PBS Independent Lens Wings Of Defeat 2009 x264 AAC HDTV-MVGroup

Wings Of Defeat History, War Documentary hosted by Terrence Howard, published by PBS broadcasted as part of PBS Independent Lens series in 2009 - English narration Information ------------------------------ Internationally, Kamikaze pilots remain a potent metaphor for fanaticism. In Japan, they are largely revered for their selfless sacrifice. Yet few outside Japan know that hundreds of kamikaze pilots survived the war. By the spring of 1945, when all Japanese planes were reassigned to kamikaze (Tokkotai) attacks, Japan could no longer defend its airspace and its naval fleet was demolished. Old airplanes and inadequate training resulted in many failed engines, leaving scores of pilots stranded. When Japan surrendered, hundreds of kamikaze trainees were awaiting sortie orders that never arrived. Through rare interviews with surviving kamikaze pilots, we learn that the military demanded pilots volunteer to give up their lives. Retracing their journeys from teenagers to doomed pilots, a complex history of brutal training and ambivalent sacrifice is revealed. As U.S. firebombs incinerated its major cities and the country ran out of weapons and fuel, Japan's military government refused to accept the reality that it could no longer fight. Instead they sent thousands of pilots off to targets nearly impossible to reach. Sixty years later, survivors in their eighties tell us about their training, their mindsets, their experiences in a kamikaze cockpit and what it meant to survive when thousands of their fellow pilots had died. Their stories insist we set aside our preconceptions to relive their all too human experiences with them. Ultimately, they help us question what responsibilities a government at war has to its soldiers and to its people. Screenshots ------------------------------ http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8240/wingsofdefeatscreen0.jpg http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5813/wingsofdefeatscreen1.jpg http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2036/wingsofdefeatscreen2.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2122/wingsofdefeatscreen3.jpg http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8233/wingsofdefeatscreen4.jpg http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4969/wingsofdefeatscreen5.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1834/wingsofdefeatscreen6.jpg http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7504/wingsofdefeatscreen7.jpg http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4429/wingsofdefeatscreen8.jpg Technical Specs ------------------------------ * Video Codec: x264 * Video Bitrate: 1693 kbps * Video Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1 * Video Resolution: 720x400 * Framerate: 23.97 fps * Audio Codec: AAC * Audio Bitrate: 118 kbps 48/24 KHz * Audio Channels: 2 * Audio Language: English * Run-Time: 00:56:24 * Size: 731 MB * Source: 1080i OTA ATSC * Encoded by: joeyjoejoe Links ------------------------------ 1) Further Information http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/wingsofdefeat/ http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ 2) Related Documentaries http://docuwiki.net/?title=Kamikaze%20-%20To%20Die%20for%20the%20Emperor http://docuwiki.net/?title=The%20Battle%20of%20Midway 3) ed2k Links ed2k://|file|PBS.Independent.Lens.Wings.Of.Defeat.2009.HDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.Forum.mkv|766825215|12D72D4F46ED5347318C33C103EC9841|h=E6H2E63D4RDO6MU6HO7ZOIJHFEOBCCAD|/ Added by http://docuwiki.net/?title=User%3AJoeyjoejoejr Source: http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Wings_Of_Defeat

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