An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins total
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Robert Taylor
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (as Lieut Robert Taylor USNR)
Charles Boyer
- Récitant
- (voice)
- …
Joseph J. Clark
- Joseph Clark
- (as Jocko)
Dixie Kiefer
- Dixie KIefer
- (as Dixie)
John S. McCain Jr.
- John S. McCain
- (as John S. McCain)
- Directors
- Edward Steichen(supervision)
- William Wyler(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the scene of a strafing mission against the Japanese-held island of Truk, one of the figures seen running for cover is an American POW. According to his autobiography, that prisoner was Maj. Gregory H. 'Pappy' Boyington, the highest-scoring U.S. Marine pilot of the war, who had been shot down a few months before in the Solomon Islands.
- Crazy creditsMost of the credits appear as if they had been typed out on a teletype machine.
- ConnectionsEdited into Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur (2000)
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The Yorktown
Here's the Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature of 1944, about the U. S. S. Yorktown, its crew, and its involvement in a running battle around Guam. Or, as Robert Taylor calls it in the narration, "a two-week turkey shoot." I wonder what Boyer called it in his French-language narration.
It's one of four Oscar wins for co-director William Wyler. Also credited as a director is Edward Steichen, one of two people born in Luxembourg I can name. He was mostly a photographer, in charge of that department at Conde Nast in the early 1930s, and at the Museum of Modern Art from 1947 through 1962. During the World Wars, he was in charge of aerial photography for the A. E. F. And the Navy. Robert Fritch may be credited with the editing, but surely it's Steichen who made the choice of shots, and left it to Wyler to figure out the rest of it. The movie includes some amazing battle shots, including the aerial fights through yellow skies, the ones of crew members trying to relax between battles, and the ones of wrecked planes landing on the Yorktown. Amazing work.
It's one of four Oscar wins for co-director William Wyler. Also credited as a director is Edward Steichen, one of two people born in Luxembourg I can name. He was mostly a photographer, in charge of that department at Conde Nast in the early 1930s, and at the Museum of Modern Art from 1947 through 1962. During the World Wars, he was in charge of aerial photography for the A. E. F. And the Navy. Robert Fritch may be credited with the editing, but surely it's Steichen who made the choice of shots, and left it to Wyler to figure out the rest of it. The movie includes some amazing battle shots, including the aerial fights through yellow skies, the ones of crew members trying to relax between battles, and the ones of wrecked planes landing on the Yorktown. Amazing work.
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- May 3, 2021
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- Also known as
- Сражающаяся леди
- Filming locations
- Marianas Trench, South Pacific, Pacific Ocean(A Drama of the Pacific)
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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