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December 7th

1943 film by John Ford, Gregg Toland
Movie short_film Q3020986
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Summary

December 7th is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3]
  • Director: John Ford[4], Gregg Toland[5]
  • Screenwriter: Budd Schulberg[6]
  • Composer: Alfred Newman[7]
  • Genre: documentary film[8], propaganda film[9], action film[10], war film[11]
  • Cast member: Walter Huston[12], Dana Andrews[13], Adolf Hitler[14], Benito Mussolini[15], George O'Brien[16], Harry Davenport[17], Hirohito[18], Irving Pichel[19], James Kevin McGuinness[20], Karl Swenson[21], Paul Hurst[22], Philip Ahn[23], Ralph Byrd[24], Robert Lowery[25]
  • Producer: United States Army Air Forces[26]
  • Director of photography: Gregg Toland[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Commons category: December 7th (film)[29]
  • Color: black-and-white[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1943[32]
  • Distributed by: United States Office of War Information[33]
  • Main subject: Attack on Pearl Harbor[34], aviation[35], World War II[36], military aviation[37]
  • Film editor: Robert Parrish[38]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[39]
  • Title: December 7th[40]
  • Duration: 34 minutes[41]
  • P14449: 33608[42]

Why It Matters

December 7th has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

FAQs

What awards did December 7th receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].

Related Entities

Adolf Hitler Alfred Newman Benito Mussolini Gregg Toland Hirohito John Ford United States Walter Huston

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'ko', 'pt', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W080762
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Attack on Pearl Harbor, aviation, World War II +1
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 33608
    Producer → United States Army Air Forces
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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