WATCH Louis Zamperini InterviewIn this Louis Zamperini interview, the
Olympian/POW recalls meeting Adolf Hitler,
surviving at sea, and becoming a POW. The
interview follows the events in the movie.
Zamperini also discusses life after he
returned home, including turning to
drinking and discovering Christ, the
moment his ongoing nightmares of his
tormentor, the Bird, ended. |
WATCH Mutsuhiro Watanabe Interview - The BirdThis CBS Sports documentary on
Louis Zamperini features the rare
Mutsuhiro Watanabe interview (aka "The
Bird"). It was produced by CBS
Sports as part of their coverage of
the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano,
Japan. Zamperini and his story are
featured first. The Bird interview starts
at the 30:20 mark. |
WATCH Unbroken Trailer 2This is the Unbroken Trailer 2
for the movie that chronicles the life of
Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie"
Zamperini (Jack O'Connell). Along with two
other crewmen, Zamperini survived in a
life raft for 47 days after a plane crash
in World War II—only to be picked up
by the Japanese Navy and put in a
prisoner-of-war camp. |
WATCH Unbroken TrailerAdapted from Laura Hillenbrand's book of
the same name and directed by Angelina
Jolie from a script by the Coen brothers,
Unbroken tells the story of
Olympian and WWII hero Louis "Louie"
Zamperini, whose B-24 suffered mechanical
difficulties and went down over the
Pacific Ocean, leaving him stranded at
sea. He was captured by the Japanese and
held in an internment camp until the end
of the war. Louis Zamperini died on July
2, 2014 at age 97. |