Bataan Rescue
| Bataan Rescue | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | David Axelrod[1] |
| Directed by | Peter Jones |
| Narrated by | Scott Glenn[1] |
| Music by | Mark Adler[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | David Axelrod[1] |
| Cinematography | Brian McDairmant[1] |
| Editor | Kate Amend[1] |
| Running time | 60 minutes[2] |
| Production company | Green Umbrella[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | July 7, 2003[3] |
Bataan Rescue is a 2003 television documentary film about the
prisoners of war were liberated from a Japanese camp in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
. Directed by Peter Jones and written and produced by David Axelrod, the film first aired on PBS in the United States on July 7, 2003.
Interviewees
- Malcolm Amos, U.S. Army
- Robert Anderson, 6th Ranger Battalion
- Bert Bank
- Richard Beck, POW
- Robert Body, U.S. Army
- John Cook, POW
- Patrick Ganio, Filipino veteran
- James Hildebrand, U.S. Army
- Forest Johnson, author
- Jose Juachon, Filipino veteran
- Robert Prince, 6th Ranger Battalion
- Leland Provencher, 6th Ranger Battalion
- John Richardson, 6th Ranger Battalion
- Francis Schilli, 6th Ranger Battalion
- Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers
- Edward "Tommie" Thomas, POW
Critical response
The Oregonian gave Bataan Rescue a positive review, commending it as a "fairly balanced account, with Glenn reading the big picture and the veterans filling in the small, vivid and often ghastly details."[4]
Home media
Bataan Rescue was first released on VHS by PBS on July 29, 2003.[5] PBS would later release the film on DVD by February 15, 2005.
See also
- The Great Raid, a 2005 film about the rescue
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "MacArthur – Credits". PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "American Experience: Bataan Rescue". Amazon.com. 15 February 2005. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ WTIU. Vol. 27. July 2003. p. 4. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "'Bataan Rescue' recalls heroic, seemingly impossible WWII raid". The Oregonian. Advance Local Media LLC. July 7, 2003.
- ^ "American Experience – Bataan Rescue [VHS]". Amazon.com. 29 July 2003. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
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