Report from the Aleutians (1943)

Name: Report from the Aleutians (1943)
Uploaded: 2026-09-04
Duration: 47 min
Description: John Huston's Signal Corps account of the remote, fog-bound Aleutian campaign against Japan, tracking the day-to-day routine of servicemen on Adak Island through to a live bombing run over occupied Kiska.

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1943 · 47m · Documentaries

Directed by John Huston

public domain

US public domain — US federal government work (WWII War Department production)

John Huston's Signal Corps account of the remote, fog-bound Aleutian campaign against Japan, tracking the day-to-day routine of servicemen on Adak Island through to a live bombing run over occupied Kiska.

Huston narrates Report from the Aleutians himself, joined on the soundtrack by his father Walter Huston; it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary and is notable for dwelling on the tedium and isolation of the Pacific war rather than combat spectacle.

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