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The US Battle For Supremacy In The Pacific S1 Ep1: DECEMBER 7thIn 1943 John Ford gave the great cinematographer Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, The Grapes of Wrath) an opportunity to direct his first film. A veritable epic, framed by a debate between Walter Huston's Uncle Sam and Harry Davenport's Mr. C on the true nature of the Pacific paradise, Pearl Harbor.

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The US Battle For Supremacy In The Pacific S1 Ep1: DECEMBER 7thIn 1943 John Ford gave the great cinematographer Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, The Grapes of Wrath) an opportunity to direct his first film. A veritable epic, framed by a debate between Walter Huston's Uncle Sam and Harry Davenport's Mr. C on the true nature of the Pacific paradise, Pearl Harbor.Restart available0WWII: On the Edge of the Abyss S1 Ep7: Part 7 - Total WarThe war reaches new intensity as it drags on, affecting civilian populations like never before; the concept of total war becomes reality, with cities bombed, resources stretched to their limits, and entire societies mobilized for the war effort.

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