(lindsay anderson) ford was serving with the navy throughout the war.s be called "the myth of the navy, of service, of heroism." where every character in it is filled with such conviction, reality, if you like, that they are -- they exist in themselves, not to move the story along. (lindsay anderson) what gives the film its power is the fact that ford was a poetic filmmaker and so his people came to represent something greater than themselves. ford's attitude is different from that of very many people and is very heartfelt. (singing "glory hallelujah") (lindsay anderson) the eloquence of that moment, the time which is taken to accommodate the expression being felt at that moment. it's absolutely not a conventional action tempo of a hollywood picture. this reply is a full acceptance of the pottsdam declaration which specifies unconditional surrender of japan. (narrator) with the end of the war, the partnership between washington and hollywood ended, yet audiences still wanted a victory parade... (narrator) the combat film developed a momentum of its own