Prelude to Black Hawk Down - Raw Footage from the Battle of Mogadishu | Free Documentary History

Prelude to Black Hawk Down - Raw Footage from the Battle of Mogadishu | History Documentary

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On October 3rd, 1993, US special forces became embroiled in a disastrous battle in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Three UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were brought down in the city using rocket-propelled grenades. The US launched a huge rescue mission for the survivors but encountered heavy resistance. Known as the Battle of Mogadishu, the conflict was dramatized in Ridley Scott’s 2001 war film, Black Hawk Down.

Using newly restored footage filmed by ITN’s camera crew stationed in Somalia at the time, ITN Archive presents a special documentary chronicling the events leading up to the battle. Drawing on dramatic footage and key witness interviews recorded between 1992 and 1993, this film tells the story of how the United Nations’ humanitarian mission in Somalia became overtaken by a controversial military campaign, and how popular support for the UN in the country became steadily replaced by widespread hostility towards the US-led military presence.

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