Photo: "War Tapes" Movie Puts Cameras in Soldiers' Hands

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Sgt. Stephen Pink of the New Hampshire National Guard's Charlie Company of the 172nd Infantry Regiment shoots film in front of a Humvee in Iraq for the documentary The War Tapes.

The new film is the first commercially released movie filmed by soldiers. It is also the first war film to be directed via email and instant messenger.

Photograph courtesy SenArt Films/Scranton/Lacy Films

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