Title:
Medal of honor / co-production of Florentine Films/Sherman Pictures, WETA and the Washington Post Company ; directed and produced by Roger Sherman.
ISBN:
9780793694983
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
[Place of publication not identified] : PBS Home Video, 2008.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc.
Special features: additional interviews.
DVD, region 1; widescreen (enhanced); 5.1 surround.
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.
Geographic Term:
Language Note:
Closed captioned; optional video description for the blind.
Performer:
Narrator, Alfre Woodard.
Production Credits:
Cinematographer, Roger Sherman ; editor, Julie Weber ; writer, Jerry Adler ; original music, Teese Gohl.
OCLC Number:
ocn277047245
Availability:
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