Summary: Americans and British in action near Taegu; Korean War
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Korea action and political comments before cease-fire
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1953
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series shows scenes from the United Nations session in New York as well as U.S. negotiators at Kaesong in their efforts to hammer out a ceasefire plan between fighting factions in Korea. In addition, this video from the National Archives and Records Administration includes a tribute to the men of the infantry from an Army officer who...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in England, comments on war in Korea (saying it's to prevent war)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: This program provides a brief overview of the partitioning of Korea; the battles for Seoul, Inchon, and Pusan; the entry of Chinese troops into the war as United States marines approached the Manchurian border; General MacArthur's famous speech to Congress; and the armistice at Panmunjom and the establishment of the demilitarized buffer zone. The program also shows the war's aftermath in the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: UN forces cross Han river to Seoul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: British Naval air attack in Korea
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: US Congressmen respond to the Korean Airline incident (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1983
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Summary: This program examines a major piece of the new American mosaic-a group that is seeking to retain its traditional cultural values while adjusting to life in the U.S. Korean Americans have come into frequent and violent conflict with inner-city African Americans, and have sought, through their own ethnic civic organizations, to overcome the rejection of the community around them.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Korean War dogfight (air combat)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: While often dealing with pointedly Korean issues, South Korean movies and television shows have pushed beyond their domestic market and are now highly respected by audiences across Asia and the world. This program studies ways in which South Korean films have changed over the decades, profiling a new generation of Korean filmmakers and their industry's tightrope walk between a blockbuster...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: South Koreans demonstrate in Seoul demanding a United Korea (no division at 38th parallel)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: Japanese student protests over the new Korean government
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: Lt. General Chang Do Young, the new South Korean Premier, swears in fourteen new cabinet members after a coup in Korea.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series shows how the U.S. Army provides civil assistance to the Korean population from the very beginning of the conflict. The Army’s goal is rehabilitation of an area and its population for tactical reasons. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration shows a very human, moving story and points out the U.S. Army’s...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: South Korea boasts the third-largest economy in Asia. This program examines how cheap government loans encouraged the growth of large conglomerates, and how new policies are helping small and medium companies to develop. A representative of a British automobile company discusses the Korean government's use of onerous anti-business tactics, such as tax audits on those Koreans who buy imported...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program explores the Republic of South Korea, focusing on its culture, traditions, and especially its cuisine. This modern country with a unique cultural identity is known for its rice farming, traditional celadon pottery-making, fishing, and its national dish—kimchi. This program from PBS’s Hidden Journey series also includes the Chu’sok festival, which honors ancestors, Buddhism, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: This undercover report documents the stark poverty and extreme repression in North Korea that exist alongside spectacular cultural events and age-old customs unfettered by political ideology. Posing as a tourist, broadcast journalist Janet Choi risked arrest to get an inside look at one of the planet's most secretive-and brutally totalitarian-countries while under surveillance by a police "tour...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In 2003, as the United States confronted North Korea over its resumption of nuclear weapons production, North Koreans prepared to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their supposed "victory" over the South in the Korean War. This Wide Angle documentary tells the story of two teenage girls preparing to participate in the Mass Games, one of the last surviving Communist showcase pageants and a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Riot in Seoul, South Korea after Syngman Rhee re-election. Protesters claim fraud.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Overshadowed by the wars that came before and after it, the Korean War has received little of the attention it rightly deserves, yet its legacy endures: armies still face each other across the demilitarized zone - and nuclear saber-rattling, this time coming from North Korea, is still a factor. In this ABC News program, correspondent Phil Ittner embeds himself with a group of veterans making a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In the shadow of continuing turmoil in North Korea, the South continues to prosper under its current president, Kim Young Sam. This program looks at the combination of centuries-old tradition and modern technology that has turned a small, war-torn agrarian country into a major industrial power. It shows the effects of modernization on traditional values, covers the roles of education and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The greatest Spanish work of the Siglo de Oro is here presented as a feature film that painstakingly and lovingly re-creates the medieval world of Lope's play. Spain's greatest actors are cast in this joyous production.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006