Attack! The Battle for New Britain

  • Rated 7.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1944
  • 56m
  • War
  • Documentary

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.

Director
Frank Capra
Starring
Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan

Cast

  • Leo Genn

    Leo Genn

    Narrator (voice)

  • Burgess Meredith

    Burgess Meredith

    Narrator (voice)

  • Anthony Veiller

    Narrator (voice)

  • Lloyd Nolan

    Lloyd Nolan

    Narrator (voice)

  • Douglas MacArthur

    Douglas MacArthur

    Self (archive footage)

  • Walter Krueger

    Self (archive footage)

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