Midway and Wake. Aviator Shorty. Buck Rogers. Episode 4.
Notes:
Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond, Bobbie Driscoll. Originally produced as motion picture in 1944. "Saturday Matinee DVD"--Container. "Ivy Video"--Container. Special features include: Saturday Matinee shorts. Midway and Wake Islands travelogue ; Aviator Shorty cartoon ; Buck Rogers, Episode 4. Also includes audio commentary by Jack Bilello.
Contents:
Midway and Wake / Cristal Pictures, Inc. (ca. 10 min.) -- Aviator Shorty / presented by Adolph Zukor ; by U.M. & M TV Corp. (ca. 9 min.) -- Buck Rogers, Episode 4 / original story and screenplay, Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe ; directed by Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind (ca. 20 min.).
Summary:
Based on the true story of five Sullivan brothers whose togetherness becomes final as they share a watery grave off Guadalcanal when a torpedo sinks their cruiser during World War II. Basis for Steven Spielberg's film "Saving Private Ryan."
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