The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal


2h 30m 1993

Brief Synopsis

Documentary special featuring undersea footage of an expedition led by Robert Ballard to locate and identify some of the 50 U.S. Navy ships lost in the World War II battle off Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. Also includes footage of the reunion of Guadalcanal survivors from the United States, Aust

Film Details

Also Known As
Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal, National Geographic Explorer (05/23/93)
Genre
Documentary
Historical
War
Release Date
1993

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 30m

Synopsis

Documentary special featuring undersea footage of an expedition led by Robert Ballard to locate and identify some of the 50 U.S. Navy ships lost in the World War II battle off Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. Also includes footage of the reunion of Guadalcanal survivors from the United States, Australia and Japan.

Crew

Alan Adelman

Lighting Director

Mark Adler

Original Music

Linton Ardoin

Special Thanks To

David Axelrod

Associate Producer

Kevin Bachar

Coproducer

Ted Blahnik

Special Thanks To

Kenan Branam

Other

George Bush

Archival Footage

James Cashman

Special Thanks To

Martin Clemens

Thanks

Charlie Davenport

Special Thanks To

Gail Davis

Production Assistant

Ray Day

Aerial Director Of Photography

Ray Day

Sound Recordist

Tia Dobi

Production Coordinator

Bert Doughty

Thanks

Doug Dunderdale

Assistant Camera Operator

Jim Eaves

Special Thanks To

Robert Elfstrom

Cinematographer

Jim Enzinna

Researcher

Kris Evans

Makeup

Leonard Feinstein

Editor

Lawrence Foanaota

Special Thanks To

Joe Foss

Special Thanks To

Richard B Frank

Other

Art Friend

Special Thanks To

Christopher Fryman

Cinematographer

Laura Glassman

Researcher

Robert Goldberg

Writer

Linda Goldman

Film Research

Charles R Haberlein Jr

Other

Jack Haley Jr.

Stock Footage

Eric Hammel

Other

Peter Hodges

Special Thanks To

Jeff Hogan

Camera Assistant

Harry Horsman

Thanks

Alice Hughes

Wardrobe

Marc Hunter

Production Assistant

Aarvil L Jones

Thanks

Leonard A Joslin

Thanks

Sara Kandler

Production Coordinator

Richard Kasebaum

Assistant Editor

Kenji Kawano

Special Thanks To

Robert Kenner

Producer

Kage Kleiner

Writer

Teresa Koenig

Producer

Philip Kruener

Sound Editor

Richard Lacy

Grip

Robert F Landau

Post-Production

Robert F Landau

On-Line Editor

David Lerner

Sound Recordist

Mark Linden

Post-Production Sound

Wes Lowe

Conceptual Illustrator

Andrew Maner

Special Thanks To

Georgia Manukas

Production Coordinator

Paul Marbury

Assistant Camera Operator

Ken Marschall

Conceptual Illustrator

Dale Martin

Special Thanks To

Greg Matson

Special Thanks To

Michael Mccoy

Photography

Helen Mcdonald

Special Thanks To

Janet Mcfadden

Line Producer

Janice Mckay

Post-Production Supervisor

Jack Mcmaster

Conceptual Illustrator

Christopher Meacher

Assistant Camera Operator

Grant Miller

Cinematographer

James Miller

Camera

H Stewart Moredock

Thanks

Nicolas Noxon

Executive Producer

Sadanobu Okada

Thanks

Otto Orzech

Special Thanks To

Peter Pilafian

Cinematographer

Mario Porporino

Sound

Christopher Raney

Special Thanks To

Robert B. Reynolds

Gaffer

Harvey Rivera

Grip

Michael Rosenfeld

Executive Producer

Yoshi Sagai

Special Thanks To

Saburo Sakai

Thanks

Lisa Samson

Associate Producer

Paul Schremp

Post-Production Sound

Paul Schwert

Special Thanks To

Mark Shelley

Cinematographer

Jill Shinefield

Production Coordinator

Michiharu Shinya

Thanks

Tom Simon

Executive Producer

Tom Simon

Producer

Michiko Sakai Smart

Interpreter

Thayer Soule

Thanks

Gerald Stenzel

Special Thanks To

Akio Tani

Thanks

Jeff Taylor

Assistant Camera Operator

William Cory Taylor

Production Coordinator

Thomas Titiulu

Thanks

Masaaki Tobe

Sound Recordist

Alison Trinkle

Associate Producer

Roy Uyehata

Thanks

Claire Vande Polder

Associate Producer

Bert Warne

Thanks

Jackie Wintle

Thanks

Mary Clayde Wintle

Thanks

Kurato Yoshiie

Thanks

Film Details

Also Known As
Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal, National Geographic Explorer (05/23/93)
Genre
Documentary
Historical
War
Release Date
1993

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 30m

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