Winter Soldier

original title:
Winter Soldier
country / year of production:
USA / 1972
original length:
95 min. , color
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genre:
Documentary
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editor:
Lucy Massie Phenix
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plot synopsis:
Documentary on atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, including numerous interviews with Vietnam veterans who either saw or participated in them. The film weaves footage of their testimony with shots taken in Vietnam, and details how ordinary people can learn to become brutal in combat situations.
keywords:
war crimes , veterans , order and obedience , massacre
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
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remarks:
The film is based on the 1971 Detroit Winter Soldier Investigation, which interviewed over 200 G.I.s. At the time of its completion television networks refused the airing. Because of the challenge this film offered to the U.S. government at the time, the filmmakers, frightened, asked that their names remain anonymous.
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