Historic Time Travel - Korean War (2005)

The vintage film footage in this collection should provide the average viewer or the history buff with an outlet into how the world looked around the time of the Korean War. Viewers will walk away with a better understanding of the war's context and of the way the war was presented to Americans through promotional and educational ads. Films such as "Back to Freedom," "The Crime of Korea," and "Starting Anew" paint a detailed portrait of the social climate in America and abroad during the early 1950s. Through newsreel clips and informational documentaries, viewers will get a sense of the economic issues, anti-communist sentiments, and technological growth that America was experiencing at the time. Additional films include "Getting Ready Physically," "Service and Citizenship," "Orphaned Korean Boy Arrives in San Francisco," and "Korean Kaleidoscope."