| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; widescreen (enhanced); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound. |
| Note |
Special features (1 hr. 48 min).: additional interviews. -- Everyday realities -- Combat and casualties -- Fear -- War follows you -- Receiving the medal -- Rubin refuses release -- Medals since Vietnam -- Mothers of soldiers. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Alfre Woodard. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Roger Sherman ; editor, Julie Weber ; writer, Jerry Adler ; original music, Teese Gohl. |
| Summary |
Traces the history of the Medal of Honor from its inception during the Civil War through the Iraq War. Focuses on the stories of a valiant few: Sgt. Paul Smith who died protecting his company at the Baghdad Airport; a Holocaust survivor who single-handedly defends a hill during the Korean War; a Navy SEAL, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who swam for two hours in the ocean, carrying his wounded comrades to safety; a Marine at Iwo Jima who used a flamethrower to silence seven Japanese bunkers. Includes the story of the woman who won the Medal during the Civil War and then lost it. |
| Contents |
Hershel Williams / Iwo Jima -- Looking back : Civil War - Beginning of World War I -- How one gets the Medal -- Since Vietnam -- Maverick -- Can anyone be a hero -- Fear -- Determination -- Vietnam -- THe only woman -- Drew Dix -- Charles Liteky -- War heroes and pacifists -- Heroism beyond combat -- Medals long overdue. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
Closed captioned; optional video description for the blind. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Medal of Honor -- History.
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Military decorations.
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United States -- History, Military.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Added Author |
Sherman, Roger M., 1951-
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Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
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Florentine Films.
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Sherman Pictures.
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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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Washington Post Company.
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PBS Home Video.
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| ISBN |
0793694981 |
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9780793694983 |
| Standard No. |
841887009997 |
| Music No. |
MEDH601 PBS Home Video |
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