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A well-made drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in...
- 126 min
- 164.2K
- LionHeart FilmWorks
Apr 30, 2023 · During the Vietnam War, American POWs were systematically tortured at a prison camp they sarcastically dubbed the "Hanoi Hilton." Now, salvaged remnants of the prison have been reconstructed as...
- 8 min
- 136.3K
- CBS Sunday Morning
Feb 11, 2022 · The Hanoi Hilton was not hotel at all but a notorious prison used to house American POWs during the Vietnam War. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory......
- 12 min
- 688.9K
- Simple History
- The History of The Infamous Hanoi Hilton
- The Torture of American Soldiers at Hỏa Lò
- American Resistance in Hỏa Lò Prison
- What Happened to The Horrific Prison?
Before the American prisoners gave the prison its now-infamous name, the Hanoi Hilton was a French colonial prison called La Maison Centrale. The Vietnamese, however, knew it as the “Hỏa Lò” Prison, which translates to “fiery furnace.” Some Americans called it the “hell hole.” Built in the late 19th century, Hỏa Lò originally held up to 600 Vietnam...
Over nearly a decade, as the U.S. fought the North Vietnamese on land, air, and sea, more than 700 American prisoners of war were held captive by enemy forces. For those locked inside the Hanoi Hilton, this meant years of daily torture and abuse. In addition to extended solitary confinement, prisoners were regularly strapped down with iron stocks l...
Despite the endless torture, the American soldiers stayed strong the only way they knew how: camaraderie. During his first four months in solitary confinement, Lt. Cmdr. Bob Shumaker noticed a fellow inmate regularly dumping his slop bucket outside. On a scrap of toilet paper that he hid in the wall by the toilets, he wrote, “Welcome to the Hanoi H...
That delightful day in 1973 would not be the last time that some of the prisoners would see the Hanoi Hilton. John McCain returned to Hanoi decades later to find that most of the complex had been demolished in order to make room for luxury high-rise apartments. The rest became a museum called the Hỏa Lò Prison Memorial. Most of the museum is dedica...
- Hannah Mckennett
- 7 min
The Hanoi Hilton: Directed by Lionel Chetwynd. With Michael Moriarty, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright, Paul Le Mat. Follows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison.
- (1.2K)
- Drama, War
- Lionel Chetwynd
- 1987-05-23
The Hanoi Hilton streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "The Hanoi Hilton" streaming on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel or for free with ads on Pluto TV. It is also possible to rent "The Hanoi Hilton" on Apple TV online and to download it on Apple TV, Amazon Video.
- 126 min
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An affecting and powerful drama about the experiences of POW’s trying to survive a brutal Hanoi prison camp in the midst of the Vietnam War. Subtitles: English. Starring: Michael Moriarty Stephen Davies Gloria Carlin Paul Le Mat Aki Aleong. Directed by: Lionel Chetwynd.