Bedford The Town They Left Behind
 OVERVIEW
Language: English
Country of Origin: USA
Running Time: 77 minutes
Medium: HD
Rights: Network - Halogen TV, Domestic Distribution - Vanguard Entertainment, International Distribution - Shankly Productions
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CAST & CREW
Director: Joe Fab, Elliot Berlin
Director of photography : David Goulding
Producer: Joe Fab, Elliot Berlin
Co-Producer : DAN MARKLEY
Associate Producer : AMY D. JONES
Executive Producer: Robert M. Johnson
Editor: Elliot Berlin
Original Music Score : Charlie Barnett
Writer: Joe Fab
Sound Recordist :Robert "Sully" Sullivan
Producer's Representative: Ostrow and Company
SYNOPSIS
"During World War II, men from all over the United States went into combat, but it was Bedford, Va.,that earned D-Day's most chilling distinction: the country's highest losses per capita. Directors Joe Fab and Elliot Berlin, who approached the Holocaust from a fresh direction with Paperclips (Filmfest DC 2004), now tell the story of Bedford, whose local National Guard unit was once considered a good way to make a few bucks during the Great Depression.
But then the country was drawn into war that same Guard unit was the first to come under withering German fire on Normandy's beaches. This documentary recalls that solemn history but also places it in contemporary context: In 2004, Bedford's National Guard troops were called up for the first time since 1945. They were sent first to Afghanistan and then to Iraq. "-Mark Jenkins |
