![]() This will not be the conclusion of the ignorant upon finishing this program. All this to say that the War was complicated and largely unnecessary. Indeed, if the events of late 2013 are to be believed vis a vis the apprehended war vet, then the conflict continues. It is sad and perplexing as to how a completely avoidable bush war spiraled into the longest continued (read: unabated) conflict of the 20th Century. This is where America calcified in its disgust and dehumanization of the “gook”, the “red”, and primitive eastern culture. This was the series of battles that would make permanent the divide between China and the US. It was in this conflict that the dominance of US firepower was turned from fact into myth. Add to this the historical cultural tension and the vacuum of Japanese ascendancy and you get the makings of a vicious, civil war hidden beneath an over analysed but little understood Police Action. By the time of the Korean Conflict, too many had said too much to not fight over a disagreement over economics. This line was taken up by a large percentage of the diplomatic and policy bourgeoisie in Washington, with the general progression over the late 40’s toward the zero sum perspective of geopolitics. The men in suits (business interest) had decided to vilify all forms of Socialism in all places as a direct threat to peace (read: profit). While it is true that the whole fracas started under the auspices of a UN Police Action, it was decidedly not a coalition of allies seeking an ultimate objective. The narrator (read:the writers) finds a different way to say “communist scum” every three minutes, whilst consistently referring to the American side as “the U.N.”. Story of Korean War in Colour is a documentary that details the major points in the Korean Peninsula Conflict through the lens of Western Dominant ideology. Tl dr – This is a vivid propaganda film rich with powerful footage and inane political undertones, This unique footage is supported by newly unearthed material from sources in the former Eastern Bloc and China and previously censored footage from the National Archives in Washington. Most of the footage for Korea the Forgotten War in Colour has been sourced from stunning 35mm original material and includes exclusive access to the secretive North Korean Archives in Pyongyang. Using original colour material telecined at source directly from film to HD, much of it recently discovered and never broadcast before, Korea the Forgotten War in Colour offers a unique insight into a conflict that saw East confront West, communism challenge liberal democracy and Korean fight Korean in a bloody civil war. ![]() June 25th 2010, marked the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of a merciless conflict that brought the world to the brink of nuclear armageddon and scarred a nation so deeply that it is still bitterly divided.įrom the originators of the acclaimed ‘In-Colour’ genre of documentaries, Stewart Binns and Adrian Wood, Korea the Forgotten War in Colour tells the story of the war through the powerful colour imagery, emotive musical score and dramatic soundscape that are the hallmarks of Binns’ and Wood’s productions.
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