I can't believe how many people have watched this clip and dropped a comment! Seriously! I just wanted to make sure a great old movie wasn't forgotten, nor are those that fought and died in the Philippines in the Second World War, and now there are over 100,000 views! Heck, this isn't even a "real" RUclips Channel, just a place I save random stuff for my kids or whatever. Thanks to you guys and the "algorithm" I guess for making so many see a clip of a great old flick! Hooah!
Jet. The clip is great. Movie was ahead of its time. Thanks for posting it. I'm 60 and watched it on a 19inch tv when I was probably 13. or 14. The buildup to the ending had me on the edge of my seat. A gritty tense movie that kept it "real" beyond what 40's war movies undertones usually were. IAs the good guys here did not win. but won in other ways. Left an impression to this day. Thanks
I remember watching this movie several decades ago and loved it then, this is one of several scenes, another is the plane crashing into the bridge, thanks for uploading this classic
i worked with a guy that survived the death march... and i met an old aussie that fought in new guinea (came to the u.s. as a tourist wanting to see the american "wild west"), and my dad was in the admiralty islands... all those guys were tough as nails... hard men ... semper fi
I worked at a controls company in the 1980's and 1990's and our manager asked me to go to our equipment room to pick up an electronic part for him . I spoke to Sparky in the parts department and asked him if he had been in service and he said yes and he had served in The Philippines during World War ll and that he had been captured at Corrigador and was in The Bataan Death March . I couldn't believe that he had survived . God Bless you Sparky .
Thanks , Sparky was a good man . He passed away some years ago . His son also worked at our office and he was a Marine who served in Vietnam and was wounded in a North Vietnamese mortor attack and lost his right foot heel in that attack . It was a pleasure to work with two American hero's . Both good men .
My dad was in the USAF during the late 1950's and met a sergeant who served in the Philippines with the Far East Air Force and survived the siege of Bataan and the years in Japanese work camps/prison. Only about half of those guys who surrendered on Bataan made it home. :(
If captured at corrigador he wasn't on the death march they went to Manila jail Old biliad Bataan death March was in April . The island surrender in early May
I watched this movie when I was a boy in the 60's...and dozens of times since.. A great classic WWII movie...classic actors and story. Heroes & legends.
Do yourself a favor and watch this movie sometime. It's one hell of a story. Robert Taylor, Lloyd Nolan and Robert Walker are superb in this epic telling of the fight for Batan.
In the silent movies the dialogue was shown on cards. People who could read lips complained to the studios. One "villain" said "I am going to rip off your clothes and then...." stated his intentions. Watch "Silent Movie" with Cid Caesar, Paul Newman and Burt Reynolds.
See him mouth "Bastards" too. Also one of the first films to depict an African America, Asianic, and Hispanic person fighting side by side. Yes, a daring movie.
The American and Filipino defenders on Bataan fought hard and well. They were mostly defeated by starvation and disease. They defeated numerous Japanese attempts to overrun their lines. By April 1942, however, most of the men lacked the strength to bear arms. All too many of these men perished on the subsequent Death March. The Hell Ships contributed to their high death toll, too.
My father in law enlisted in the navy when he turned 17, and served in the Pacific on the USS Salt Lake During the war. His two older brothers were in the NM 200 Coast Artillery unit and were captured in the PI. Another brother was wounded in Guadalcanal, but by the grace of God all survived. The brothers in the Philippines survived the Death March, the hell ships and were found alive in Manchuria. The brothers that were POWS didnt talk much about their're ordeal.
@@JetEngine787MacArthur fucking run away with his tail between his legs .... Whether the president ordered it or not he should have stayed and fought with his men
I was in the Army for 22 years. I come from an Army family. I remember this movie as a kid and I remember being proud of them. They Died as brothers never giving up. Great film
Sergeant Bill Dane of the 31st Infantry Regiment. My regiment. And I had the pleasure of hosting some of the last surviving Bataan veterans when I was battalion commander of the last remaining Polar Bear battalion at Fort Sill in the late 1980's.
Yeah that was the thing a good majority of Americans had no idea about the brutality of the imperial army they thought that they were going to honor the Geneva convention I've always believed had they known about the brutality they would not have surrendered on April 9th
@@jasonaris5316 exactly not much was really known about the imperial army by Western troops and so they were expecting that they would follow the Geneva convention
My great-uncle fought at, and was captured at Bataan. He was part of a US Army Air Force contingent that ended up fighting as a provisional infantry battalion.
When Hirohito, the Japanese Emperor, made his first visit to the US, a TV station in Baltimore ran a series of early WW2 films in his honor. Bataan, Back to Bataan, The Fighting Lady, They Were Expendable, etc. I guess that they had not reconciled.
I had a kid I once worked with tell his dad I was An American Bad Ass a real hero; I told him no I was just doing my duty as a soldier; the heroes never came home to tell about it. God bless and Rest In peace my brothers.
@@hannotn hate,HATE,IS A STRONG WORD,older generations don't hate the youth,that's stupid,we who are older are allowed to laugh at the youth,WHY? they run to knowledge that tickles the ears but is useless,i smile a lot,but lately a lot of young people want to hear my years of stumbling and recovering,and i volunteer the solutions,i don't want anyone tripping over the nonsense i was told,TRUTH
This is definitely on my list as one of the great WWII films made during wartime. Along with others like Back To Bataan, Wake Island, Air Force, Guadalcanal Diary, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, They Were Expendable, and others. They were made to rile up the American people and support the war effort. I have all these and some others on home video, but if they show up on TCM, I try not to miss them there either.
Air Force is a great movie, particularly memorable for Harry Carey Snr's role - his emotional range following learning of his son's death at Pearl Harbour showed what a great actor he was .
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro "Air Force" & "Bataan" are my two favorite WWII war movies. that were mostly made on sound stages! It's too bad that we can't see these films, on broadcast t.v. stations, anymore!
My great-great uncle, Corporal William Lee McMillan, was captured on Corregidor Island in May 1942. He survived nearly three years as a POW of the Japanese, and was rescued from Old Bilibid Prison in February 1945. Ulcers in his eyes rendered him virtually blind, and Malaria paralyzed him from the waist down. Through physical therapy and surgeries he recovered some of his sight and could shuffle walk by the time of his discharge. He was never the same mentally and physically. How he survived all that when so many did not, I do not know.
Oh. wow I haven't seen this since I was a kid. I am 77 years. Thank you. This movie was entitled "Bataan". A bit later on we got "Back to Bataan" with John Wayne, with a very young Anthony Quinn. Lloyd Nolan was also in a movie around this time titled "Manilla Calling". Any time a war film came on I was sure to be watching.
This was a magnificent movie that reflected the patriotism of America and Hollywood at the time. There was a subplot that anticipated the Fugitive tv series 20 years later. In this series Detective Gerard allowed condemned Dr. Richard Kimble to escape and spent four years tracking him. In Bataan, Sgt. Dane allowed condemned Corporal Dan Burns to escape and spent seven years looking for him.
This was a great movie, if you haven't seen it, its really worthwhile. Especially, if you know anything about the siege of Bataan during World War 2. The storyline was basically about a patrol of 13?(lucky number)... Their stand at a bridge to keep the Japanese from getting onto the peninsula? The patrol was whittled down to 5 and they mounted a defense, including a bayonet charge. The ending (seen here) was about the last survivor, who dug his own grave right near the machine gun. Pretty powerful ending for 1943. It didn't have any rousing cheers or "we're all going home"... Obviously, the siege of Bataan and Corrigedor ended horribly, but the public didn't know about the Death March and prison camps until later. Lest we forget. Most of the equipment, uniforms, helmets and weapons, were fairly accurate.
Yeah for sure. I'm not so sure about the camo nets on Brodie helmets in Bataan, but otherwise spot on. There were some great Easter Eggs in there if you know the order of battle of US forces on Bataan. Each one of those guys were sent over from one unit or another and they were real units- one of the Scouts was 26th Cav IIRC.
My favorite war movie as a kid. The sound score that plays at the end always made me feel like I was there. Robert Taylor and the rest of the cast are amazing. Based on true events.
I watched this movie with my father as a kid and always loved this ending. As an adult I give this a standing ovation. I seriously clapped so hard that my hands hurt. Such an incredible movie for it's time.
I love the movie from the first time I saw it as a child in the 70's and even today. The scene with the cook is iconic. "The only meat we got is mule and what we got..."
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid, and this final scene really stuck out for years, but I never knew the name of the movie. Thanks for posting this because now I finally know!
I watched this as a kid and I still think its one of the most stirring and gripping War Films I've seen. Made during the War, it was made to stir up the desire for vengeance against Japan and its conquest of our troops (pretty much left to languish while MacArthur evacuated to Australia), it manages to capture the resignation of the weary defenders, led by a stalwart "Old School" Regular Army NCO (played marvelously by Robert Taylor), and their determination to do their job in the face of what was a losing defense against superior forces. Battle scenes were well done, the long moments of boredom, taken up with the mundane chores of keeping the position prepared and fighting off malaria well depicted. Truly a favorite of mine and I have a copy and watch whenever TCM plays it. Probably was a part of my making the Army my career choice with my formative years in the Infantry.
Thank you for your service. I too was brought up on these movies. Joined the Army in 1969 was in the Rangers in RVN. Never was a fan of MacArthur. Probably we would have been better off if he had been captured. From his betrayal of Hoover and the PR disaster which was the Bonus Army Veteran March. To his megalomania as co-commander in the Pacific. The Inchon landings notwithstanding but the inability to listen to his intelligence about the Chinese entry into the Korean conflict was a disaster.
As a baby boomer growing up in the 50s and 60s the all to real story's of war were seen and heard through films and personel experiences from family and friends of the greatest generation.
I was born in the 80s. My library in Chicagoland had this on VHS. I had my dad check it out all the time and I watched it constantly. I'm pretty sure it left a permanent imprint on my brain.
Saw this as a kid in the early 70’s….it was a favorite of my dad, who served in the CBI theater during WWII. It was a must-watch in our family every time it came on….
I watched this movie the first time in the mid 1960s when I was in high school. It made a lasting impact in my memory. I wound up spending 22 years in the US Army. When I stumbled on a DVD copy of the movie several years ago, I had to get it and watch it again. It was good again!
That ending shot of the machine gun as the screen fades to black is very similar to the ending of For Whom The Bell Tolls, also a great last stand. BTW, a Great Uncle of mine was a Captain and later Major with the 26th Cavalry Regiment. Fought through the collapse of Bataan. Senior POW in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. Retired as a LTC. Tough guy.
many of us grew up on these movies after school at 3:30 in afternoon when local stations ran movies at 3:30 - Robert Taylor, Robert Preston, the 1945 movie the story of gi joe with Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith. Plus Capra "why we fight" series - just movies of average americans - Red Ball Express with Jeff Chandler who played in a number of films similar too oh idk just wanted to comment I suppose
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro Amen. Ernie Pyle must never be forgotten, just as he labored and died making sure our men were not forgotten. As he wrote, "brave men" indeed.
I first saw this movie when I was inthe second grade. I didn't seeit again until 1988, when I also learned it's name. I own the two movie set and it temains one of my favorite films,to-this-day.
I remember watching this in the mid sixties when I was around 8 years old. I loved playing “Army” with the neighborhood kids. TV show Combat was my favorite.
This was a jarring end to an intense film. The last stand, survival not on the books only a feeding belt and muzzle flashes. He certainly took many with him.
One of my two favorite movies of all time still.The other,'Rocky Mountain' with Errol Flynn.Both movies are very gritty for their time and embody the theme of courage and sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty.
Pa was a ran a machinegun crew on Midway and Guadalcanal...... Malaria nearly killed him and he never hunted again ..... There was a draft when I was 17, so he told me as much as it pained him, join the Navy: clean bunk, good food and a school..... So I did: Radioman, Sewerpipe sailor (qualified on both nuke and diesel boats, steak and lobster, but stinky air).... Never got shot at.... He was my hero..... Great dad....
So many last stands so many men that died in their last stand attempt to hold the enemy back Butler stories were never told because nobody was left to tell the stories so many then and now but nobody's left to tell the story because they all died during their last stand God bless and rest in peace
This is one of the best of the wartime WW2 movies. I'd like to think that the Sergeant fought off this attack, took to the hills, and became a guerilla fighter until the Americans came back in 1945. Superb performance by Robert Taylor and the whole cast.
I agree that this movie still stands up 80+ years after it was made... As to your comment about taking to the hills, PLENTY of guys did exactly that. I would recommend a YT channel called "The Fat Electrician". He does amazing videos highlighting lesser known but true stories from the military and his vids on the Philippines and Wake Island are amazing. His video on the 77th Infantry Division ("The Old Bastards") is AWESOME. Thanks!
@@JetEngine787 thanks for the reply. I have heard about some of the GI's who evaded capture, but never realized to what extent it actually happened. Unfortunately I think it's been forgotten to a certain extent. That story definitely deserves to be told.
I didn't even have to see the breakdown. I knew the minute I saw the Title of the Video and the thumbnail of Robert Taylor, which Movie this was. Desi Arnaz also had a part in this Movie. God rest the brave Americans and Filipinos who made their stand, on Bataan.
my dad /his brothers all served fought in ww2..2 high school teachers..family filippino family doctor ww2 vets godbless them and too that did and continue serve,,uncoomon valor...
I remember the movie.They blew up a 2 span bridge.The center support was left standing. He has the Civilian Model Thompson with a 50 rounds magazine. 800 rounds a minute.There are 100 round drums. The Navy Model was slowed down to 600 rounds.
I remember seeing this when I was a child back in 1975 home sick from school and stuck watching "Movie Classics" back when we only had three channels - memorable!
"Bataan" was one of, if not the greatest, WWII "war movie', that was mostly made on a sound stage! The ensemble cast was top notch & Lloyd Nolan's 'dying scene', was one of the best ever! The final scene, the tense music & buildup to the climax , gave the audience hope, that Sgt. Dane would somehow escape! (p.s. In 1965-66, I was in the Army National Guard with the son of one of this movie's stars, i.e. Lee Bowman!)
Bataan, Sahara, Fighting 69th, Dawn Patrol, Battleground, and others are classic Hollywood war movies. The list goes on and on regarding this genre, but these have been my favorites for decades.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES I WATCHED IN THE 1960S - POST SCRIPT - I COLLECT OLD AND RARE NEWSPAPERS GOING BANC TO 1631 TWO DAYS AGO IS STUMBLED ON A NEWSPAPER THE BOSTON TRAVELER WITH A BANNER HEADLINE BATAAN BOUGHT IT AND WAITING DELIVERY - CAN'T WAIT
Robert Taylor spoke the true feelings of Americans in a time of war. Even non-lipreaders can make them out, though the machine gun drowned it out. The Hays code, you know.
I caught that also! Great War movie, especially since it was all done on a sound stage! p.s. I was in the Army Nat'l Guard with the son of Lee Bowman, the first to die, in this film! i.e. Lucien Lee Bowman! 1966!
My father, FPFM and citizen soldiers from Northern Luzon were members of the 21ST ID PA, fought from Lingayen to Bataan, both walked the Death March along the FIL AM soldiers, became POW in Camp O'donell, Capas, Tarlac where my father died. I still have thebook about the 21st ID and their story, how the battle of Bataan was fought.
Yeah, and Jon Wayne would be leading the troops Back To Bataan! Yee-haw!!! On a more somber note, I've met two Bataan Death March survivors in my life. The first was the father of my sister's roommate in college. The second was a gentleman I worked with for several years in the Air Force. He recounted several stories to me during our time together. What most impressed me was that he held no hatred for the Japanese people, which in itself is a testament to one man's nobility.
Hey! Thanks for watching this clip from a mostly forgotten old movie! To those of you dropping in to tell me about Fury, 300, LOTRs, Aliens, etc, thanks! I've seen all of them as well! The thing that makes this different and "great" is that this film was made in 1943. Movies back then simply didn't end like this at that time... and it was released while the Pacific War was still being fought. The impact of this Movie actually influenced how War Movies were made, and are STILL made, from WW2 movies all the way to Rogue One. But thanks for your opinions...
Thank you for posting this. My Father was a U.S. Army Staff Sgt. in the Pacific Theater of War in WWII. He served in the Philippines. Though I am now old, he still is the hero of my youth.
two men lived just a few miles of me who were POWs in WWII, One was a civilan contractor captured at Midway, eventually escaped with the help of chinses communists the other was a soldier in the Philippines when they captured it, didn't say much about it, other than having crappy living conditions and barely getting anything to eat.
We had a medic in Ramadi who kept going after our wounded even though he was hit several times; he died covering a wounded body. That is a soldier who lived by the creed leave no one behind till his last breath.
As I recall the Sgt had buried his comrades and dug his own grave in preparation for what was coming. You can't see it in this clip but I'm pretty sure it was this movie where I saw it. I plan to do that if I ever find my self in a similar situation.
I can't believe how many people have watched this clip and dropped a comment! Seriously! I just wanted to make sure a great old movie wasn't forgotten, nor are those that fought and died in the Philippines in the Second World War, and now there are over 100,000 views! Heck, this isn't even a "real" RUclips Channel, just a place I save random stuff for my kids or whatever. Thanks to you guys and the "algorithm" I guess for making so many see a clip of a great old flick! Hooah!
Jet. The clip is great. Movie was ahead of its time. Thanks for posting it. I'm 60 and watched it on a 19inch tv when I was probably 13. or 14. The buildup to the ending had me on the edge of my seat. A gritty tense movie that kept it "real" beyond what 40's war movies undertones usually were. IAs the good guys here did not win. but won in other ways. Left an impression to this day. Thanks
I remember watching this movie several decades ago and loved it then, this is one of several scenes, another is the plane crashing into the bridge, thanks for uploading this classic
my father had a friend who was captured on Bataan and survived the Death March
It has been many years since I have seen this movie and it has always stuck with me. Thanks for posting this clip!
i worked with a guy that survived the death march... and i met an old aussie that fought in new guinea (came to the u.s. as a tourist wanting to see the american "wild west"), and my dad was in the admiralty islands... all those guys were tough as nails... hard men ... semper fi
I worked at a controls company in the 1980's and 1990's and our manager asked me to go to our equipment room to pick up an electronic part for him . I spoke to Sparky
in the parts department and asked him if he had been in service and he said yes and he had served in The Philippines during World War ll and that he had been captured at Corrigador and was in The Bataan Death March . I couldn't believe that he had survived . God Bless you Sparky .
Thanks , Sparky was a good man . He passed away some years ago . His son also worked at our office and he was a Marine who served in Vietnam and was wounded in a North Vietnamese mortor attack and lost his right foot heel in that attack . It was a pleasure to work with two American hero's . Both good men .
From One Sparky to another Sparky's family....... Thanks for his Sacrifice!
Army Sparks
My wife's ex uncle wasn't so lucky they never did find out how he was murdered, but he was. Thank you Mr. Tidball.
My dad was in the USAF during the late 1950's and met a sergeant who served in the Philippines with the Far East Air Force and survived the siege of Bataan and the years in Japanese work camps/prison. Only about half of those guys who surrendered on Bataan made it home. :(
If captured at corrigador he wasn't on the death march they went to Manila jail Old biliad
Bataan death March was in April . The island surrender in early May
I remember Bataan from seeing it in the 1960 's . Great movie . Robert Taylor was a great actor .
Thanks for telling me the title, I had forgotten it
Robert Taylor Yes that little twitch of the face and the smirk when he knows they are coming is just great acting so real.
@@H4CK61 The way that he cycles through a bunch of emotions is pretty impressive. 👍
The clip of the browning at the end with the actor faded out says it all. Excellent movie.
It is a Maxim Gun not a Browning M1917.
@@josephderrico6254Colt-Maxim, actually. I know, because I have a friend who owns an identical gun.
It’s a Colt Vickers not a Maxim.
@ Technically, Vickers licensed the design from Hiram Maxim. (Along with everyone else in Europe. 🙄)
@@TheAKgunner I think we all can agree it's not a Browning.
I watched this movie when I was a boy in the 60's...and dozens of times since..
A great classic WWII movie...classic actors and story. Heroes & legends.
I did in the late 50's in Los Angeles channel 9 or 11. Maybe both.
Do yourself a favor and watch this movie sometime. It's one hell of a story. Robert Taylor, Lloyd Nolan and Robert Walker are superb in this epic telling of the fight for Batan.
don't forget Desi Arnaz.
@@marstondavis Yes , all great actors .
George Murphy , Thomas Mitchell and a young Desi Arnaz.
At the end when the Thompson gun drowns out his talking, you can read his lips saying “come on you dirty sons of bitches”! Pretty daring for 1943
10 - 4 on the cursing . Great ending wasn't it ?
In the silent movies the dialogue was shown on cards. People who could read lips complained to the studios. One "villain" said "I am going to rip off your clothes and then...." stated his intentions. Watch "Silent Movie" with Cid Caesar, Paul Newman and Burt Reynolds.
See him mouth "Bastards" too.
Also one of the first films to depict an African America, Asianic, and Hispanic person fighting side by side. Yes, a daring movie.
But "to the point"
I think he says dirty yellow bastards....
The American and Filipino defenders on Bataan fought hard and well. They were mostly defeated by starvation and disease. They defeated numerous Japanese attempts to overrun their lines. By April 1942, however, most of the men lacked the strength to bear arms. All too many of these men perished on the subsequent Death March. The Hell Ships contributed to their high death toll, too.
They were defeated by McArthur. The most OVERRATED General in the history of the US Army.
Supplies for a defence were meant to have been prepared there. But the order was never carried out.
They were failed by poor leadership. MacArthur was a punk
My father in law enlisted in the navy when he turned 17, and served in the Pacific on the USS Salt Lake During the war. His two older brothers were in the NM 200 Coast Artillery unit and were captured in the PI. Another brother was wounded in Guadalcanal, but by the grace of God all survived. The brothers in the Philippines survived the Death March, the hell ships and were found alive in Manchuria. The brothers that were POWS didnt talk much about their're ordeal.
@@JetEngine787MacArthur fucking run away with his tail between his legs .... Whether the president ordered it or not he should have stayed and fought with his men
A great movie .
I was in the Army for 22 years. I come from an Army family. I remember this movie as a kid and I remember being proud of them. They Died as brothers never giving up. Great film
thank you and your family for you your service . God bless you all
Sergeant Bill Dane of the 31st Infantry Regiment. My regiment. And I had the pleasure of hosting some of the last surviving Bataan veterans when I was battalion commander of the last remaining Polar Bear battalion at Fort Sill in the late 1980's.
I was surprised to learn the 31st had to battle it's way out the chosin reservoir with marines .
The 31st Infantry was lost on Bataan, later reconstituted, fought during the Korean War.
They were part of the reason why the USMC survived the Chosin. Task Force Faith.
@rcgunner7086 yup. Literally destroyed themselves holding the eastern flank of the Reservior.
I'm 65 yo, and I haven't seen this movie since about 1963.....I always remember the last stand....it's very stirring.
TBH, if they'd had any idea of what awaited them, most American and Philippine soldiers would have fought to the death.
Yeah that was the thing a good majority of Americans had no idea about the brutality of the imperial army they thought that they were going to honor the Geneva convention I've always believed had they known about the brutality they would not have surrendered on April 9th
Same could be said of the troops who surrendered at Singapore (a lot marched to their deaths on the Burma railway)
@@jasonaris5316 exactly not much was really known about the imperial army by Western troops and so they were expecting that they would follow the Geneva convention
My great-uncle fought at, and was captured at Bataan. He was part of a US Army Air Force contingent that ended up fighting as a provisional infantry battalion.
I also had a great uncle who fought at Bataan (see my comment below). Cheers.
When Hirohito, the Japanese Emperor, made his first visit to the US, a TV station in Baltimore ran a series of early WW2 films in his honor. Bataan, Back to Bataan, The Fighting Lady, They Were Expendable, etc. I guess that they had not reconciled.
"Objective, Burma!" is a must see.
In todays vernacular …that’s some next level trolling…
Was Guadalcanal Diary broadcast?
Totally agree! Robert Taylor goes down in a blaze of ultimate glory. He did serve too in the U.S. Navy. One of my favorite actors of all time.
Lest we forget. And too many of today's youth have - damn them!
I had a kid I once worked with tell his dad I was An American Bad Ass a real hero; I told him no I was just doing my duty as a soldier; the heroes never came home to tell about it. God bless and Rest In peace my brothers.
You cannot forget what you have never been taught.
@@sonofizzy correct,our school systems have infiltrated,communism is worse than cancer,they both eat at the minds
There's nothing more stupid than hating another generation because they've not had the same upbringing and lessons and experiences as you.
@@hannotn hate,HATE,IS A STRONG WORD,older generations don't hate the youth,that's stupid,we who are older are allowed to laugh at the youth,WHY? they run to knowledge that tickles the ears but is useless,i smile a lot,but lately a lot of young people want to hear my years of stumbling and recovering,and i volunteer the solutions,i don't want anyone tripping over the nonsense i was told,TRUTH
This is definitely on my list as one of the great WWII films made during wartime. Along with others like Back To Bataan, Wake Island, Air Force, Guadalcanal Diary, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, They Were Expendable, and others. They were made to rile up the American people and support the war effort. I have all these and some others on home video, but if they show up on TCM, I try not to miss them there either.
Air Force is a great movie, particularly memorable for Harry Carey Snr's role - his emotional range following learning of his son's death at Pearl Harbour showed what a great actor he was .
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro "Air Force" & "Bataan" are my two favorite WWII war movies.
that were mostly made on sound stages! It's too bad that we can't see these films,
on broadcast t.v. stations, anymore!
TCM is a God send for these and many others. Never forget!
Wake Island. Another great, heroic movie
A reasonably intense ending. Would love to have been in a theater back in 43 to see the audience reaction.
i love how guys died in classic world war 2 movies. they stiffen up, make a face, twirl around, and flop and keep rolling
Wonderful and very moving film,Robert Taylor was superb.
the great Robert Taylor!
@@tizianamorandi5381better than Gable
My great-great uncle, Corporal William Lee McMillan, was captured on Corregidor Island in May 1942. He survived nearly three years as a POW of the Japanese, and was rescued from Old Bilibid Prison in February 1945. Ulcers in his eyes rendered him virtually blind, and Malaria paralyzed him from the waist down. Through physical therapy and surgeries he recovered some of his sight and could shuffle walk by the time of his discharge. He was never the same mentally and physically. How he survived all that when so many did not, I do not know.
Oh. wow I haven't seen this since I was a kid. I am 77 years. Thank you. This movie was entitled "Bataan". A bit later on we got "Back to Bataan" with John Wayne, with a very young Anthony Quinn. Lloyd Nolan was also in a movie around this time titled "Manilla Calling". Any time a war film came on I was sure to be watching.
I fist saw this movie on TV when I was about 7 years of age in 1957. Great movie!!!
great movie I don t think people to day understand the importance of these war movies . I m a proud AMERICAN !!!
Amen!!
This was a magnificent movie that reflected the patriotism of America and Hollywood at the time. There was a subplot that anticipated the Fugitive tv series 20 years later. In this series Detective Gerard allowed condemned Dr. Richard Kimble to escape and spent four years tracking him. In Bataan, Sgt. Dane allowed condemned Corporal Dan Burns to escape and spent seven years looking for him.
And Lloyd Nolan's dying scene was one of the greatest in screen history! Superb performances all around!
One of the greatest last stands in history!
As a Kid this was one of my Favorites. Loved how those 45s spun em around.
I remember this from when I was a kid. Good movie and taught me that not all stories have a happy ending.
This was a great movie, if you haven't seen it, its really worthwhile. Especially, if you know anything about the siege of Bataan during World War 2. The storyline was basically about a patrol of 13?(lucky number)... Their stand at a bridge to keep the Japanese from getting onto the peninsula? The patrol was whittled down to 5 and they mounted a defense, including a bayonet charge. The ending (seen here) was about the last survivor, who dug his own grave right near the machine gun. Pretty powerful ending for 1943. It didn't have any rousing cheers or "we're all going home"... Obviously, the siege of Bataan and Corrigedor ended horribly, but the public didn't know about the Death March and prison camps until later. Lest we forget. Most of the equipment, uniforms, helmets and weapons, were fairly accurate.
But we came back and ultimately gifted the Japanese two mushroom clouds.
Yeah for sure. I'm not so sure about the camo nets on Brodie helmets in Bataan, but otherwise spot on. There were some great Easter Eggs in there if you know the order of battle of US forces on Bataan. Each one of those guys were sent over from one unit or another and they were real units- one of the Scouts was 26th Cav IIRC.
Great movie! Demonstrates how brave our guys were. May God bless them!!!
My favorite war movie as a kid. The sound score that plays at the end always made me feel like I was there. Robert Taylor and the rest of the cast are amazing. Based on true events.
this was required viewing in our home every April 9th🇺🇸🇵🇭
I watched this movie with my father as a kid and always loved this ending. As an adult I give this a standing ovation. I seriously clapped so hard that my hands hurt. Such an incredible movie for it's time.
I saw this movie many times when I was younger. Ivanhoe is another movie of Robert Taylor's worth watching
I love the movie from the first time I saw it as a child in the 70's and even today. The scene with the cook is iconic. "The only meat we got is mule and what we got..."
I watch this movie whenever it's on and I can
Rober Taylor: one of the true greats
Yes , Bataan , Camille , Quo Vadis proved Robert Taylor was a great actor .
The Browning or Vickers firing at the end was over the top .
@@nicopolis7377 Westward the Women, another great movie with the great Robert Taylor!
Loved him in Ivanhoe
Rober fit those roles........to a 't' .
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid, and this final scene really stuck out for years, but I never knew the name of the movie. Thanks for posting this because now I finally know!
"We'll always be here" chokes me up every time.
One of the greatest World War Two movies, especially the ending.
Greatest war movie? You have to be joking!
Probably my favorite WW2 era movies
I watched this as a kid and I still think its one of the most stirring and gripping War Films I've seen. Made during the War, it was made to stir up the desire for vengeance against Japan and its conquest of our troops (pretty much left to languish while MacArthur evacuated to Australia), it manages to capture the resignation of the weary defenders, led by a stalwart "Old School" Regular Army NCO (played marvelously by Robert Taylor), and their determination to do their job in the face of what was a losing defense against superior forces. Battle scenes were well done, the long moments of boredom, taken up with the mundane chores of keeping the position prepared and fighting off malaria well depicted. Truly a favorite of mine and I have a copy and watch whenever TCM plays it. Probably was a part of my making the Army my career choice with my formative years in the Infantry.
Thank you for your service. I too was brought up on these movies. Joined the Army in 1969 was in the Rangers in RVN. Never was a fan of MacArthur. Probably we would have been better off if he had been captured. From his betrayal of Hoover and the PR disaster which was the Bonus Army Veteran March. To his megalomania as co-commander in the Pacific. The Inchon landings notwithstanding but the inability to listen to his intelligence about the Chinese entry into the Korean conflict was a disaster.
My landlady's father was Colonel Thorp in the Philippines. He fought with the guerrillas but was betrayed and executed. They never found his body.
This was, is, and always will be *epic* .
Remember watching this as a kid. Great movie.
Thanks for posting this clip, it's one of the epic scenes from WW2 movies!
A great film. Enjoy all the characters. Strong message of freedom at the end.
This was one of my favorite WW II movies when I was a kid.
As a baby boomer growing up in the 50s and 60s the all to real story's of war were seen and heard through films and personel experiences from family and friends of the greatest generation.
Notice his speech muffled by the machine gun fire...he yells you sobs
I was born in the 80s. My library in Chicagoland had this on VHS. I had my dad check it out all the time and I watched it constantly. I'm pretty sure it left a permanent imprint on my brain.
Saw this as a kid in the early 70’s….it was a favorite of my dad, who served in the CBI theater during WWII. It was a must-watch in our family every time it came on….
This movie always kept me on edge as a kid
I knew this was "Bataan"!! That last shot up close on the MG firing away has stuck with me since I saw it as a kid almost 50 years ago.
I first watched watched it at the base theater at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii in 1960. I was about 10 years old.
I watched this movie the first time in the mid 1960s when I was in high school. It made a lasting impact in my memory. I wound up spending 22 years in the US Army. When I stumbled on a DVD copy of the movie several years ago, I had to get it and watch it again. It was good again!
Guadalcanal Diary?
@@kirbyculp3449 Bataan.
Taylors first great performance and s hardboiled movie
I watched this movie in the 40's, (yeah, I'm old) but the movie never gets old, just better with age..
That ending shot of the machine gun as the screen fades to black is very similar to the ending of For Whom The Bell Tolls, also a great last stand. BTW, a Great Uncle of mine was a Captain and later Major with the 26th Cavalry Regiment. Fought through the collapse of Bataan. Senior POW in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. Retired as a LTC. Tough guy.
26th Cav was the last American unit to conduct a horse cavalry charge.
@@armynurseboy Before they unfortunately had to eat the horses.
many of us grew up on these movies after school at 3:30 in afternoon when local stations ran movies at 3:30 - Robert Taylor, Robert Preston, the 1945 movie the story of gi joe with Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith. Plus Capra "why we fight" series - just movies of average americans - Red Ball Express with Jeff Chandler who played in a number of films similar too oh idk just wanted to comment I suppose
Story of GI Joe is a great movie - one of the most realistic and sympathetic films of the ordinary foot soldier ever made.
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro Amen. Ernie Pyle must never be forgotten, just as he labored and died making sure our men were not forgotten. As he wrote, "brave men" indeed.
I first saw this movie when I was inthe second grade. I didn't seeit again until 1988, when I also learned it's name. I own the two movie set and it temains one of my favorite films,to-this-day.
One of the movies you seldom see anymore.
I remember watching this movie as a kid back in the early 80s.
I remember watching this in the mid sixties when I was around 8 years old. I loved playing “Army” with the neighborhood kids. TV show Combat was my favorite.
This was a jarring end to an intense film. The last stand, survival not on the books only a feeding belt and muzzle flashes. He certainly took many with him.
One of my two favorite movies of all time still.The other,'Rocky Mountain' with Errol Flynn.Both movies are very gritty for their time and embody the theme of courage and sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty.
Pa was a ran a machinegun crew on Midway and Guadalcanal...... Malaria nearly killed him and he never hunted again .....
There was a draft when I was 17, so he told me as much as it pained him, join the Navy: clean bunk, good food and a school.....
So I did: Radioman, Sewerpipe sailor (qualified on both nuke and diesel boats, steak and lobster, but stinky air).... Never got shot at.... He was my hero..... Great dad....
One of my all time favorite war movies.
So many last stands so many men that died in their last stand attempt to hold the enemy back Butler stories were never told because nobody was left to tell the stories so many then and now but nobody's left to tell the story because they all died during their last stand God bless and rest in peace
Taylors finest moment and a great grim classic
This is a all time favorite
This is one of the best of the wartime WW2 movies. I'd like to think that the Sergeant fought off this attack, took to the hills, and became a guerilla fighter until the Americans came back in 1945. Superb performance by Robert Taylor and the whole cast.
I agree that this movie still stands up 80+ years after it was made... As to your comment about taking to the hills, PLENTY of guys did exactly that. I would recommend a YT channel called "The Fat Electrician". He does amazing videos highlighting lesser known but true stories from the military and his vids on the Philippines and Wake Island are amazing. His video on the 77th Infantry Division ("The Old Bastards") is AWESOME. Thanks!
@@JetEngine787 thanks for the reply. I have heard about some of the GI's who evaded capture, but never realized to what extent it actually happened. Unfortunately I think it's been forgotten to a certain extent. That story definitely deserves to be told.
I didn't even have to see the breakdown. I knew the minute I saw the Title of the Video and the thumbnail of Robert Taylor, which Movie this was. Desi Arnaz also had a part in this Movie. God rest the brave Americans and Filipinos who made their stand, on Bataan.
my dad /his brothers all served fought in ww2..2 high school teachers..family filippino family doctor ww2 vets godbless them and too that did and continue serve,,uncoomon valor...
I remember the movie.They blew up a 2 span bridge.The center support was left standing. He has the Civilian Model Thompson with a 50 rounds magazine. 800 rounds a minute.There are 100 round drums. The Navy Model was slowed down to 600 rounds.
I remember seeing this when I was a child back in 1975 home sick from school and stuck watching "Movie Classics" back when we only had three channels - memorable!
Very underrated movie
Love it! Robert Taylor!
"Bataan" was one of, if not the greatest, WWII "war movie', that was mostly made on
a sound stage! The ensemble cast was top notch & Lloyd Nolan's 'dying scene', was
one of the best ever! The final scene, the tense music & buildup to the climax , gave
the audience hope, that Sgt. Dane would somehow escape! (p.s. In 1965-66, I was
in the Army National Guard with the son of one of this movie's stars, i.e. Lee Bowman!)
One of my favorite war films!
Bataan, Sahara, Fighting 69th, Dawn Patrol, Battleground, and others are classic Hollywood war movies. The list goes on and on regarding this genre, but these have been my favorites for decades.
Love this movie, remember watching it on TV many times as a kid.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES I WATCHED IN THE 1960S - POST SCRIPT - I COLLECT OLD AND RARE NEWSPAPERS GOING BANC TO 1631 TWO DAYS AGO IS STUMBLED ON A
NEWSPAPER THE BOSTON TRAVELER WITH A BANNER HEADLINE BATAAN BOUGHT IT AND WAITING DELIVERY - CAN'T WAIT
Brilliant. I enjoyed this.
Thats im like every friday, when the deadline is near and im just tired and looking toward the weekends.
Robert Taylor spoke the true feelings of Americans in a time of war. Even non-lipreaders can make them out, though the machine gun drowned it out. The Hays code, you know.
I caught that also! Great War movie, especially since it was all done on a sound stage! p.s. I was in
the Army Nat'l Guard with the son of Lee Bowman, the first to die, in this film! i.e. Lucien Lee Bowman! 1966!
My father, FPFM and citizen soldiers from Northern Luzon were members of the 21ST ID PA, fought from Lingayen to Bataan, both walked the Death March along the FIL AM soldiers, became POW in Camp O'donell, Capas, Tarlac where my father died. I still have thebook about the 21st ID and their story, how the battle of Bataan was fought.
Man, I was literally thinking of this film yesterday! How the F... Did this show up in my algorithms.... It's impressive yet scary at the same time!
one of my fav and most iconic scenes that i love get them Bill!!!
I worked with a man who was a Japanese POW at Batann. He was very sickly most of the time as a result. He was a true American hero.
Robert Taylor's greatest performance
Yeah, and Jon Wayne would be leading the troops Back To Bataan! Yee-haw!!! On a more somber note, I've met two Bataan Death March survivors in my life. The first was the father of my sister's roommate in college. The second was a gentleman I worked with for several years in the Air Force. He recounted several stories to me during our time together. What most impressed me was that he held no hatred for the Japanese people, which in itself is a testament to one man's nobility.
Hey! Thanks for watching this clip from a mostly forgotten old movie!
To those of you dropping in to tell me about Fury, 300, LOTRs, Aliens, etc, thanks! I've seen all of them as well!
The thing that makes this different and "great" is that this film was made in 1943. Movies back then simply didn't end like this at that time... and it was released while the Pacific War was still being fought. The impact of this Movie actually influenced how War Movies were made, and are STILL made, from WW2 movies all the way to Rogue One.
But thanks for your opinions...
That is a very salient (no pun intended) point. I've always looked at WW2 films filmed during the actual war as something a bit special
Thank you for posting this. My Father was a U.S. Army Staff Sgt. in the Pacific Theater of War in WWII. He served in the Philippines. Though I am now old, he still is the hero of my youth.
Do yourself and your Followers a favor and watch/share clips from "Objective, Burma!" with Errol Flynn.
@@sonofizzy I will add him to my Hero's List. God rest him.
@markgreiser464 i I sincerely thank you.
two men lived just a few miles of me who were POWs in WWII, One was a civilan contractor captured at Midway, eventually escaped with the help of chinses communists
the other was a soldier in the Philippines when they captured it, didn't say much about it, other than having crappy living conditions and barely getting anything to eat.
The film communicates the feeling of an army dying very well.
We had a medic in Ramadi who kept going after our wounded even though he was hit several times; he died covering a wounded body. That is a soldier who lived by the creed leave no one behind till his last breath.
@@denny-c4q God rest his Soul. AATW
As I recall the Sgt had buried his comrades and dug his own grave in preparation for what was coming. You can't see it in this clip but I'm pretty sure it was this movie where I saw it. I plan to do that if I ever find my self in a similar situation.
One of my Favorite ❤️ movies 🎥 that why, I’ve owned a copy 🤗😬
wouldn't like to be a japanese american passing by the theater when a showing of this movie let out.
I had this on VHS when I was a kid
I had a peculiar upbringing