About this episode

This episode discusses the film Wake Island from 1942 in the context of the Oscars.

In this episode: Wake Island (1942)

People in this episode

Host: Chris Westland

Topics covered

• Oscars
• Wake Island
• film history
• World War II
• cinema

Keywords

• Wake Island
• Oscars
• 1942 film
• film analysis
• historical films

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Wake Island

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