US Air Force takes flak in new Korean War film
The horrors of US bombing are grimly captured in the latest work to challenge the ‘good vs evil’ narrative of the Korean War
SEOUL: At a time when Russian missiles are thundering down upon Ukraine and North Korean missiles are hurtling through Asian skies, a searing new documentary captures the demonic impact of an air campaign upon those at ground zero.
In this story, however, it is Americans who are the villains.
The feature Scorched Earth, which premiered last week at the Busan International Film Festival, was shown on Thursday to foreign correspondents in Seoul. The 90-minute work covers the US tactical air campaign in South Korea, and its strategic bombing of North Korea, during the 1950-53 Korean War. [Click Here for video in a popup]
[The post-strike photo taken west of the Naktong River near Waegwan in South Korea shows where US B29 heavy bombers made a mass strike on August 16, 1950. Note the density of the bombing pattern, with craters from the 500-pound bombs after 99 planes bombed an area of about 5.5 by 12 kilometers, unloading more than 3,400 bombs. Image: Wikimedia Commons/ Air and Space Museum]