History - War --- other post WW2 wars (Korean, Indochina Wars, Middle East etc.)
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- StarsAlex JenningsZain UllahDick CheneyTop US, European and Iraqi leaders - political and military - tell the inside story of their private talks, phone calls, deals and clashes. Former members of Saddam Hussein's regime tell - for the first time on television - just what he said to them as the threat of war grew. Over three episodes, the series gets the insiders to tell what happened at crucial moments on the road to war following 9/11, the first year after the invasion as Iraq's liberation became a US occupation and Iraq's descent into civil war and the Americans struggle to turn the country round.
- DirectorR.J. CutlerGreg FintonStarsDick CheneyLynne CheneyDennis HaysbertA revealing profile of Dick Cheney, one of the world's most controversial and powerful political figures. Award-winning documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler gives us a surprisingly personal look into the life of the former Vice President from his early days in Washington to his time in the White House with President George W. Bush.
- DirectorAnthony WonkeStarsRobert GatesStanley McChrystalMike MullenOn February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. There, the Marines had four tasks: remove the Taliban, hold all ground seized, build infrastructure and governance, and transfer control to Afghan security forces. In this powerful account, award-winning journalist Ben Anderson tells the story of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and its commanding officer, Captain Ryan Sparks. At the battle's outset, Sparks and the 272 men of Bravo are flown 12 miles and dropped into the center of Marjah, where the Taliban lie in wait. For the young Marines, their first task begins. Embedded with Bravo Company, Anderson provides an intimate and sobering look at the realities of counterinsurgency warfare.
- An up-close-and-personal account of the war in Iraq, featuring testimonials from veterans; videos shot vy troops; news footage from embedded journalists; and rare battlefield photos.
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsKaty Helvenston-WettengalScott HelvenstonDonna ZovkoRobert Greenwald looks at war profiteering in Iraq by private contracting companies Halliburton, CACI, and KBR.
- StarsKevin ConroyJ.J. McCoolKyle BoucherSoldiers recount their experiences in one of the worst places of Afghanistan through helmet cameras and testimony years after their tour.***********************************
- StarsKyle FemathPeter James Stednick Jr.A documentary series following American Soldiers in Afghanistan. Real footage captured from on the ground camera's.
- StarsKeith DavidBrandon UnisFollow the men of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, as they bravely fight Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
- StarsRory StewartThomas J. BarfieldRodric BraithwaitePolitician and filmmaker Rony Stewart hosts this documentary look at the recent history of Afghanistan, a nation wracked by foreign invasions and war.
- DirectorSebastian JungerStarsLaMonta CaldwellMiguel CortezStephen GillespieKorengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.
- DirectorTim HetheringtonSebastian JungerStarsThe Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat TeamJuan 'Doc RestrepoDan KearneyA year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.
- DirectorLeland KraneWhen Kuwait is invaded in 1990, a President must make the tough call on a response. President George H.W. Bush's unique combination of skills as diplomat, spy and politician are brought to bear on the first modern war in the post Cold War world.**********************************
- DirectorDan KendallStarsPeter SnowDan SnowMax Bollinger
- StarsCharlton HestonAlan CampenRalph EhrenbergFrom the German undercover agent who worked for Iraq, to the discreet role of the U-2 spy plane and the hunt for mobile scud missile launchers, discover the real stories of Secret Operations and spies behind enemy lines in the Gulf War.
- 1998– 1h 44mTV-PG8.9 (17)TV EpisodeStarsCharlton HestonDan QuayleJohn SununuThe top-secret planning behind the Coalition's victory over Iraq. How former CIA director President George Bush, General Norman Schwarzkopf, General Colin Powell and others gathered and analyzed the crucial information needed to develop their deceptive and overwhelming battlefield strategy in the Persian Gulf.
- StarsCharlton HestonAndrew CockburnKhidhir HamzaSaddam Hussein used cunning and deception to befriend the West, before turning his back. He has risked everything to secretly develop his weapons of mass destruction, including the welfare of his own people.
- StarsKing HusseinColin PowellMargaret ThatcherThis stirring two-part series follows individuals who are affected by strange illnesses when they return home from the Persian Gulf. Jim Tuite (Ted Danson, "Cheers"), an ex-Presidential Secret Service agent working for Senator Donald Riegle (Brian Dennehy, "First Blood"), not only finds that veterans suffer from Gulf War Syndrome but believes that the government is trying to cover it up.
- StarsIl-Sung Kim
- DirectorDon CouttsStarsHaleh AfsharEzzat AltamimiShusha Guppy*********************************
- DirectorMorrie RosmarinLike an open wound that will not heal, the Arab-Israeli conflict refuses to be resolved. "Blood and Tears" uncovers the truth beneath the hype and the headlines. "Blood and Tears" explores the origin of the confrontation itself, and challenges many of the most deep-rooted myths we all hold about this epicenter of human conflict.
- StarsPeter CoyoteHuy DucJames WillbanksA comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.********************************************************
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsMichael Murphy
- DirectorMike AttieMeghan O'HaraStarsTravis ColeLucien DarensburgCharles B. FordIn Country follows the men of Delta 2/5(R) as they recreate, by choice, the battles of the Vietnam War once each year. Disquieting and provocative, the film asks, "what compels these men to bring this controversial war back to life?"
- StarsTempestt BledsoeEdward BurnsDean CainOriginal Vietnam War footage presented in high definition along with narrations by war veterans and the voices of Hollywood stars.
- DirectorDamien LayStarsSam WorthingtonKristopher BosChristopher CoyleIn the gathering dusk of 18 August 1966, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and NZ soldiers are separated and surrounded, fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. And, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, with their ammunition running out and another Vietnamese battalion massing for the final assault, the digger's situation seemed hopeless. Long Tan is the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsMichael GambonDonald SutherlandAlec BaldwinIn the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
- StarsGavin MacFadyenA detailed history of key Vietnam War battles, from 1954 to 1975.*********************************************************
- StarsJack SmithTony HaugWade SandersThis TV mini-series is a set of documentaries by ABC News, with each episode providing a different segment of the Vietnam war, as seen through the eyes of the veterans of the war.
- DirectorTessa CoombsStarsKenneth BranaghPhil CaputoClark CliffordSince the end of the French colonial rule, Vietnam has been divided. The north is run by Communists, the south by anti-Communists.
- StarsLouis Gossett Jr.
- DirectorBrian LeonardStarsTerry MacDonald
- DirectorMickey GrantStarsBa Ong NgoThi Dinh NguyenPhuong Dong HuynhDuring the Vietnam war, thousands of people in the province of Cu Chi lived in an elaborate system of underground tunnels. This film tells the story of life underground, and the fight to defeat the US, by those who lived the experience.
- DirectorBill CouturiéStarsTom BerengerEllen BurstynJ. Kenneth CampbellFeature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home.
- StarsWill LymanHenry KissingerWilliam C. WestmorelandAn in-depth look at the Vietnam War.*********************************************************
- StarsJoseph B. AndersonPeter BraestrupAnthony AstuccioA comprehensive history of the American stage of the Vietnam War.
- DirectorBarry Alexander BrownGlenn SilberStarsKarleton ArmstrongBetty BoardmanAllen GinsbergInterviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.
- DirectorPeter BattyStarsBernard ArchardChristian de CastriesHubert de Seguins-PazzisTells not only of this important conflict that happened between March and May 1954 during the First Indochina War. It also relates the events leading up to that climactic confrontation relating a short history of the region and the people involved.
- DirectorPeter DavisStarsTin ChanChau DiemNgo Dinh DiemA startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
- DirectorEmile de AntonioStarsHarry S. AshmoreDaniel BerriganJoseph ButtingerA documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
- DirectorPierre SchoendoerfferStarsJoseph B. AndersonStuart WhitmanThe director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The documentary discusses the background and fate of the soldiers and emphasizes how much American culture pervades the soldiers' behaviors in the midst of jungle life and fighting.*******************************************
- DirectorDarrin DickStarsPeter PolycarpouFilmmaker Darrin Dick, goes on a discovery to uncover the story of his veteran grandfather, Harold Bauer. During an interview with his grandson and trip to the Korean War Memorial in DC, Harold opens up about his faith, family and memories from the "almost" Forgotten Korean War that he's never told anybody before.
- DirectorChristopher H.K. LeeStarsGeorge AhnMary AhnThomas Y. ChungFading Away showcases a series of never before told stories from a group of unique Korean War veterans and refugees through a series of insightful interviews and the use of rare historical film footage, photos and other archival material. These veterans and survivors share their stories in their own words with their sons, daughters and grandchildren with memories of catastrophe, fear, and the pains they vividly remember. The film is divided into seven parts, strung together and led by the powerful recollection of the journey of a 13 year-old Korean War orphan who fled the North to the South as he recalls his memories and emotions of the war. The film also showcases a love story of an American couple who met during the Korean War, as well as the unique perspective of several female soldiers who for the first time ever now share their humorous and very personal emotional moments during the war and its impact on their lives today.
- DirectorTom KleespieStarsFred O. KnipeRaymond W. BentleyAlbert BettigaKorean War veterans relate their experiences fighting in this "forgotten" war.
- DirectorGabriel CooleyDocumentary of the Korean War.
- StarsBrian McKennaTerence McKennaTim PostThe history of the Korean War.
- Color footage includes: The Inchon Invasion The rise and fall of Seoul The Naktong river campaign Winter at the Choisin reservoir The 1st Marine Division in action Flame throwers in action Bombing raid on a North Korean industrial complex Prisoners of war being captured Amphibious attack behind enemy lines
- DirectorTessa CoombsStarsKenneth BranaghHong AnClement AttleeMao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China--the country is now lost to the West. In June 1950, North Korea invades the South, with Stalin's blessing. The United States, backed by the United Nations, defends South Korea and confronts China.
- DirectorChris WheelerStarsChung-In Bak PakJae Ho KimAlexander HaigOur Time in Hell tells the story of the Korean War with newsreels, old footage and extensive interviews with American soldiers.
- StarsMax HastingsAnthony Farrar-HockleyPatrick KavanaghA comprehensive overview of the United Nations involvement in Korea in the 1950s.
- DirectorDon HoranStarsMark W. ClarkDwight D. EisenhowerTurner JoyFor a police action the 1950's Korean conflict must have seemed a hell of a lot like a war, which this collection of newsreels all too clearly shows.
- StarsHo-sang AnKeyes BeechValentin BerezhkovA documentary about the Korean War by Thames Television that aired in the Summer of 1988 and in the US in November 1990 through WGBH Boston. Including interviews with participants from both the United Nations (USA, UK), South Korea and North Korea, the documentary was fraught with issues concerning content that might "offend" the American received wisdom concerning the war.
- StarsAbid Aziz MerchantAdnan SarwarBabita Sharma***************************************