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Go For Broke
- Standard Definition: (24-hr. turnaround)
- SD NTSC -- $449.00
720 x 480 29.97i DV-NTSC Quicktime
Synopsis: This film dramatizes the real-life story and wartime heroics of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was a regimental size fighting unit composed almost entirely of Nisei (second-generation Americans born of Japanese parents) soldiers who volunteered to fight in World War II even though their families were subject to internment. The 442nd was a self-sufficient force that fought with uncommon distinction in Italy, southern France and Germany becoming the most heavily decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the United States Army, as well as one of the units with the highest casualty rates...(read more)
- Date: 1951
- Duration: 01:30:20
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location:
Go For Broke
Producer: Dore Schary
Director: Robert Pirosh
Screenplay: Robert Pirosh
Cinematography: Paul Vogel
Film Editing: James E. Newcom
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu
Music: Alberto Colombo
Cast: Van Johnson (Lt. Michael Grayson), Lane Nakano (Sam), George Miki (Chick), Akira Fukunaga (Frank), Ken K. Okamoto (Kaz), Henry Oyasato (Ohara).
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1944 - Issue 39
- Hawaiian Defense
