Has anybody else seen the documentary simply titled "The French Foreign Legion?" It was made in 2007. Has interviews with Evan McGorman and Jamie Salazar as well as the professor who wrote "History of the French Foreign Legion." They used a lot of clips from "Legion of the Damned." Contained some minor inaccuracies, but overall it was pretty decent. So far haven't been able to find it online.
Sounds great...love to see it if anyone can find it.
If you can post it up yourself. I posted about 5 vids to Google Video a while back. (Legion of the Damned/De Fordomdas legion, The French Foreign Legion in 2 parts (laserlight) about the Scottish EX RM who joins the Legion ...etc...)
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Just looked it up, the full title is "The French Foreign Legion: The World's Most Legendary Fighting Force."
Still can't find it online anywhere. It was on the History Chanel one morning at 3am. George Lucas produced it, found that sort of odd... though, Indiana Jones was formerly a legionnaire.
I couldn't find it on the internet either, but I did find it on the lucasfilm website, stating that the French Foreign Legion documentary was part of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones DVD.
it's at the bottom where it tells you what's on each disc
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It appears on Disc 1 of Volume 3.
It has a run-time of 28 minutes, 22 seconds
his documentary covers the history and traditions of the French Foreign Legion, with interviews of two American former legionnaires and a military historian. It discusses how the Legion started in 1831, as a way to both clear out unwanted potentially disruptive foreigners seeking refuge in France and build military troops needed for colonization efforts around the world, and how the mystique of the Legion built up through their acceptance of only foreigners, despite their pasts, and the hard posts they occupied, especially in Algeria. Their legend grew with fiction and movies about the Legion. Training in the Legion is brutal, with corporal punishment still allowed. Unique traditions include the Kepi Blanc (the white hat), the commemoration of their near total loss on Camerone Day (when 60 Legionnaires died fighting 2,000 Mexican troops in Camerone, Mexico) with the parade of the wooden hand of Captain Danjou, and their slow march and songs. The role of the Legion in mutinying against France when France left Algeria, the home of Legion's headquarters, is also discussed. Life in the modern Legion is examined as well as some of their roles in the late 20th century, including as UN peacekeepers.
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Did anyone manage to find it?
this one?
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Auld soldier, auld shite. Young soldier, gab shite.
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