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A Face of War. A Face of War is a 1968 documentary about the Vietnam War [1] The New York Times called it "one of the great Vietnam documentaries.". [2] The film was produced and directed by Eugene S. Jones (1925-2020) a Korean War news photographer who rose to fame alongside his twin brother Charles Jones. The Jones brothers initially worked ...
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- Eugene S. Jones
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A Face of War: Directed by Eugene S. Jones. With Michael Mileham. Most powerful Vietnam war doco not available except on Facebook page
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- Documentary, War
- Eugene S. Jones
- 1968-05-10
Producer-director Jones and a crew of three men spent 97 days in 1966 with Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. In that period more than half the company's 135 men were killed or wounded; Jones himself was wounded twice, and his first cameraman once. The film's intent is to reflect the truths of war as experienced by the foot soldier.
A Face of War (1968) was the debut documentary of producer-director Eugene S. Jones, a veteran television news correspondent and producer for NBC who’d seen service as a Marine in World War II and as a combat photographer in Korea. Jones and his two-man camera crew spent 97 days with the 135 men of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine ...
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A Face of War (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Directed by . Eugene S. Jones Cast Michael Mileham ...
A Face of War plot. In this documentary, director Eugene S. Jones follows a group of soldiers of the 7th Marine Regiment during the Vietnam War. The soldiers are closely followed, from sunrise to sunset, with the necessary interspersed breaks in between that provide the opportunity for interviews.
The directorial debut of documentary filmmaker Eugene S. Jones, A Face of War is a feature-length account of a single day's activities of a group of U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. Jones follows the 7th Marine Regiment from dusk to dawn, with occasional pauses for reflective interviews.