| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick, Werner Herzog |
| Event |
Originally produced by Shout Factory in 1997. |
| Summary |
In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories? |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
History.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Herzog, Werner, film director.
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Dengler, Dieter, actor.
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Deatrick, Eugene, actor.
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Herzog, Werner, actor.
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Shout Factory (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
11888522 Kanopy |
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