As it Happened: Tarawa
44 mins
Tarawa was the most strongly defended island in the Pacific which the Japanese boasted that a million Americans couldn’t take the island in one hundred years. On Tarawa the Marines faced their sternest test yet.
Ashley Gething
Director
Ashley Gething
Writer
Brian Aabech
Executive Producer
Taylor Downing
Producer
Rachel Naughton
Line Producer
Úna Shinners
Assistant Production Manager
Chris Going
Cinematography
Finlay Bald
Editor
Owen Parker
Editor
Tim Ball
Production Director
Marilyn Freeman
Production Accountant
Clare Moriarty
Production Coordinator
Ed Niblett
Graphic Designer
Steven Grevemberg
Sound
Eddie Allas
Coordinating Producer
Marvin Schroeder
Coordinating Producer
Barry Hecht
Camera Operator
Bill Ralston
Camera Operator
Steven Faux
Music
Paul Bell
Researcher
Stuart Heaney
Researcher
Alex Leithead
Research Assistant
David Smith
Researcher