Secrets of War Prisoners of War, Part Two - Battle for the Mind (Season 1, Episode 48)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

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Secrets of War

Prisoners of War, Part Two - Battle for the Mind (Season 1, Episode 48)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Examines the treatment of prisoners of war on both sides during WWII. From interrogation to housing to repatriation, civilian and military POWs were often used as pawns between warring nations.

Writer

Deborah Blum (written by)

Producer

Deborah Blum

Composer

Ramón Balcázar

Editors

John Bininger | Manny Madla

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 6, 1998

Release date

Feb 6, 1998 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Charlton Heston Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Mark Seaman Self - Historian, Imperial War Museum Self - Historian, Imperial War Museum See fewer	Wish Me Luck (1987)
Robert C. Doyle Self - Author 'Voices From Captivity' Self - Author 'Voices From Captivity' See fewer	Hart's War (2002)
Sydney Dowse Self - British Recon Pilot - POW Escaped From Stalag Luft 3 Self - British Recon Pilot - POW Escaped From Stalag Luft 3 See fewer	Storyville (1997)
Sheldon Harris Self - Author 'Factories Of Death' Self - Author 'Factories Of Death' See fewer	50 First Dates (2004)
Abraham Cooper Self - Assistant Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center (as Rabbi Abraham Cooper) Self - Assistant Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center (as Rabbi Abraham Cooper) See fewer	Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story (2016)
Lew Carlson Self - 'We Were Each Other's Prisoners' Self - 'We Were Each Other's Prisoners' See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
Jolyon West Self - Former Chairman, Department of Psychology, UCLA School of Medicine (as Dr. Jolyon West) Self - Former Chairman, Department of Psychology, UCLA School of Medicine (as Dr. Jolyon West) See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
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Douglas MacArthur Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Assignment in Korea (1951)
Zedong Mao Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The New China (1951)
Joseph McCarthy Self - Senator (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Senator (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	American Forum of the Air (1950)
Joachim Peiper Self - Malmedy Massacre (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Malmedy Massacre (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
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Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
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