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The battle for Marjah / Athena ; Acorn Media ; a Wall to Wall production ; in association with Roadwork Ltd. ; for HBO and Channel 4 ; produced, filmed, and written by Ben Anderson ; directed by Anthony Wonke.
LIBRA BLU RAY 020 529 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Moshtarak, 2010.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns--Afghanistan--Mārjah.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Regimental histories--United States.
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 6th. Battalion, 1st. Bravo Company.
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 6th. Battalion, 1st.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Documentary films.
- War television programs.
- War films.
- Biographical films.
- Biographical television programs.
- Historical films.
- Historical television programs.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (9 pages ; illustrations)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Blu-ray ; widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Wall to Wall Media, Ltd. ; Silver Spring, MD : distributed by Acorn Media, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Optional subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray disc: 1080i; DTS-HD MA, 5.1 Dolby Digital or 2.0 stereo PCM sound formats.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- Blu-ray disc
- Summary:
- "On February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan ... Journalist Ben Anderson tells the story of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and its commanding officer, Captain Ryan Sparks"--Container.
- Participant:
- Featuring: U.S. Marine Captain Ryan Sparks, commander of Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and his unit operations in the town of Marjah; interviews with the Bravo Company troops and Afghan civilians.
- Credits:
- Editing, Gregor Lyon ; music Andrew Phillips.
- Notes:
- Originally released as documentary in 2010.
- Booklet (9 p. ; ill.) with historical essays, maps, timeline and biographies of the Afghanistan War and with links to online discussion questions inserted in container.
- Aspect ratio: 16:9.
- ISBN:
- 9781598286830
- 1598286838
- OCLC:
- 749997430
- Publisher Number:
- 054961868391
- AMP-8683 Acorn Media
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