Why Korea?
1950 American documentary
- 1950 (1950)
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Why Korea? is a 1950 American short documentary film produced by Edmund Reek at the request of the Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and used newsreel footage to explain the Korean War.[1] In 1951, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 23rd Academy Awards.[2] The Academy Film Archive preserved Why Korea? in 2005.[3]
Cast
- Joe King as Narrator
References
- ^ FitzGerald, Michael Ray (July 2, 2016). "'Adjuncts of Government': Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox in Service to the Executive Branch, 1935–1971". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 36 (3): 373–391. doi:10.1080/01439685.2015.1100387. ISSN 0143-9685. S2CID 146717257. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- Why Korea? at IMDb
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