Why Korea? - Wikipedia

Why Korea?
Written by	Ulric Bell
Produced by	Edmund Reek
Narrated by	Joe King
Production company	Movietone News
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	1950 (1950)
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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