Video Parts (11 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 1 of a 11-part film.
Why Korea? Reel 1 · Part 1
Description
This film, produced at the request of Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, and winner of the 1951 Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, uses newsreel footage to explain the Korean War. The film was presented by 20th Century Fox Movietone; produced by Edmund Reek; and narrated by Joe King.
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Records of the U.S. Information Agency
Series
Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities
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