WAKE ISLAND

Duration: 90min

Genre: action film, war film, propaganda film

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Paramount

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Country of Origin: United States

Credits: Directed by: John Farrow
Written by: W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
Cast: Frank Faylen, James Brown, Alan Hale, Jr., Chuck Connors, Brian Donlevy, Mikhail Rasumny, Walter Abel, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Macdonald Carey, Richard Loo, Robert Preston, Edward Earle, Mike Ragan, Fred Graham, Hugh Beaumont, Rod Cameron …
Produced by: Joseph Sistrom
Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl, William C. Mellor
Music: David Buttolph
Edited by: Frank Bracht

Description: Produced by Paramount pictures in 1943. Brian Donlevy, MacDonald Carey, Robert Preston and William Bendix are the stars. "Here is a truly historic film, made with the collaboration of the U.S. Marines Corps, and endorsed by United States Navy authorities. As nearly as possible it is a reproduction of actual events on Wake Island when United States forces made an overwhelming number of Japanese. A high picture of the island." "To see 'Wake Island' is to have an exciting educational experience."

Complete Record: Dewey number: F Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Producer note: Guide Format/cost: 16-sd-rent $10-$20 Fi Distributors / rental: Calhoun Company; Screen Adettes, Inc; Visual Education, Inc (Texas)

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Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946