Summary Documentary about the Afghantsi who are the military veterans of "Russia's Vietnam", the Afghan war. The film follows the Red Army from the start of the withdrawal in May 1988. It goes in the barracks of the crack paratroop regiment; the wards of Kabul's military hospital; on a helicopter gunship to a mountain outpost where Soviet conscripts serve unrelieved for 18 months.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Mark Halliley Jonathan Dimbleby Olivia O'Leary Jane Walmsley
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Oct 3, 1988
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV)
Summary Documentary about the Afghantsi who are the military veterans of "Russia's Vietnam", the Afghan war. The film follows the Red Army from the start of the withdrawal in May 1988. It goes in the barracks of the crack paratroop regiment; the wards of Kabul's military hospital; on a helicopter gunship to a mountain outpost where Soviet conscripts serve unrelieved for 18 months.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Oct 3, 1988
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV)