This movie was a small first step in addressing the issue of racism in America during the 1940's.
As with "Home Of The Brave",the active recruitment of black soldiers,sailors,and airmen during World War II played a huge part in changing that,and the stories of that change have yet to be fully told. The year 1949 introduced not only this picture,but also another picture,Elia Kazan's "Pinky" that also address the issue of racism and segregation as well. That said,the filmmakers to deserve credit for addressing racial issues at a time when the entertainment industry generally ignored them,and when segregation was the law of the land. The resolution of the conflicts piles improbability upon improbability. And when,finally,the reasons for the paralysis are revealed,audiences today will groan in disbelief,which shocked audiences who went to see this picture in 1949. T.J.'s expressions of racism and Moss's reactions are equally simplistic and false. Men on sentry duty at night chatter away like schoolchildren and smoke cigarettes constantly. (Verse 1) Welcome to America Home of the free Home of the brave Home of the American dream A lot of us don’t care Cuz we can’t see None political tithes But the media’s been telling us lie. Neither the depiction of jungle warfare nor the racial attitudes are remotely believable. Tensions within the group rise to the surface and explodes as soon as they're dropped on the island to face the enemy. is openly racist,but it turns out that Finch and Moss are old pals from high school,where they played basketball together. Robinson was then surprised to learn that Moss was "colored." T.J. He had recruited Moss,an engineer from another division,to make maps of the island. Everett (Steve Brodie) to "volunteer" from his outfit. Robinson picked Mingo,Finch(Lloyd Bridges),and T.J. They say that it was a reconnaissance patrol to an island held by the Japanese. Major Robinson(Douglas Dick),and Mingo(Frank Lovejoy)tell the doctor what they know. Moss is also amnesiac and so he can't remember what happened to him on his last mission. In the opening scenes,a psychiatrist(Jeff Corey)tries to find out how Peter Moss(James Edwards),a black soldier,came to be paralyzed from the waist down. The action takes place on a nameless islands in the Pacific during World War II. To claim that they are the same misunderstands both. Second,Laurents's play is about anti-Semitism,and though it is easy to say that all bigotry springs from one source,discrimination against black people is different from discrimination against Jewish people. First off,Carl Foreman's script is based on Arthur Laurents's curiously contrived stage play. Director Mark Robson starts out with two strikes against him. It was great in its premise with its performances and all,but it falls far short and is little more than a footnote in Hollywood's attempts to deal with American racism. No refuge could save the hireling and slaveįrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth waveIf this curious little drama lived up to its intentions,it might have been one of the important war films. Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. That the havoc of war and the battle's confusionĪ home and a country should leave us no more? O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.Īnd where is that band who so vauntingly swore 'Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh long may it wave Bb Eb Cm F And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave Bb Gm Bb F Bb F Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave This arrangement for the song is the authors own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
#Home of the brave land of the free lyrics full#
In full glory reflected, now shines in the stream F Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, Bb F Gm C F And this be our motto: In God is our trust. Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,Īs it fitfully blows half conceals, half discloses?
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, On the shore dimly seen, thro' the mists of the deep, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, Be sure you and your kids know the words to this anthem that has brought courage and hope to so many during dark times. The lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" are particularly poignant and meaningful during this time of national mourning and pride.
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