| December 7th | |
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Unreleased 82-minute version | |
| Directed by | Gregg Toland John Ford |
| Written by | Gregg Toland, John Ford, Samuel G. Engel, et al. (uncredited) |
| Produced by | United States Navy |
| Starring | Walter Huston Dana Andrews Harry Davenport |
| Narrated by | Carleton Young |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Robert Parrish |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Distributed by | Office of War Information |
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Running time | 32 minutes (censored version, which won an Academy Award in 1944); 82 minutes (original, unreleased version) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
December 7th is a 1943 propaganda documentary film produced by the US Navy and directed by Gregg Toland and John Ford, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II. Toland was also the film's cinematographer and co-writer. The original version of this film, with a running time of 82 minutes, was not released but was retained by the National Archives. An edited version of 32 minutes length, which removed a long introductory segment and a shorter epilogue, was given limited release to specific audiences but won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 1944.[1] This is the only film Toland ever worked on for which he received a director credit.