Chocolate, Chewing Gum & Brown Babies
2010
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1h 38min
• Documentary, History, War
On September 10, 1944, the first Americans liberators cross the border of Luxembourg - their pockets filled with chocolate, chewing gum and cigarettes. Friendships are born, affairs and even lasting relationships. The number of babies of absent fathers that are born in the next few months in Luxembourg remains unknown. This incredible and thorough documentary by Andy Bausch features comprehensive, amusing and often touching interviews with locals, American veterans (some of whom never left Luxembourg), the children of the GI's and legendary photographer Tony Vaccaro, famous for his pictures of the winter of 1944.
