"December 7th" John Ford's Oscar Winning Feature Film "December 7th" John Ford's Oscar Winning Feature Film https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OrkIM5CObC0 Published on Dec 7, 2019 John Ford's Feature film length Academy-Award-winning “Docudrama” recreation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, director Gregg Toland was tasked by legendary producer John Ford, both now serving in the navy, to film a documentary about that infamous day. What Toland provided was an 82 minute documentary that featured not only the attack but focused heavily on the local Japanese population's supposedly large role as spies providing information to the homeland. Ford took over the direction of the film and the military eventually released a 34 minute version focusing on the attack. This longer version features Uncle Sam telling the audience how naive America was before Pearl Harbor with recreations of Japanese people collecting information in preparation for the attack.