Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Synopsis

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.

Director

Frank Capra

Written by

Robert Presnell Sr.

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Studio

U.S. Office of War Information

Released

20 June 1944

Genres

War, Documentary