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Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010)

Not Rated (US) | USA | English | 68 min

Directed by: Jon Alpert, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Matthew O'Neill

7.7

With suicide rates among active military servicemen and veterans currently on the rise, the HBO special WARTORN 1861-2010 brings urgent attention to the invisible wounds of war. Drawing on personal stories of American soldiers whose lives and psyches were torn asunder by the horrors of battle and PTSD, the documentary chronicles the lingering effects of combat stress and post-traumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout American history, from the Civil War through today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Cast & Crew

Jon Alpert

Director

Ellen Goosenberg Kent

Director

Matthew O'Neill

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2010-11-11

Netherlands

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2012-05-15

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Wartorn: 1861-2010

(Original title)

Traumas de Guerra: 1861-2010

Brazil

Sotien haavat eivät parane

Finland

Parent Guide

In the opening scene, intense World War 2 battle footage is shown, many disfigured, disemboweled, and twisted corpses are seen.

Famous Civil War photographs of the dead are shown. Over 20 photos of bloody, bloating and disfigured corpses are shown as a soldier describes seeing so much death. Photos of field hospitals are also shown.

A car bomb explodes, twisted and mangled American soldiers are seen dead on the ground. A soldiers arm is blown to pieces, his muscles flap around as soldiers carry him away. Soldiers engage insurgents with gun fire, soldiers are seen being carried away in stretchers.

More World War 2 battle footage, aerial combat, many aircraft are shot down, wounded and dead are taken out of planes and stacked like wood. Scenes of soldiers under heavy artillery fire in North Africa, as a man describes the experience while fighting back tears. At the end of the segment, brutal scenes from the invasion of Iwo Jima, beaches covered in dead soldiers are shown, close ups of bloody dead bodies are shown.

Slow motion footage of fighter jets dropping napalm bombs on enemy positions, filmed from the jet itself.

American soldiers are seen in intense combat situations in Vietnam, dead bodies and bloody wounds are shown up close and prolonged. Wounded soldiers are seen being carried into hospitals.

Scenes of house to house raids in Iraq as well as guns being pointed at surrendering insurgents.

Scenes of World War 1 combat, though some fake, most is not. Many artillery rounds shot and land near the camera, soldiers run under fire, dead bodies shown briefly. A legless dead body is shown.

A very badly decomposed body is shown, the skull is clearly exposed and its clear the body is half eaten by rats. This is the most graphic image in the film.

A man looks through photos of his time in Iraq, most are just soldiers but some are dead bodies, pavement covered in blood and brains, the aftermath of a car bombing, and a bloody and dying 6 year old girl.

A final compilation of photos and footage from The Civil War, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, and Iraq. Scenes of combat, photos of dead and dying men, frantic scenes of panic among civilians, forcibly corralling civilians.

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