"Tarawa Beachhead" (1958) Complete WW2 USMC War Movie

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  • A Marine sergeant (Kerwin Mathews) witnesses an officer (Ray Danton). kill one of their men at Guadalcanal to cover his own incompetence, and fears he won't be believed because of rank, so finds the captain has gotten him assigned to his next command -- The sergeant falls in love with the widow (Julie Adams).
    The original working title of the film was Flag over Tarawa and was originally to have starred Ronald Reagan. The film contained extensive amounts of actual footage of the Battle of Tarawa. While some actual footage was used, most of the supposed actual footage were from the 1943 film Guadalcanal Diary and the 1949 film, Sands of Iwo Jima. The United States Marine Corps refused to cooperate with the producers, due to the theme of an officer out for glory killing his own men and a sergeant out for revenge.
    Originally released on November 2, 1958.
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  • @tscully1504
    @tscully1504 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    I watched all the war films I could growing up,, but never saw this one. Interesting story within a story.

    • @Bernie5172
      @Bernie5172 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      i cant recall watching it before. ? its a bit like Iwo Jima with John Wayne

    • @tscully1504
      @tscully1504 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Bernie5172 Yes. They even used a lot of the film footage from the sands of Iwo Jima film.

    • @xxxxxx-tq4mw
      @xxxxxx-tq4mw 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sloan visiting the New Zealander widow, Ruth, reminded me of Aldo Ray who played Andy Hookens visiting the widow Pat Rogers in the 1955 movie, "Battlecry."

    • @matrox
      @matrox 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Me too. Me neither. True.

  • @jeffersonsmith1877
    @jeffersonsmith1877 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    This is a great movie. Thanks for uploading!

  • @kylemartin2594
    @kylemartin2594 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    My father was at Tarawa..Navy corpsmen. Never talked about it. 2 purple hearts. Said..everyone was a rifleman.

  • @SirAceMcFly
    @SirAceMcFly 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Thx for the upload!

  • @XrayxRich
    @XrayxRich 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    I read "One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa" in 2012. One hell of a battle. The Marines paid dearly at Tarawa. I read it as Tare-a-wa but understand it was pronounced Ta-raw-wa

    • @davewitter6565
      @davewitter6565 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I am confused by that as well. I always called it Tar a Wa not Ta-raw-wa.

    • @jessejames7757
      @jessejames7757 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Wasn't no Peleliu!

    • @XrayxRich
      @XrayxRich 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@jessejames7757 Tarawa showed the mistakes made. Bombardment was stopped early to save ammunition. Peleiu was just a clusterf...
      All of those guys were heroes. They were a different breed of men back then, raised in the Depression.

    • @majorronaldmandell7835
      @majorronaldmandell7835 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@XrayxRichWell said! The Great Depression!

    • @majorronaldmandell7835
      @majorronaldmandell7835 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A lot of this live film footage is of the Army not the Marines, and there were no Army troops involved in the Tarawa operation.

  • @Fuxerz
    @Fuxerz 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you for posting nice movie.

  • @randalldunkley1042
    @randalldunkley1042 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Typical blending of footage from WW2, "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Guadalcanal Diary" that I could see. They did a great job editing it. Kerwin worked with producer Charles Schneer on "Seventh Voyage of Sinbad".

  • @oscarn1454
    @oscarn1454 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks always

  • @hamidmouloudj1041
    @hamidmouloudj1041 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Merci pour le film 😊

  • @nobullshoot
    @nobullshoot 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    made me think about the two sergeants in Platoon, good and evil. Thought i saw all ww2 movies growing up in the 60’s, pleasure watching this one.

  • @clarajohnson5184
    @clarajohnson5184 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey, XrayxRich, Don’t worry about the pronunciation, if you’ve got this island as one of WWII’s island-hopping specials, then you’re definitely on the right track. After Gallippoli
    (Spelling?) the world seemed to think amphibious assaults were impossible and would,
    simply, never succeed. Somehow, nobody told the Marines! They tore up the Pacific and
    all those “names” have become a most important part of the study of the war in the Pacific. If you’re truly interested, make sure all the episodes of Victory at Sea are on your To Watch List.

  • @ronhillard7040
    @ronhillard7040 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Bogus! Men do not throw their hands in the air before falling down when shot!

  • @chuckokelley2448
    @chuckokelley2448 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I had 3 uncles at Tarawa
    , the fighting Hampton brothers.

  • @joseluiscastanorestrepo
    @joseluiscastanorestrepo 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great classic movie.

  • @jeffg.1615
    @jeffg.1615 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    My Great Uncle fought there, then Saipan and finially to Nagasaki. He only told one person about it.

    •  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      What bravery when you think he may have been 20-21 years old.

    • @jeffg.1615
      @jeffg.1615 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He was 20 years old at the time. A really good man.

    • @andrewcastellane7802
      @andrewcastellane7802 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Nagasaki was A-Bombed.

    • @jeffg.1615
      @jeffg.1615 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@andrewcastellane7802 The Marines went in after the occupation of Japan.

  • @petepanozzo6854
    @petepanozzo6854 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I enjoyed watching this film!

  • @jerrydonquixote5927
    @jerrydonquixote5927 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That's pretty good for an old film! Blending Cinema and war footage.

  • @buckwheatsghettoghost4927
    @buckwheatsghettoghost4927 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    "Keep Moving"

  • @thomasmanning829
    @thomasmanning829 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I read a pretty good book about the battle for Tarawa. What a blood bath. I had to wonder if it was worth it.

    • @willielongbotham7156
      @willielongbotham7156 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, .me too, and it stuck with me, cant find the words to describe what those marines went through.
      And contrary to what many believe, there are still many like them..

  • @pittsburghwill
    @pittsburghwill 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    mistake at 50:02 ww2 m1 carbines did not have the bayonette lug the bl was a korean war addition

    • @johncaldwell-wq1hp
      @johncaldwell-wq1hp 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I have a W.W.2--M1-carbine made by "rockola"--very rare !!--still works fine.

    • @79terrafirma
      @79terrafirma 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Mine is a 1943 underwood m1. Beautiful little carbine. Love the rear flip sight.

    • @johncaldwell-wq1hp
      @johncaldwell-wq1hp 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@79terrafirma Great !!-mine came with a 15 shot mag,-& a 30 round "curved"mag-also mine was made in 1943 too !!--I think the bulk of them,was made by "winchester" & there's a "story"of their history.

    • @kennysherrill3471
      @kennysherrill3471 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Late in the war a few did make it into action with the bayonet luge.

  • @joselopezmoya9786
    @joselopezmoya9786 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Aside from JULIE ADAMS, the rest of the cast is unknown.

  • @raulmaldonado5921
    @raulmaldonado5921 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    At 1:59 1958 pop-up ??? The year the film was made?

    • @LionHeartFilmWorks
      @LionHeartFilmWorks  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yes. That is a year the film was made.

  • @blackkat6797
    @blackkat6797 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Posthumous medal 🏅 of honor

  • @JimOReilly-xk4vb
    @JimOReilly-xk4vb 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    That lieutenant had a quick shave at the start of the movie,

  • @jeffreykoran4820
    @jeffreykoran4820 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    SO MANY GREAT ACTORS IN THIS MOVIE 🎬....IV NEVER HEARD OF ANY OF THEM...

    • @carlcushmanhybels8159
      @carlcushmanhybels8159 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've heard of one as the names flashed by: Julie Adams co-starred in and was wonderful in:" The Creature From the Black Lagoon."

  • @mikeyoung9810
    @mikeyoung9810 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I thought I'd seen everything about Tarawa in the movies but not this movie. I see they used quite a few bits of Sands of Iwo Jima footage on the Tarawa part. Lots of scenes not from Tarawa though.

  • @peterholmesgavleman
    @peterholmesgavleman 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Given that the Nelson family - at the farm - were either British or New Zealanders it’s a pity that the producers could not find some non Americans to play their roles!

    • @ItsJustMorris
      @ItsJustMorris 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The supposed New Zealand scenes are utter crap. This film , Tawara Beachhead, is an insult to the land and the people who fed and nursed the yanks, New Zealand and New Zealanders.

    • @David77646
      @David77646 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m from New Zealand and the ladies don’t have a New Zealand kiwi accent or British accent

    • @peterholmesgavleman
      @peterholmesgavleman 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@David77646 the female members of my rugby club in Perth that hail from NZ certainly speak with a kiwi accent.

  • @SteepSix
    @SteepSix 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How much disbelief do you need to suspend? How much have you got?

  • @janlipski5215
    @janlipski5215 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Didn't look much like NZ,the 1st USMC were stationed at Paekakariki and the hospital was in Silverstream. There is a memorial to them at Mckays crossing. God bless them all.

  • @NmaM-it5yk
    @NmaM-it5yk 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Today’s generation - “what’s a matter, you scared?”
    “Yes OMG!! Im having a panic attack right now I have so much anxiety from all this!!”

    • @redtobertshateshandles
      @redtobertshateshandles 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes, but these kids are we growing up without fathers.

  • @alexterieur4326
    @alexterieur4326 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Tarawa Atoll Sanglant
    Spirou

  • @FranckCastillo-yp5vq
    @FranckCastillo-yp5vq 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A Lot thousand heroísm stories from USMC at Pacific. I pride My grandpa
    Semper Fi

  • @user-bc5nl6uq5t
    @user-bc5nl6uq5t 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    t thought the marines wore camouflaged uniforms and helmet covers?

    • @shadowwolf9503
      @shadowwolf9503 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      That was later in the war.

  • @robertlast3052
    @robertlast3052 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I see the Marines never change, hitting up your dead buddy's old lady...lol!😂

    • @JStryker7
      @JStryker7 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Plugging open holes

  • @chrisoulalakkas7935
    @chrisoulalakkas7935 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just when you think that food cannot possibly call you on your phone....BOOM!!!
    Onion rings.😅

  • @michaelpass2176
    @michaelpass2176 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Run straight line you can get shot real quick

  • @user-bc5nl6uq5t
    @user-bc5nl6uq5t 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    oh yes,they did/

  • @animelech6004
    @animelech6004 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great job

  •  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Ray Caplan (Danton) fought for 4 years In Korea!

    • @chadwedul1787
      @chadwedul1787 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Conflict was just over 3 years in length.

    • @jessejames7757
      @jessejames7757 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Didn't anyone tell you the war was over? The last year you fought is a war crime.

    • @jessejames7757
      @jessejames7757 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      4years in a 3 year war last year must of been lonely.

    • @TedBronson1918
      @TedBronson1918 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He must have started pissing some of the Koreans off after the 3rd year since the Cease Fire had been implemented and the fighting ended... or maybe he was just killing some of the tens of thousands of extra Chinese communist soldiers that were just hanging around and the Koreans and Chinese were denying their presence... yeah - that's it.

  • @ricogo2447
    @ricogo2447 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sure looks like Wellington's countryside ...

  • @Midwest10
    @Midwest10 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Funny. Hollywood. I’ve stayed on Tarawa. They don’t have crickets like this movie protrays

    • @bclmax
      @bclmax 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      i was there alot in the 90s..stayed at the Ootintai hotel..

  • @hughroney6342
    @hughroney6342 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    War part was ok,, to damn much romance for a war movie!

  • @trevorplows7494
    @trevorplows7494 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    No doubt an entertaining movie but Tarawa had no hills or caves on the side of them. It was flat as a pancake . It's to bad Hollywood has to imagine other scenarios even though the real truth and battle were horrific enough , a virtual extermination of the Japanese garrison and 4000 US Marine casualties , 25 percent of it's Division strength.

  • @joeviking61
    @joeviking61 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very little Beachhead, mostly Cornbread. Pass

  • @rigger314
    @rigger314 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Its a great movie but honestly destoyers did not carry landing craft.

  • @lyndonhenderson816
    @lyndonhenderson816 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Let that stupid lieutenant take the point,bet he won’t.😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @wilsonpickett3881
    @wilsonpickett3881 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Not the stupidest movie I've ever seen. Close though.

  • @jessejames7757
    @jessejames7757 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a bunch of drama Queens.

  • @africanqueenproject
    @africanqueenproject 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Julie Adam's an incredible beauty...Creature From The Black Lagoon..she wad gorgeous in her bathing suit ..I was smitten 😊

  • @willthorson4543
    @willthorson4543 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a melodramatic mess. Barely any of the fighting was on betio(tarawa). And a good 75% of the battle in the movie is either real footage of Tarawa and other battles but straight up taken from Sands of Iwo jima. Also. A movie called Tarawa Beachhead has about 15 minutes of the movie take place on Tarawa. Lol

  • @kennysherrill3471
    @kennysherrill3471 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What bullshit, who ever wrote this script should be in prison.😡

  • @andrewhirsch6472
    @andrewhirsch6472 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Quite lame that they didn't even attempt to do Kiwi accents.

    • @babuzzard6470
      @babuzzard6470 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Even the kiwis have trouble with them!😂🇦🇺

  • @majorronaldmandell7835
    @majorronaldmandell7835 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No doubt that Sloan is going to bed her, resulting in her becoming pregnant. This will add tons of sickening female drama to the film. . .

  • @rogergirouard
    @rogergirouard 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    denton usally played unlikable charaters

  • @1mlannen
    @1mlannen 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shitty ending. Needed to get back home to the girl. MKL

  • @davidholder3207
    @davidholder3207 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🍅🍅

  • @frankadams2401
    @frankadams2401 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A typical Hollywood bull shit movie.

  • @aussiedownunder4186
    @aussiedownunder4186 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rubbish film. Used footage from Sands of Iwo Jima & real footage of the battle. Scenes when Kerwin Matthews has scenes talking rubbish with the other actors Rubbish!! The Marines did not have time for this BULLSHIT! Typical Stupid Hollywood!!

  • @user-ml3dp9hq7o
    @user-ml3dp9hq7o 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sorry but straight up GARBAGE movie unbelievable that they even put this S$&; out lol

  • @Abdikadirmahamedfarah
    @Abdikadirmahamedfarah 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

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    • @petergibson2035
      @petergibson2035 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      💙💙💙💙💙💙

  • @rodolfoponce1154
    @rodolfoponce1154 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ang ganda naman talagang ng babaeng

  •  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    @XrayxRich
    il y a 22 heures
    It
    @XrayxRich
    il y a 22 heures
    "It is all pretty physical" Those were the days when you wouldn't make love until you were in love!!! the good old times🥲 made my laugh