Victory in the Pacific
2005 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · DIR. Austin Hoyt
Overview
The last year or so of the war in the Pacific during WWII. It picks up at the point where the inevitability of an American victory seems certain--it's only a matter of time. It then discusses the ferocity of the Japanese defense, the American bombing campaign, the kamikaze, the Emperor and his resistance to surrender and the American feelings towards a negotiated peace.
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00:00:43 American Experience with captioning is made possible
00:05:10 only 79 survived.
00:11:32 and you got the higher grade
00:16:00 the tight defensive formations they used for bombing.
00:20:15 Here's Tokyo:
00:25:37 TRANSLATOR: I cannot hold back my tears whenever I think about it
00:30:33 CRANE: This is the great escalation in the air war.
00:35:26 Where are the Japs?"
00:39:34 God, did we hate them.
00:45:12 The Yamato bore the ancient name for Japan.
00:50:43 But the second one dropped his bomb into the ready room
00:56:16 had already begun pulling back to Japan
01:01:15 MILLER: These sneak attacks at night... it's psychological warfare.
01:06:30 who told staff officers, "Get the hell out of my way.
01:10:57 Forty-six student nurses shared a cave with the army.
01:16:26 "That is my hardest decision to date."
01:20:16 on what peace terms Japan might offer.
01:24:33 if all of a sudden the invasion went in
01:28:03 NARRATOR: The Potsdam Declaration, issued July 26, 1945, was
01:33:12 He asked General Douglas MacArthur,
01:38:14 The war cabinet was divided over surrender.
01:42:19 he... the president... is going to be destroyed at home.
01:46:47 saying that "the Americans are so unusually cruel and savage
01:52:22 and contributions to your PBS station from:
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Lines indexed1,602
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:00:43
Final line01:52:22
Production Record
DirectorAustin Hoyt
LanguageEnglish
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