When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. During the war, Field Photo made at least 87 documentaries, many with Ford's signature attention to heroism and loss, and many from the point of view of the fighting soldier and sailor. Talking heads discuss Ford's life and personality, the ways that the war gave him fulfillment, and the ways that his war films embodied the same values and conflicts that his Hollywood films did. Among the films profiled are "Battle of Midway," "Torpedo Squadron," "Sexual Hygiene," and "December 7."
Tom Thurman
Director
Tom Marksbury
Writer
Kris Kristofferson
Narrator (voice)
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Interviewee
Oliver Stone
Self - Interviewee
Andrew Sarris
Self - Interviewee
Leonard Maltin
Self - Interviewee
F. X. Feeney
Self - Interviewee
The Battle of San Pietro61%
Why We Fight: Prelude to War65%
Night Will Fall76%
Five Came Back79%
McCullin76%
Nazi Concentration Camps77%
The Memphis Belle67%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Bloody Hundredth71%
The Battle of Midway59%
The Atomic Cafe73%
Padomju stāsts73%
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company73%
Visions of Light70%The War on Democracy75%
The Age of Stupid65%
Listen to Britain62%
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction69%
In Search of the Last Action Heroes70%
WWII From Space74%
