Operation Cowboy

Documentary Short, 2019

Running Time: 10:00

Operation Cowboy is a 2019 documentary about the 1945 mission to rescue more than four hundred horses from the German Army in Hostau, Czechoslovakia. The small town held a collection of Arabian, Prussian, and Lipizzaner horses that were all taken from Europe by the Nazis. Due to air raids and growing fears that the Russian army would capture the horses to feed their soldiers, the United States Army set out to save the herd and ultimately return the horses to their home countries.

Researched, Written, Edited, and Narrated by Sopia Winters

• 1st Place – Indiana Regional Individual Documentary
• 1st Place – Indiana State Individual Documentary
• Finalist – National Individual Documentary
• 6th Place – National Individual Documentary