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''With the Marines at Tarawa'' is a 1944 short documentary film directed by Louis Hayward. It used authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time they get the news that they are to participate in the invasion to the final taking of the island and raising of the Stars and Stripes. The film is in full color and uses no actors, making it a valuable historical document. The documentary showed more gruesome scenes of battle than other war films to date. According to the documentary ''The War'', President Roosevelt himself gave approval for showing the film, against the wishes of many advisors. Since the pictures were far too graphic to meet the standards of Hollywood producers and distributors, only the President could grant permission for its release to the general public. President Roosevelt consulted the only man who was present at the Battle of Tarawa that he personally knew and trusted, ''Time-Life'' photographer Robert Sherrod. Quoting Sherrod, "I tell the President the truth. Our soldiers on the front ''want'' people back home to know that they ''don't'' knock the hell out of them every day of every battle. They ''want'' people to understand that war is a horrible, nasty business, and to say otherwise is to do a disservice to those who died." Based on Sherrod's prompting, FDR agreed to release the film, uncensored.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History.com: World War II in HD, Episode 3, "Bloody Resolve" )〕 The film won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NY Times: With the Marines at Tarawa )〕 File:With the Marines at Tarawa.ogv|The film. File:Tarawa beach HD-SN-99-03001.JPEG|Tarawa beach, where the graphic footage of American corpses was filmed. ==See also== * List of American films of 1944 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「With the Marines at Tarawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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