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The 317th Platoon (French: La 317ème section) is a 1965 French black-and-white war film set during the First Indochina War (1946–54) written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. The film was based on Schoendoerffer's 1963 novel of the same name.
A courtroom-drama about a dead Captain whose memory is publicly accused by a historian on TV, twenty years after his death. The story follows his widow's struggle to prove that he was not a murderer and did not practise torture while he was leading a ground unit during the Algerian war.
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The 317th Platoon; C. China Gate (1957 film) Ciel Rouge; Curse of Snakes Valley; D. Dien Bien Phu (film) F. Five Gates to Hell; Fort du Fou; G. Geschwader Fledermaus; H.
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.
Pierre Schoendoerffer revisits his life and career, with a strong focus on the impact that his experience as a war cinematographer for the French army during the Indochina War had on him, as well as a war reporter during the Vietnam War when he filmed his 1967 Academy Award-winning documentary The Anderson Platoon named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with ...
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In December 1979 the division was deployed to Afghanistan. Mironenko was deputy commander of a platoon in the 317th Guards Airborne Regiment reconnaissance company. The platoon guarded important facilities in Kabul. On 29 February 1980, he participated in an operation to defeat a larger group of Mujahideen in the village of Shigal in Kunar ...