They Drew Fire: Combat Artists World War II [VHS]
Movies & TV / VHS
UPC: 037429147931 / Publisher: Homevision, April 2000
Profiles artists who transformed the horrors of war into revealing works of art, including Franklin Boggs, Howard Brodie, Manuel Brombert, William Draper, Richard Gibney, Robert Greenhalgh and Edward Reep.
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Directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Bran Lanker and narrated by Guadalcanal veteran Jason Robards, this compelling documentary honors the more than 100 U.S. servicemen and civilians who served during World War II as combat artists. Their fascinating stories, vintage WWII footage, and featured artwork vividly recaptures the fervor and fear, pride and uncertainty that these artists experienced as they created, for the public record, visions of war.
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