And that sum leaves out the additional billions generated by sequels, spin-offs, and merchandise over the four decades following its initial release. To date the movie, now retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, has grossed more than $775 million worldwide. The climactic space battle, wherein dozens of screaming (yes, in space, but don’t worry about it) fighters shoot it out over a gigantic Imperial space station the Rebel Alliance is trying to destroy, had so many placeholder shots it was nearly impossible to follow. In fact, nearly all the special effects were unfinished. It didn’t help that the rough cut had incomplete sound effects, lacked the musical score that would eventually win an Academy Award for composer John Williams, and was slathered in grease pencil streaks to take the place of laser fire. While no one else was as acerbic as De Palma or as optimistic as Spielberg, there was a clear consensus that Star Wars needed a lot of work before its Memorial Day weekend 1977 release date. De Palma, who’d just had his first big hit with the 1975 Stephen King adaptation Carrie and would go on to make blockbusters like The Untouchables and the first Mission: Impossible, was particularly brutal, poking fun at Princess Leia’s hair and the frequent references to “The Force.” He also mocked the muffled voice of Darth Vader, whose dialogue had not yet been menacingly dubbed by James Earl Jones (to the chagrin of actor David Prowse, who played the towering villain on camera), and howled at the movie’s tedious six-paragraph opening crawl (later slimmed down, with De Palma’s help, to three). The movie was long, poorly acted, and staggeringly weird. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k.When the lights came up, there was embarrassed silence. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 - President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. At 12:43 Japanese prisoners including women and children sit and smoke cigarettes. At 12:17 a Japanese prisoner holds up his hands in surrender. Navy can be seen with cruisers and battleships shelling the island. At 10:07, shot from the heights, the U.S. At 8:31, the beach area is shown at dusk. At 7:52 burned bodies of KIA Japanese are shown. At 7:00 American troops move through jungle foliage. At 6:10 an explosion rips through the hillside, possibly detonation of a Japanese emplacement. At 2:57 what appears to be a booby trap is shown. At 2:24 a Marine handles what appears to be a landmine or Claymore. At 1:26 the landing beach is shown with amtracks and other vehicles in the surf. At 1:09 a wide shot shows likely naval gunfire or air strikes into the interior. At :59 Marines rest near an armored vehicle. At :47 mortars are fired into Japanese positions. At :28 a Marine examines a Japanese emplacement or hole and then fires his weapon into it. It is hard to watch without becoming emotional, seeing so many brave, young men who have been subjected to the horrors of battle. Unlike most of the censored footage you will see from WWII, this material from the combat zone is quite raw. Udey who was tasked with making a documentary about the field treatment of wounded, this silent footage was taken during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. Shot by a member of combat camera named Edwin C.
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