Return to Guam

Return to Guam (1944)

Return to Guam is a 1944 short propaganda film produced by the US Navy about the taking and recapture of the island of Guam. The film starts when a convoy of ships nearing the island sees strange lights flashing from the island in Morse code "information". After cautiously investigating the signal, they find that it was made by a white man, George Tweed, the last survivor of the original garrison at Guam. Tweed relates his harrowing story of how he survived in the bush for 31 months with the help of the natives, Chamorros.

Date of release
1944-03-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
19m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Richard Brooks

Interesting facts

Return to Guam is a 1944 short propaganda film produced by the US Navy about the taking and recapture of the island of Guam.

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