John Huston WWII Documentaries

Three acclaimed─and, in their time, controversial─documentaries made by director John Huston for the U.S. Army Signal Corps are featured in this collection. "Report from the Aleutians" (1943) tracks the daily routine of soldiers stationed in the remote Alaskan islands and a bombing run over Japanese-held territory; "The Battle of San Pietro" (1945) chronicles the bloody 1943 Allied victory and liberation of the title southern Italian town; and the care and treatment of shell-shocked and psychologically scarred veterans at a Long Island hospital is the focus of the moving "Let There Be Light" (1946). Standard; Soundtrack: English.