A Face of War
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Eugene S. Jones
Director
Eugene S. Jones
Producer
Eugene S. Jones
Director of Photography
Natalie R. Jones
Production Manager
Robert Peck
Sound
J. Baxter Peters
Director of Photography
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
War
Release Date
Mar
1968
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
E. S. J. Productions
Distribution Company
Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 12m
Synopsis
Producer-director Jones and a crew of three men spent 97 days in 1966 with Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. In that period more than half the company's 135 men were killed or wounded; Jones himself was wounded twice, and his first cameraman once. The film's intent is to reflect the truths of war as experienced by the foot soldier. Among the incidents depicted are a twilight ambush by the Viet Cong and a dawn raid by the Marines, the death of a village child and the birth of another, helicopter assaults and lonely patrols, the routine of life on a beleaguered hilltop outpost, and the horror of death from mines, booby traps, and enemy gunfire.
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
War
Release Date
Mar
1968
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
E. S. J. Productions
Distribution Company
Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 12m
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Copyright length: 76 min. Filmed in Vietnam.
