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Bataan Rescue is a 2003 television documentary film about the Raid at Cabanatuan (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan). Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it begins with the Fall of Bataan (Filipino: Pagsuko ng Bataan) in 1942 up to the titular event in January 1945, where more than 500 prisoners of war were liberated from a Japanese camp in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. Directed by Peter Jones and written and produced by David Axelrod, the film first aired on PBS in the United States on July 7, 2003.

Bataan Rescue
Genre	Documentary
Written by	David Axelrod[1]
Directed by	Peter Jones
Narrated by	Scott Glenn[1]
Music by	Mark Adler[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	David Axelrod[1]
Cinematography	Brian McDairmant[1]
Editor	Kate Amend[1]
Running time	60 minutes[2]
Production company	Green Umbrella[1]
Distributor	Public Broadcasting Service
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)[3]

Interviewees

• Malcolm Amos, U.S. Army
• Robert Anderson, 6th Ranger Battalion
• Bert Bank
• Richard Beck, POW
• Robert Body, U.S. Army
• John Cook, POW
• Patrick Ganio, Filipino veteran
• James Hildebrand, U.S. Army
• Forest Johnson, author
• Jose Juachon, Filipino veteran
• Robert Prince, 6th Ranger Battalion
• Leland Provencher, 6th Ranger Battalion
• John Richardson, 6th Ranger Battalion
• Francis Schilli, 6th Ranger Battalion
• Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers
• Edward "Tommie" Thomas, POW

Critical response

The Oregonian gave Bataan Rescue a positive review, commending it as a "fairly balanced account, with Glenn reading the big picture and the veterans filling in the small, vivid and often ghastly details."[4]

Home media

Bataan Rescue was first released on VHS by PBS on July 29, 2003.[5] PBS would later release the film on DVD by February 15, 2005.

See also

• The Great Raid, a 2005 film about the rescue

References

External links

• Official PBS site

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