Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Frank Capra
1944-06-20


6
56 min

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

Name Character Team
Leo Genn Narrator (voice) Unowned
Burgess Meredith Narrator (voice) Unowned
Anthony Veiller Narrator (voice) Unowned
Lloyd Nolan Narrator (voice) Unowned
Douglas MacArthur Self (archive footage) Unowned
Walter Krueger Self (archive footage) Unowned