The Anderson Platoon La Section Anderson | |
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Directed by | Pierre Schoendoerffer |
Written by | Pierre Schoendoerffer |
Produced by | Pierre Schoendoerffer |
Starring | Joseph B. Anderson |
Narrated by | Pierre Schoendoerffer Stuart Whitman English version |
Cinematography | Dominique Merlin |
Distributed by | Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (France) CBS(US) |
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Running time | 60 minutes 65 minutes (uncut) |
Country | France |
Languages | French English |
The Anderson Platoon (French: La Section Anderson, released in 1966 in Europe, 1967 in the US) is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War, named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with which Schoendeorffer was embedded. Two decades later, a sequel was released as Reminiscence.