American Experience: The Battle of Chosin is a 2016 English-language Documentary Biography movie. Revisiting this pivotal 1950 Korean war battle through the eyewitness accounts of Participants / Veterans who were present for this first major military clash of the Cold War. An amazingly harrowing story of the 17 day engagement of bloody combat and heroic survival in subartic temperatures. UN forces largely outnumbered and surrounded, due to a surprise attack led by 120,000 Chinese troops. Also featured; insights from historians, and archival footage. Written by Mike D. American experience: the battle of chosin stars Michael Murphy in the title role. It was released on 1st November 2016.