Objective, Burma!
E105760
Objective, Burma! is a 1945 World War II war film directed by Raoul Walsh that follows a group of American paratroopers on a dangerous mission in Japanese-occupied Burma.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Objective, Burma! canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T890793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Objective, Burma! Context triple: [Raoul Walsh, notableWork, Objective, Burma!]
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A.
Ghare-Baire
Ghare-Baire is a 1916 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores nationalism, gender, and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in colonial India.
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B.
Kohima Epitaph
The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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C.
Tiger of Malaya
Tiger of Malaya is the famous wartime nickname of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, noted for his rapid conquest of British Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
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D.
Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
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E.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Objective, Burma! Target entity description: Objective, Burma! is a 1945 World War II war film directed by Raoul Walsh that follows a group of American paratroopers on a dangerous mission in Japanese-occupied Burma.
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A.
Ghare-Baire
Ghare-Baire is a 1916 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores nationalism, gender, and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in colonial India.
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B.
Kohima Epitaph
The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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C.
Tiger of Malaya
Tiger of Malaya is the famous wartime nickname of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, noted for his rapid conquest of British Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
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D.
Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
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E.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II film
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film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| basedOn | fictionalized commando mission inspired by real Burma operations ⓘ |
| belongsToMovement | Hollywood studio-era war films ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Wong Howe ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized in the United Kingdom for minimizing British and Commonwealth role in the Burma Campaign ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Raoul Walsh ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | George Amy ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | semi-documentary style ⓘ |
| follows | group of American paratroopers ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
war ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Approved (Production Code era rating) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
camaraderie among soldiers
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military sacrifice ⓘ survival behind enemy lines ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Captain Nelson ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Errol Flynn ⓘ |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | paratrooper commando raid behind enemy lines ⓘ |
| notableFor |
realistic depiction of jungle warfare
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use of location-style shooting and documentary techniques ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of American paratroopers undertakes a dangerous mission in Japanese-occupied Burma. ⓘ |
| portrays | Allied military operations in the Burma Campaign ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Wald ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Warner Bros. Entertainment
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| releaseDateUS | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 142 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alvah Bessie
ⓘ
Lester Cole ⓘ Ranald MacDougall ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| setting |
Myanmar
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surface form:
Burma
Japanese occupation of Burma ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese-occupied Burma
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| starredActor |
Errol Flynn
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George Tobias ⓘ Henry Hull ⓘ James Brown ⓘ William Prince ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
Burma campaign
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surface form:
Burma Campaign of World War II
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Objective, Burma! Description of subject: Objective, Burma! is a 1945 World War II war film directed by Raoul Walsh that follows a group of American paratroopers on a dangerous mission in Japanese-occupied Burma.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Raoul Walsh
subject surface form:
Raoul Walsh