Winter soldier.

Date:
1972
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About this work

Description

This film documents a meeting between more than 125 Vietnam veterans as they gathered at Howard Johnson's hotel in Detroit, January 31, 1971. The meeting was to provide an opportunity for the veterans to talk about the atrocities they had committed or witnessed while in Vietnam. Their memories are frequently hard to listen to and are sometimes illustrated with colour footage from Vietnam. The veterans included are: Rusty Sachs, Joseph Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro, Kenneth Campbell, Scott Camil, John Kerry, Steve Pitkin, Jonathan Birch, Charles Stevens, Fred Nienke, David Bishop, Nathan Hale, Michael Hunter, Murphy Lloyd, Carl Rippberger, Evan Haney, Robert Clark, Gordon Steward, Curtis Windgrodsky, Gary Keyes, Allan Akers, William hatton, Joseph Galbally, Edmund Murphy, James Duffy, Scott Moore, Mark Lenix, Thomas Heidtman, Dennis Caldwell and James Henry.

Publication/Creation

US, 1972.

Physical description

1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color, black and white, PAL

Copyright note

1972 Winterfilm Collective

Notes

This film was included in the Wellcome Trust exhibition 'War and Medicine', 22 November 2008 - 15 February 2009.

Creator/production credits

Made by the Winterfilm Collective, 18 filmmakers, including Barbara Kopple, Robert Fiore and Lucy Massie.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

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