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With the Marines at Tarawa

1944 film by Louis Hayward
Movie short_film Q1145006
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Summary

With the Marines at Tarawa is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3]
  • Director: Louis Hayward[4]
  • Composer: William Lava[5], Howard Jackson[6]
  • Genre: documentary film[7], propaganda film[8], war film[9]
  • Production company: United States Marine Corps[10]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[11]
  • Commons category: With the Marines at Tarawa[12]
  • Color: color[13], black-and-white[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1944[16]
  • Main subject: World War II[17]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[18]
  • Title: With the Marines at Tarawa[19], С морпехами у Таравы[20]
  • Duration: 18 minutes[21]

Why It Matters

With the Marines at Tarawa has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did With the Marines at Tarawa receive?

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

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . cine-adicto.com. cine-adicto.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . dailymotion.com. dailymotion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Kinopoisk. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Kinopoisk. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'pl', 'pt', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → 1011568, W071488
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W071488, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Production company → United States Marine Corps
    Filmová databáze film id → 129203
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+18'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 129203, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
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