Why Korea?
| Why Korea? | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Ulric Bell |
| Produced by | Edmund Reek |
| Narrated by | Joe King |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 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]
Cast
[edit]- Joe King as Narrator
References
[edit]- ^ FitzGerald, Michael Ray (July 2, 2016). "'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. 36 (3): 373–391. doi:10.1080/01439685.2015.1100387. ISSN 0143-9685. S2CID 146717257. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
[edit]- Why Korea? at IMDb
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- 1950 films
- 1950 short documentary films
- American short documentary films
- American black-and-white films
- 20th Century Fox short films
- Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
- Documentary films about the Korean War
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- English-language short documentary films
- Korean War stubs
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- Short documentary film stubs