Why Korea?
| Why Korea? | |
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| Written by | Ulric Bell |
| Produced by | Edmund Reek |
| Narrated by | Joe King |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Why Korea? is a 1950 American short documentary film produced by Edmund Reek at the request of the Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and used newsreel footage to explain the Korean War. In 1951, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 23rd Academy Awards. The Academy Film Archive preserved Why Korea? in 2005.