Il difensore di Manila

This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Thursday 11 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); in Seattle it first aired 4 June 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Chicago 18 June 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Philadelphia 19 June 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Portland OR 19 June 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in New Haven CT 26 June 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Altoona PA 3 July 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Norfolk VA 7 August 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), and in New York City 26 October 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2); in San Francisco it was first telecast 19 November 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later.

At the time of the fall of the Philippines, US Marines would have been wearing the old-style Brodie helmets rather than the WWII M1 helmets used in the battle scene.

Edited into La battaglia di Midway (1976)