Fires of Kuwait (1992)
- Directed by
- David Douglas
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 36 min
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows the dangerous work of firefighters from around the world as they battle oil well fires in Kuwait after the Gulf War. It highlights the scale of the disaster and the extreme techniques used to stop the burning.
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What happens
Fires of Kuwait is a 1992 American documentary film on the Kuwaiti oil fires directed by David Douglas. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was the winner of the 2005 Hall of Fame Award from Giant Screen Cinema Association. The documentary focuses on the international effort to extinguish Kuwait's burning oilfields in the aftermath of the Gulf War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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