Attack! The Battle for New Britain
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.
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Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
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- Director
- Frank Capra
- Starring
- Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan, Douglas MacArthur, Walter Krueger
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