Why Korea? (1950)
30m
Running Time
December 31, 1950Release Date
Why Korea? (1950)
30m
Running Time
December 31, 1950Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
This film examines the reasons why the United States decided to engage in the Korean War. Scenes describe Russia's attempt to gain power following World War II (Korea included), and its refusal to allow free elections in the country. Footage shows Soviet-backed North Korean troops' movement into South Korea on June 25, 1950, the United Nations' response, and the armed struggle against both North Korean and later Chinese troops led by General Douglas MacArthur. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2005.
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Cast & Crew.
Joe King
Narrator
Arthur Lincen
Editor
Louis Tetunic
Editor
Jack Kuhne
Editor
Joseph Kenas
Writer
Edmund Reek
Director
Jack Shaindlin
Composer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
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. In 1951, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 23rd Academy Awards. The Academy Film Archive preserved Why Korea? in 2005.
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