| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features (U.S. Army Pictorial Service). |
Directed by John Huston
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, GoodTimes)
Matter-of-fact account of life on a remote Alaskan island which served as an air base for American bombers in WWII. We watch infantrymen build an air strip in a matter of days from scratch, using prefabricated steel parts for the runways. Rows of tents belch smoke in an otherwise barren landscape. It all leads to a bombing run over Kiska, another Aleutian island where the Japanese have dug in for the long haul. An uncredited John Huston directs and narrates.
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