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1) M*A*S*H
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Three Korean War Army surgeons adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate army bureaucrats.
During the Korean War, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H) is ruled by Lieutenant Colonel Blake. The center of attention is Captain Hawkeye Pierce, a trickster and draftee. Opposed to Pierce is Major Frank Burns, a regular-army type who has gone over...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, MASH focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious...
3) Gran Torino
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, is pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's prize...
4) Devotion
Publisher
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Elite fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner become the U.S. Navy's most celebrated wingmen during the Korean War.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Korean War veterans recount their memories of America in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when young men from all over the country were being shipped off to defend South Korea against the advancing Red Army in the north. Recalls the 'un-won' war that never ended; no one even wanted to call it a war: it was 'the Korean conflict' or a 'police action.' Finally, it was called the Forgotten War. No matter the name, the Korean War killed tens of thousands...
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Korea is often called America's forgotten war, yet history tells is that almost 150,000 American servicemen were either killed or wounded during this "police action." In this collection of newsreels and U.S. Government footage, you wil relive America's experiences in Korea from the earliest days of intervention in 1950 to the signing of the Armistice in 1953." -- on contaier insert.
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Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
It s 1951 and America is caught in the Korean War but a world away in a small town call Three Rivers Elizabeth Leroy is caught in her own personal struggle. She longs to escape her small town life and set out in pursuit of a career but a twist of fate and the promise of true loves forces her to stay. She meets the town's new handsome and devout minister with whom she quickly fall in love and plans to marry but when he decides to leave for Korea to...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Series portrays both the horror and hilarity of the daily lives of MASH unit 4077 in Korea in 1950.
Series portrays both the horror and hilarity of the daily lives of MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit 4077 in Korea in 1950.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"It was the age of hip-swingers, jet-fighters, and Ike-likers. It saw the end of the scourge of polio and the dawn of the scourge of McCarthyism. Much of what we nostalgically revere - the foundations of our pop culture - arose in the fifties. This DVD collection explores the boom-time of the post-war decade when the sky was the limit and the Cold War chilled the planet."--History Channel website.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Korea, 1950. They were the 4077 MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. Now, as reports that the war is amost over reach the 4077 with increasing frequency, the doctors and nurses begin to tentatively make plans about what they're going to do once they get back home. But until the guns fall silent, everyone must focus on taking care of the incoming wounded whose numbers increase as the fighting intesifies during...
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Language
English
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Kelly's Heroes:They were goldbricks until they found out about the gold bricks – a fortune in Nazi-confiscated bullion! Clint Eastwood reups with the director of his Where Eagles Dare for the action-filled and tongue-in-cheek tale of GIs who decide to get something extra out of the war. Eastwood’s title character masterminds a scheme to slip behind enemy lines and steal the loot. Co-stars include a trio on the verge of big-time TV success: Carroll...