Why Korea? Explained

Why Korea?
Producer:Edmund Reek
Narrator:Joe King
Studio:Movietone News
Distributor:20th Century Fox
Runtime:30 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

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]

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Notes and References

  1. 10.1080/01439685.2015.1100387. 0143-9685. 36. 3. 373–391. FitzGerald. Michael Ray. '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. 2021-04-03. 2016-07-02. 146717257.
  2. Web site: The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners . May 30, 2019. oscars.org.
  3. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.

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