Sunday, May 04, 2008

2007 Emmy Award

"Three videos were produced and aired on KGW.com from Operation Mountain Thrust in July of 2006. These videos captured Canadian soldiers in heavy fighting in Panjawi, Hydarabad and Sangin. This was some of the first footage of Canadians in combat since the Korean war. The videos played on KGW.com, YouTube and were awarded the Emmy for Best Photography for web-based media in May of 2007 from the Lone Star Chapter of the Emmy Awards

To view the Lone Star Chapter's 2007 Advanced Media Awards webcast, click here and scroll to the bottom to of the page for the video link.

Links to the three videos are listed below:

Sangin - Ambush: Click here

Hydarabad - Dawn Raid: Click here

Panjawi - Firefight: Click here

Of these three videos, the Hydarabad - Dawn Raid was selected this month as one of their Top 20 Shock and Awe videos for 2007 by Military.com. You can find that video here and then click on the number 15 at the bottom of the player.

YouTube views on these videos have had a combined hit count of over one million views. The YouTube links are below:

Sangin - Ambush: click here
KGW Afghanistan Blog

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