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To the Shores of Tripoli is a 1942 American Technicolor film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Randolph Scott. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. Its cinematography was nominated for an Academy Award in 1943.
To the Shores of Tripoli ist ein US-amerikanischer dramatischer Kriegsfilm von H. Bruce Humberstone aus dem Jahr 1942. Die Handlung spielt in San Diego kurz vor dem japanischen Angriffs auf Pearl Harbor. Die Hauptrollen sind mit John Payne, Maureen O’Hara und Randolph Scott besetzt.
A 1942 war drama about a Marine drill instructor and a Navy nurse at a training base in San Diego. The movie features John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott and other stars, and was nominated for an Oscar.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- 1942-07-29
The line "To the shores of Tripoli " refers to the First Barbary War, and specifically the Battle of Derna in 1805. [2] [3] After Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon and his Marines hoisted the American flag over the Old World for the first time, the phrase was added to the flag of the United States Marine Corps.
This was the first time the United States flag was raised in victory on foreign soil. The action is memorialized in a line of the Marines' Hymn—"the shores of Tripoli". The capturing of the city gave American negotiators leverage in securing the return of hostages and the end of the war.
Marines' Hymn Lyrics: From the Halls of Montezuma / To the shores of Tripoli; / We fight our country's battles / In the air, on land, and sea; / First to fight for right and freedom / And...
In 1805, U.S. agent William Eaton led a small force of Marines and Berbers against the Tripolitan port city of Derna, to depose the ruling pasha. The victory marked the first raising of the U.S. flag on foreign soil and the origin of the Marine Corps song.
