John HustonReport from the Aleutians

"Report from the Aleutians," directed by John Huston, follows the daily
life of American soldiers serving in the Aleutian Islands, which extend
in sequence off the shores of Alaska. Despite being cold, barren, and
generally disagreeable, the Aleutians held military bases of immense
strategic value in the Pacific theater of World War II. The film
describes the geographic importance of the islands, and provides a
portrait of daily wartime operations, such as attack planning and
bombing raids, that take place at the bases. Huston pays particular
attention to life on the island of Adak in the wake of the Battle of
Dutch Harbor, culminating in a first-person perspective of an actual
American bombing run against the Japanese.

This item is part of the collection: Cinemocracy

Producer: John Huston
Audio/Visual: sound, color

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: desc10th87 - - December 31, 2006
Subject: Forgotten battles, forgotten war


This is a very interesting film shot in color. I have never seen the footage contained in this film anywhere else or used as stock footage in other films or movies (and I am a WWII history buff.) The low level bombing runs on Kiska is very noteworthy. This film was shot and completed before the invasion of Kiska in August 1943 by U.S and Canadian troops.

Reviewer: movieman - - November 28, 2005
Subject: Part of the war I'd never heard of

Before seeing this movie I never even realised that the US and Japanese armies had fought over the Aleutian islands. To be honest it's a bit long, but still interesting to see the how the war was fought in such a remote area.