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The Raiders of Leyte Gulf is a 1963 [1] Philippine–American War film directed by Eddie Romero. It was the first film produced by the newly formed Hemisphere Pictures, a three-way partnership involving Filipino director Eddie Romero, American producers Kane W. Lynn and Irwin Pizor. It was written by Eddie Romero and Carl Kuntze [3]
Leyte Force is a brigade size unit that was organized in Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. It was commanded by Colonel Theodore Cornell of US Army until its surrender in May 1942 upon orders of General William Sharp commander of Visayas-Mindanao Force .
In January 1942, it received an order from General Sharp the Visayas-Mindanao Force commander to transferred the Samar Brigade to Mindanao via Surigao. Along with 93rd Infantry Regiment and Provincial Battalions of Surigao and Agusan they were tasked to defend the Agusan Sector, which included coasts of Agusan, Surigao, and Northern Davao ...
However, a newspaper erroneously reported that George C. Scott was being cast in the role. This news infuriated Harrison and he dropped out of the project, leaving Trevor Howard to be cast. [8] The director's daughters, Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson, appeared in the film in very small uncredited roles.
On 20 October 1944, troops of the United States Sixth Army under the direct command of Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, invaded the Philippine island of Leyte. This operation was the beginning of General Douglas MacArthur ' s fulfillment of his promise in March 1942 to the Filipino people that he would liberate them from Japanese rule .
The Japanese surrender of World War II scene aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) shows the battleship's 40 mm quad guns covered (mothballed) during the movie. When MacArthur and his aides are planning the U.N. landing at Inchon in 1950, they review a map of the Korean peninsula which shows the current armistice line dividing the two Koreas. That line ...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film from Warner Bros., starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff , with Hal B. Wallis as the executive producer.