It consists almost entirely of combat footage showing the strike against the Marianas Islands in mid-Pacific -- Rota, Tinian, Guam, and Saipan.It's typical for its time. The Japanese are "Nips" and "Japs." Our landings at Tarawa are described as "tough and expensive." (It was a ...
Reviews several documentary films. "With the Marines at Tarawa," shot by Marine Corps photographers; "Tunisian Victory," a joint effort of government film units of Great Britain and the U.S.; "Chip off the Old Block," which intertwines several stock movie situations...