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Manoeuvre / directed and produced by Frederick Wiseman.
LIBRA DVD 013 158
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Maneuvers.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- Infantry drill and tactics.
- Tank warfare.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Zipporah Films, [2000?]
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A documentary film which follows an infantry tank company from Fort Polk, Louisiana, through the various stages of the training exercise in West Germany, from the drawing of tanks and armored personnel carriers to the movement to defensive positions, and when the enemy attack is turned back, to the offense. The defensive and offensive tactics are seen from the point of view of a company fighting a simulated war. Tests how quickly U.S. troops can aid NATO.
- Credits:
- Editor, Frederick Wiseman; photographer, John Davey.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 1979.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 183541545
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