Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Douglas MacArthur lands Leyte1.jpg

Douglas MacArthur lands Leyte1


Cleaned up version of Image:Douglas MacArthur lands Leyte.jpg with artifacts and scratches removed. A historic and encyclopedic subject in a large and dramatic image. Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Original image file appears at:
 * Douglas MacArthur
 * Battle of Leyte
 * Pacific War

Comments: Seconder:
 * Nominated by: Durova Charge! 11:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it really the stuff of FP, though? My first impression was that it looks to have been shot into the sun, so the sky is a white blanket. At 100% it seems soft and poorly-printed, shown up by other sharp, contrasty FPs of this era. Comparatively, then, it's not quite there, although I do like it very much as an image and a historical record. Maybe someone else could talk it up a little.. --mikaultalk 16:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This scene was I've heard rehearsed several times and shot for newsreel footage, thus it shows up in documentaries. Obviously the beach is now secure for MacArthur and his party to the land.  Future Philippine president Sergio Osmeña is at the far left in the pith helmet.  -- Broken Sphere Msg me 00:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the identification. Durova Charge! 00:48, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've seen this image on the History Channel quite a bit. I think the main reason why it's such a good image is because of the story behind it.  It's symbolic of MacArthur keeping his promise to the Philippine people from when he said, "I shall return," after he escaped during the Japanese attack.  I also recall some general dramatically wading ashore during the Vietnam War - probably copying MacArthur, because I don't recall seeing a previous picture of a general wading ashore.  So it's reasonable to say that this picture has influenced a small part of history, and maybe it started a whole new military tradition of generals wading ashore.  -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 07:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Nominated at FPC as Douglas MacArthur lands at Leyte by Durova  on 8 Jan, 2008. --jjron (talk) 08:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

