December 7th

1943 film by John Ford, Gregg Toland
Movie short_film Q3020986
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December 7th

Summary

December 7th is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • December 7th received the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].
  • December 7th's video is recorded as December 7th (1943).webm[4].
  • December 7th's image is recorded as December 7th introduction.jpg[5].
  • December 7th's instance of is recorded as short film[6].
  • December 7th's director is recorded as John Ford[7].
  • December 7th's director is recorded as Gregg Toland[8].
  • December 7th's screenwriter is recorded as Budd Schulberg[9].
  • December 7th's composer is recorded as Alfred Newman[10].
  • December 7th's genre is recorded as documentary film[11].
  • December 7th's genre is recorded as propaganda film[12].
  • December 7th's genre is recorded as action film[13].
  • December 7th's genre is recorded as war film[14].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Walter Huston[15].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Dana Andrews[16].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Adolf Hitler[17].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Benito Mussolini[18].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as George O'Brien[19].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Harry Davenport[20].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Hirohito[21].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Irving Pichel[22].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as James Kevin McGuinness[23].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Karl Swenson[24].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Paul Hurst[25].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Philip Ahn[26].
  • December 7th's cast member is recorded as Ralph Byrd[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

December 7th's producer is recorded as United States Army Air Forces[28]. Directors include John Ford[7] and Gregg Toland[8]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Budd Schulberg[9]. Cast members include Walter Huston[15], Dana Andrews[16], Adolf Hitler[17], Benito Mussolini[18], George O'Brien[19], and Harry Davenport[20].

Publication

December 7th's publication date is recorded as +1943-01-01T00:00:00Z[29]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include documentary film[11], propaganda film[12], action film[13], and war film[14].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Attack on Pearl Harbor[31], aviation[32], World War II[33], and military aviation[34].

Reception

December 7th received the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].

Why It Matters

December 7th ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

FAQs

What awards did December 7th receive?

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

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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