Movie About WW2 Navajo Codetalkers

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  1. Tom Head

    Tom Head New Member

    As part of a Mother's Day present, I'm trying to track down a movie about Navajo "code-talkers" who transmitted messages during WW2. (The Navajo language developed somewhat independently, so the Japanese couldn't crack it.) My searches on IMDB have all been in vain. All I know for sure about the movie is that:

    1. It's a work of historical fiction--not a documentary.
    2. It was probably made between 1965 and 1985.
    3. It once aired on television.

    Thanks for any leads.



    Cheers,
     
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  3. Bill Highsmith

    Bill Highsmith New Member

    This is a 1995 film; see the film notes:

    http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/filmnotes/codetalkers.html
    Released by Tully Entertainment 1995, color, mono sound, 55 mins.
    Produced and Written by Brendan Tully
    Directed by Allan Silliphant
    Editing by Francine Rzeznik
    Interviews by Carl Gorman & Keith Little & Thomas Begay, codetalkers; also Tom Thomas, military historian
     
  4. I suspect that the film Bill references is the same one that I referenced (both from Tully Entertainment). I have also seen comments about another film produced by Gale Anne Hurd called True Whispers or Whispers in the Wind or something like that.
     
  5. Tom Head

    Tom Head New Member

    Thanks to both of you--I've been slow to respond, but I really do appreciate it.

    I suspect the Hurd film is the one I'm looking for, as it looks as though this was not a documentary, but was rather an honest-to-goodness movie movie.


    Cheers,
     

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