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Best Writing Original Screenplay | 1944
Best Cinematography BlackandWhite | 1944
Best Effects Special Effects | 1944
The sabotage by Japanese-Americans in Hawaii, as shown in the movie, never actually happened. Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, there were rumors that the attack was preceded and/or followed by acts of sabotage by Japanese-Americans who were actually Japanese agents, but subsequent investigations showed that the rumors were all false.
Because of the constant noise in the planes, air crews wore "throat mics." These had two pickups that sat against the larynx (vocal cords) and picked the sound up directly from them. You will notice that whenever a crew member speaks he puts his hand up against the mic and presses it against his throat. This helped ensure good sound pickup.
Aerial scenes were filmed in Texas and Florida because airplanes appearing to be Japanese were not allowed on the west coast due to a fear of Japanese invasion.
John Garfield plays aerial gunner Joe Winocki of the crew of the Mary-Ann, which stops at doomed Wake Island early in the film before flying on to the Philippines. In "Pulp Fiction," when Christopher Walken is telling Butch Coolidge about how his father's watch was passed on from previous generations of Coolidge men, he tells Butch about how his grandfather was a Marine at Wake Island who asked an aerial gunner named Winocki on a plane passing through to take the watch with him to give to the Coolidge family.
This movie was produced during the war and was meant to be a morale booster, not a documentary. As a result, there are numerous incidents shown in the movie that are not 100% accurate, but these things should not be considered goofs as Hollywood was doing the best it could to support the war effort.
"Sgt. Joe Winocki: [overhearing the Pearl Harbor attack on the radio] Hey, Peterson, who you got tuned in, Orson Welles?"
"Radio Operator Peterson: [looking down] That's an awful big town, San Francisco. Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: Strictly a one whistle stop. There's only one city in the U.S.A. and that's New York. Sgt. Robbie White: Oh, you're just a hometown hick, Weinberg. What's wrong with California? Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: California? The sun shines and nuthin' ever happens. Before you know it, you're 60 years old. Sgt. Robbie White: It's no different from New York. My sister's been tryin' to get out of Brooklyn for the last 40 years. Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: Brooklyn? That ain't New York, chief. Once you cross that Brooklyn Bridge, you're outta this woild. The only noise you hear is the hardening of your arteries. You know when I used to drive a hack, I had a pal who crossed that bridge in 1929. Ain't ever heard from him since. Radio Operator Peterson: Me, I'll take Minneapolis. Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: Minneapolis? Why, the grass still grows in the streets. Besides, that ain't your hometown, Peterson. The hayseed's still stickin' outta your hair. Radio Operator Peterson: Yeah, but I can still milk a cow. I bet you can't. Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: I'll get mine outta a bottle. That's the closest I ever wanna be to a cow. Sgt. Robbie White: You are handy with the old bull. Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: [laughs]"
