according to The War, President Roosevelt himself gave approval for showing the film anyway.

The film won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

[edit] See also

• List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2

[edit] External links

• With the Marines at Tarawa at the Internet Movie Database
• Part 1 of the film at YouTube
• Part 2 of the film at YouTube
• movie poster

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