So Proudly We Hail!
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So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film with Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard (who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance) and Veronica Lake.
An effective sample of wartime propaganda, the film follows a group of military nurses sent to the Philippines during the early days of World War II. The movie was based on a book written by nurse Juanita Hipps, a WWII nurse who served in Bataan and Corrigedor during the time when McArthur withdrew to Australia which ultimately led to the surrender of US and Philippine troops to Japan. Those prisoners of that surrender were the ones subjected to the infamous Bataan Death March. The movie was based on her true story "I Served On Bataan." This black and white movie is typical of the period, mixing war and love.
It covers many day to day events, and portrays the brutality of war against the sometimes futile efforts of the nurses to provide medical aid and comfort. There are several striking parts of the movie, including a shocking "self-sacrifice" of a female character to save her fellow nurses. The "narration" background of the movie gives one a sense of the history of the time.
Moviegoers of the time would have had a strong interest in the movie, since McArthur, Bataan, Correigedor were major news stories of the war. Although the "love story" inserted into the movie is the main plot line - the difficulties and emotional toll of war are strongly shown. Many well-known 40's film stars were featured in this movie.
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