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Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Frank Capra

1944

  • War
  • Documentary
7.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Frank CapraDirector
  • Leo GennNarrator (voice)
  • Burgess MeredithNarrator (voice)
  • Anthony VeillerNarrator (voice)
  • Lloyd NolanNarrator (voice)
  • Douglas MacArthurSelf (archive footage)
  • Walter KruegerSelf (archive footage)

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