So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Proudly We Hail brings you the authentic voices of heroes heralded and unsung who made and are making Americas great history. Series host William Sackett roams coast to coast, going past what textbooks tell us, to chat with and interview people who were there the moment events were recorded. This is history told raw, firsthand, unfiltered. Its all real, from uncensored emotion to no-punches pulled, first-person descriptions of what really happened then. This riveting program rides on an exciting web of news, music and events of special interest to a vast and very special audience The U.S. armed forces.
Proudly we Hail is continuously staged on Americas military bases, historical sites, naval ships and a host of interesting field locations, and recorded in front of live, reactive audiences. Content is far ranging, and includes everything from tales of individual heroism to great music and vital bulletins on veterans health, support and organization news.
The film follows a group of military nurses sent to the Philippines during the early days of
World War II. The movie was based on a book written by nurse Juanita Hipps. The story covers many normal and day to day events, and contrasts the brutality of war against the sometimes futile efforts of the nurses to provide medical aid and comfort. There are several striking moments in the movie that have the ability of holding the audience spellbound, this also including a shocking self-sacrifice by a female character to save her fellow nurses. The flashback narration gives a sense of historical importance to the film.
Director Mark Sandrich has made a wonderful effort of tugging at the heart strings of the audience. The film is a tribute to the Red Cross nurses trapped behind enemy lines in the early days of the Pacific war. The whole experience of this film may take most to a new level of thinking wherein one would stop a minute and think of the selfless sacrifices made by these unsung heroes of war. It surely is a moving and a powerful film that has a fairly unusual plot. Indeed, the battle sequences are among the finest put on the screen during the time, with special effects work that is exemplary and an experience not to be missed.
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