
Why Korea?
This film examines the reasons why the United States decided to engage in the Korean War. Scenes describe Russia's attempt to gain power following World War II (Korea included), and its refusal to allow free elections in the country. Footage shows Soviet-backed North Korean troops' movement into South Korea on June 25, 1950, the United Nations' response, and the armed struggle against both North Korean and later Chinese troops led by General Douglas MacArthur. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2005.
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- PremiereSource: Wikipedia31 Dec 1950
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Why Korea? was released on 31 December 1950.
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CinemaSerf
1/10/2026
Why Korea, indeed? This documentary actually has precious little to do with that peninsula. It’s purpose seems to be to use the Soviet backed North Korea and a whole load of other tangential communist advances throughout Europe to rattle a sabre at Moscow’s imperialist agenda. The Japanese occupation of Manchuria might have been a relevant place to start had we stayed in that part of the world, but that was just the …
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