Paper Summary:

This paper sets out to describe the cultural values of the 1950s and studies the events portrayed in the film "From Here to Eternity" as symbolic of that period. The paper presents a brief outline of the film, explains the modifications that had to be made from the original book due to censorship and concludes that it portrays the period very well.

Outline:
Introduction
Cultural Values of 1950
Historical Data Comparison
Film's presentation of the period
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"The film "From Here to Eternity" presented the period very well. It captured the bombing of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 extremely well. It showed the panic that spread through Pearl Harbor just as the text "Nation of Nations" did. The ending of the film was actually very similar to the story that starts off Chapter 26 in "Nation of Nations" after the bombings had mostly ended. A soldier races down to the beach to help his company in the film just like John Garcia jumped on his motorcycle to go to the harbor to help clean up the mess. In the film the soldier is killed though by his own men after he was ordered to halt and hailed to do so. The film showed how everyone was worried about the Japanese invading the land after the bombings occurred. The text portrayed the same thing with panic spreading up and down the west coast of the United States and people becoming trigger-happy when they think they see an enemy. That is how the soldier is shot by his own men. The film showed the devastation of Pearl Harbor as the bombers destroyed the Navy's ships. The film did an excellent job of showing how our military was not expecting this sort of attack. In the film the soldiers were shown drunk and bored all the time and not really think about an attack."

Sample of Sources Used:

• (2005). From Here to Eternity. Retrieved April 30th, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045793/
• Davidson, J.(Ed.). (2002). Nations of Nations (3rd ed., Vol. 2). New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Worringham, R. Buxton, R. Censorship. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved April 30th, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/censorship/censorship.htm

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