Vietnam on Film
and Television:
Documentaries in
the Library of Congress
Compiled by Victoria E. Johnson
July, 1989
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Contents
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Introduction
- List of Films
- Appendix I: The Embassy of South Vietnam Collection
- Appendix II: Guidelines for Viewing Films and Videotapes
List of Films
60 Minutes. (1969/09/30). See also 60 Minutes (1979/11/11) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1969. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; September 30, 1969. (c) CBS; 30 Sep 69; MP22875. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 6985-6986 Includes a report on the trauma and rehabilitation of Vietnam veterans who lost a limb in Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1969/10/14) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1969. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; October 14, 1969. (c) CBS; 14 Oct 69; MP22573. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 0017-0018 Includes an interview with Senator Eugene McCarthy on Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1969/11/11) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1969. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; November 11, 1969. (c) CBS; 11 Nov 69; MP22574. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 0019-0020 Examination of legal methods of avoiding the draft.
60 Minutes. (1970/01/06) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1970. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; January 6, 1970. (c) CBS; 6 Jan 70; MP22577. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 0025-0026 Includes a segment which looks at artwork created by Marines who have served in Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1970/05/26) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1970. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; May 26, 1970. (c) CBS; 26 May 70; MP22584. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 0039-0040 Includes a debate between Frank McGee and Seymour Hersh on Vietnam and the My Lai massacre.
60 Minutes. (1970/06/16) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1970. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporters: Harry Reasoner, Mike Wallace; Telecast: CBS; June 16, 1970. (c) CBS; 16 Jun 70; MP22696. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 6993-6994 Includes a look at how GI's feel about Vietnam before they go and upon return. Mike Wallace interviews servicemen aboard planes going to and leaving from Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1971/03/16) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1971. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; March 16, 1971. (c) CBS; 16 March 71; MP24668. 2r, 60 min, b&w, 16mm. FBB 1372-1373 Includes a report on the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident which led to the escalation of the Vietnam War. This episode won an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Magazine-type Programming.
60 Minutes. (1971/04/13) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1971. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; April 13, 1971. (c) CBS; 13 Apr 71; MP25670. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 1376-1377 Includes a segment titled "My Lai Revisited." An examination of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1971/05/11) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1971. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; May 11, 1971. (c) CBS; 11 May 71; MP24671. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 1380-1381 Includes an interview with former President Johnson.
60 Minutes. (1971/09/19) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1971. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; September 19, 1971. (c) CBS; 19 Sep 71; MP24674. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 1387-1388 Report on the recent elections in South Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1971/12/12) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1971. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; December 12, 1971. (c) CBS; 12 Dec 71; MP24678. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 6958-6959 Report on attitudes regarding amnesty for Vietnam War draft resisters.
60 Minutes. (1972/01/23) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1972. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporters: Morley Safer, Mike Wallace; Telecast: CBS; January 23, 1972. (c) CBS; 23 Jan 72; MP26154. 2r, 60 min, b&w, 16mm. FBB 2580-2581 Includes a segment titled "100,000 Deserters" about members of the armed forces who are absent without leave and hiding from federal authorities in the United States and Canada.
60 Minutes. (1972/04/09) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1972. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; April 9, 1972. (c) CBS; 9 Apr 72; MP26155. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7473-7474 Report on the progress and effectiveness of the Vietnamization program.
60 Minutes. (1972/04/23) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1972. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; April 23, 1972. (c) CBS; 23 Apr 72; MP26241. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7303-7304 Interview with Viet Cong Foreign Minister, Madame Binh.
60 Minutes. (1972/05/14) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1972. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; May 14, 1972. (c) CBS; 14 May 72; MP26032. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7299-7300 Discussion of President Nixon's decision to mine North Vietnamese ports.
60 Minutes. (1972/06/18) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1972. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; June 18, 1972. (c) CBS; 18 Jun 72; MP26033. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7305-7306 Filmed report revealing the extent of bombing damage in North Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1972/11/26) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1972. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; November 26, 1972. (c) CBS; 26 Nov 72; MP26156. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7475-7476 Report on Everett Alvarez, an American POW in North Vietnam.
60 Minutes. (1973/01/28) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1973. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; January 28, 1973. (c) CBS; 28 Jan 73; MP26382. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7544-7545 Report entitled "Goodbye Saigon" on Vietnamese now exiled from their homeland. Report on the recently accomplished Vietnam peace agreement. Interview with former President Johnson, originally aired on 5/11/71, presented on the occasion of his death.
60 Minutes. (1973/02/11) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1973. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; February 11, 1973. (c) CBS; 11 Feb 73; MP26385. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 2666-2667 Interviews with the wives of two American POW's: Mrs. Jeremiah Denton and Mrs. Robert Purcell.
60 Minutes. (1973/04/01) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1973. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer, Mike Wallace; Telecast: CBS; April 1, 1973. (c) CBS; 1 Apr 73; MP26388. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7542-7543 Interview with former POW and anti-war activist, Naval Capt. Walter Wilber.
60 Minutes. (1973/06/10) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1973. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; June 10, 1973. (c) CBS; 10 Jun 73; MP26409. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FBB 2664-2665 Interviews with the wives of American B-52 pilots who comment on their husbands' attitudes toward participation in the bombing raids on Cambodia.
60 Minutes. (1974/07/28) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1974. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporter: Morley Safer; Telecast: CBS; July 28, 1974. (c) CBS; 28 Jul 74; MP26519. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7465-7466 Segment titled "MIA Wife" reports on the status of servicemen still listed as "missing in action" in Vietnam, and how their families cope with their pain.
60 Minutes. (1975/03/16) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1975. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporters: Morley Safer, Dan Rather; Telecast: CBS; March 16, 1975. (c) CBS; 15 Mar 75; MP27142. 2r, 60 min., b&w, 16mm. FCA 7448-7449 "Memory of Vietnam" offers a retrospective look at the Vietnam War, featuring a comparison of the country now as opposed to ten years ago.
60 Minutes. (1979/06/24) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1979. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporters: Morley Safer, Dan Rather, Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; June 24, 1979. (c) CBS; 24 Jun 79; PA41-766. 1c, 60 min., color, 3/4" VBA 5060 Report on the plight of South Vietnamese refugees, and the current influx of "boat people" to the United States.
60 Minutes. (1979/11/11). See also 60 Minutes (9/30/69) (Copyright Collection) CBS. 1979. Producer: Don Hewitt; Reporters: Morley Safer, Dan Rather, Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner; Telecast: CBS; November 11, 1979. (c) CBS; 11 Nov 79; PA50-861. 1c, 60 min., color, 3/4". VBA 9615 "Looking Back" is a segment which offers a Veterans Day report on three Vietnam veterans, wounded in 1969. 60 Minutes first reported on these soldiers on 1969/09/30.
ABC News Closeup: Class That Went to War, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1977. Producer/Writer/Director: Richard Gerdau; Reporter: Steve Bell; Telecast: ABC; December 1, 1977. (c) ABC; 14 Nov 77; PA74-751. 1c, 60 min., color, 3/4". VBB 3051 Study of the people of the Vietnam era which traces the lives of some of the members of producer Gerdau's Chatham, New Jersey High School class of 1964. Class members and their families relate how the war has altered their lives.
ABC News Closeup: Vietnam Requiem. See: Vietnam Requiem.
ABC News Special: Heroes and Heroin. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1971. Prod: Av Westin. Narrators: Frank Reynolds, Howard Tuckner, and Ron Miller; Telecast: ABC; August 21, 1971. (c) ABC; 3 Aug 71; MP22911. 1r, 60 min., color; 16mm. FDA 1706 Examines the problem of drug addiction among US servicemen in Vietnam and among those who have returned and measures being taken to help them. Included are films shot at a Western White House meeting on the subject between President Nixon and his top aides.
ABC News Special: When Johnny Comes Marching Home. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1971. Prod: Ernest Pendrell. Narrator: Frank Reynolds; Telecast: ABC; September 5, 1971. (c) ABC; 15 Aug 71; MP22471. 1r, 60 min., color; 16mm. FBA 1703 Report on the unemployment problems faced by returning Vietnam veterans. Also, a look at state and federal programs designed to help them.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: American Families in Saigon. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director/Producer/Writer: Desmond Smith; Telecast; ABC; July 1, 1967. (c) ABC; 1 Jul 67; MP18808. 1r, 60 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 8242 A look at a non-military American family living in Saigon.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Authoritative Source, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Richard Schenkel; Producer: Charles Schuman; Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; December 3, 1966. (c) ABC; 3 Dec 1966; MP16861 FBA 5851 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. A top Pentagon official (Col. Roger R. Bankson) offers a briefing on the military situation in Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Battlefront in the 'Other War.' (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Executive Producer: Arthur Holch; Producer/Reporter: Andrew Pearson; Telecast: ABC; August 19, 1967. (c) ABC; 19 Aug 1967; MP18815. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 1831 Report on Vietnam's An Giang Province, reveals an attempt by the US government to win over the peasants of An Giang Province through a multi- million dollar social and economic development project whose success has been minimal.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Beyond the Ballots. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Producer: David Jayne; Telecast: ABC; September 16, 1967. (c) ABC; 16 Sept 67; MP18818. 1r, 30min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8132 Analyzes what the voting results of the Vietnamese presidential elections will mean to the South Vietnamese people. Features discussion by ABC newsmen, US Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, and American and Vietnamese officials.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Black and White. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Lloyd Tweedy; Producer: David Jayne; Writer/Narrator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; February 19, 1967. (c) ABC; 19 Feb 67; MP16872. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5852 Examines the attitudes of blacks toward the war and their role in the army. Statements by Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd McKissick, Stokely Carmichael, Whitney Young, black residents of Mississippi, Harlem, and men serving as soldiers in Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Call to Manila, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director: Richard Schenkel; Producer/Writer: James Benjamin; Narrator: Howard H. Wolf; Telecast: ABC; October 1, 1966. (c) ABC; 28 Sept 66; MP16379. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5069 Reports on the Manila Conference, in which President Johnson and the chiefs of state of all Asian nations concerned in the defense of South Vietnam will participate.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Canada, the Sanctuary. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director/Producer/Writer: Dick Hubert; Telecast: ABC; May 27, 1967. (c) ABC; 27 May 67; MP18803. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 8133 Shows how emigrating to Canada is becoming a viable alternative to those young men who do not support the war in Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Champ, Count Me Out, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Lloyd Tweedy, Producer: Jack T. O'Grady, Writer: Sandy Goodman; Narrator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; April 29, 1967. (c) ABC; 29 Apr 67; MP16878. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5853 Examines refusal of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed Ali to be inducted into the US Army.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Children of War. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Richard Schenkel; Writer: Sandy Goodman, Narrator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; March 4, 1967. (c) ABC; 5 Nov 68; MP16874 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5854 Views the lives of a few Vietnamese children and young people. Shows how the war has profoundly influenced their lives and how they survive.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: China Briefing. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Anchor: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; July 22, 1967. (c) ABC; 22 Jul 67; MP18811 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 8134 A conference of experts on China, including Dr. A.M. Halpern and Edwin O. Reischauer, who discuss such issues as Chinese-American foreign policy, Taiwan, and internal Chinese politics.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Con Thien, Ten Days in Hell. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Anchor: John Scali; Telecast; ABC; October 28, 1967. (c) ABC; 28 Oct 67; MP18824. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 9032 Famed still photographer David Douglas Duncan presents photographs of the battle of Con Thien.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Cost of the War. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1969. Director: Lloyd Tweedy, Producer/Writer: Charles Schuman; Telecast; ABC; January 28, 1967. (c) ABC; 28 Jan 67; MP16869. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5855 Examines expenditures of the war and the relationship of these costs to expenditures on the "War on Poverty." Interviews with economists, and New York City anti-poverty commissioner, conducted by correspondents.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Deepening Dissent, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Anchor/Moderator: John Scali; Telecast; ABC; May 13, 1967. (c) ABC; 13 May 67; MP18801. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 8243 Discussion between Senators Henry Jackson of Washington and George McGovern of South Dakota over the increasing division in Congress over the war in Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Duty, Honor, Country. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director: Mac Hemion. Producer/Writer: Desmond Smith, Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; June 11, 1966. (c) ABC; 11 Jun 66; MP16372. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5070 Leaders of the 1966 class of West Point express their opinions regarding what kind of man chooses the career of a professional soldier.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Eyewitness. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Producer: David Jayne; Telecast: ABC; October 14, 1967. (c) ABC; 14 Oct 67; MP18822 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5856 Two correspondents, Harrison E. Salisbury and David Schoenbrun, report on their visits to Hanoi.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: F-111. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Narrator: Jules Bergman; Telecast: ABC; November 11, 1967.
(c) ABC; 11 Nov 67; MP18826. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 8135 Reports on the controversial F-111 fighter bomber--its production history, technical quality, military applications, and high cost.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Fighting the Gun Runners. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Producer: Sandy Goodman; Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; October 8, 1966. (c) ABC; 6 Oct 66; MP16380. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5071 Shows the US Navy waging war against infiltrators carrying armaments and supplies to the enemy.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Five Ways to Beat the V.C. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Producer: Sandy Goodman, Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; September 17, 1966. (c) ABC; 17 Sept 66; MP16377. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5339 Interview with Sir Robert Thompson, former Malayan Defense Secretary, and a leader in the twelve year struggle against Communist guerrillas there.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Front Line Chaplain. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Executive Producer: Arthur Holch; Reporter: Don North; Anchor: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; June 3, 1967. (c) ABC; 3 Jun 67; MP18804 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 8136 Presents the experiences of an army chaplain, Father Theodore Dowd, serving with the First Brigade, First Cavalry, in Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: General Maxwell Taylor--Another War, Another Peace. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Lloyd Tweedy, Producers: Jack T. O'Grady, Dave Jayne, Narrator: John Scali. Telecast: ABC; February 25, 1967. (c) ABC; 5 Nov 68; MP16873. 1r, 30 min., b&w; 16mm. FBA 5857 In an interview by John Scali, General Maxwell Taylor discusses peace prospects in Vietnam and compares the war there with the Korean conflict.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Global Reflections. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Anchor: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; October 21, 1967. (c) ABC; 21 Oct 67; MP18823. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8137 ABC correspondents discuss the effect the war in Vietnam has on our allies. Participants include: John Rolfson, Robert Young, Sam Jaffe, and Frank Reynolds.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Guns and Butter, Two Views. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Lloyd Tweedy; Producer: Sandy Goodman; Narrator: John Scali, Jim Burns; Telecast: ABC; January 21, 1967. (c) ABC; 21 Jan 67; MP16868 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5858 Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith discusses the US economy, Great Society programs, and cost of the Vietnam War.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Help Yourself to Freedom. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director: Richard Schenkel; Producer: Drew Pearson; Producer/Writer: Desmond Smith; Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; December 17, 1966. (c) ABC; 17 Dec 66; MP16863. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5859 Examines a pacification program at work in a hamlet near Saigon. Everett Baumgardner, who was chief adviser to the Ministry of Revolutionary Development, discusses future prospects for the program at work there.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Home for Christmas. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director: Richard Schenkel, Producer/Writer: Sandy Goodman, Narrator: Howard K. Smith with Tom Jarriel and Nick Basso; Telecast: ABC; December 24, 1966. (c) ABC; 24 Dec 66; MP16864. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5860 Scenes of family reunions in US and servicemen in Vietnam ending tours of duty there.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Hong Kong. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Telecast: ABC; December 9, 1967. (c) ABC. 9 Dec 67; MP18830. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8138 Analyzes the violent demonstrations occurring in Hong Kong as a result of the Vietnamese conflict.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: How Europe Sees Us. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Reporters: Louis Rukeyser, John Rolfson, Ray Maloney, Charles P. Arnot; Telecast: ABC; May 20, 1967. (c) ABC; 20 May 67; MP18802. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8246 Discussion and analysis of an ABC poll taken in six European nations designed to gauge Europe's views toward the US on the subject of Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: How Much Dissent? (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1968. Narrator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; January 20, 1968. (c) ABC; 20 Jan 68; MP18798. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8246 Report on increasing opposition to the draft features an ABC poll which reveals a wide range of opinions on the rights, wrongs, and limits of dissent. Interviews with Gen. Louis B. Hershey, Sen. Vance Hartke, activists Jerry Rubin and William Sloan Coffin, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, who was recently indicted for disrupting draft operations.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: How Ready the Reserves? (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Producer/Writer: Dick Hubert; Telecast: ABC; August 26, 1967. (c) ABC; 26 Aug 67; MP18816. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8245 Films a prime combat-ready reserve brigade performing its annual two-week active training tour.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Image, Why Europe Feels that Way. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director/Producer: Jack T. O'Grady; Telecast: ABC; June 17, 1967. (c) ABC; 17 Jun 67; MP18806. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8140 Four columnists from London, Rome, Paris and Bonn exchange views about Vietnam. Participating journalists include: Gavin Young, Elario Fiore, Claude Beaudet and Count Hans Von Finkenstein.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: In the Enemy Camp. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Director: Richard Schenkel, Producer/Writer: Sandy Goodman, Narrator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; February 18, 1967. (c) ABC; 4 Feb 67; MP16870. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5861 Presents propaganda film from North Vietnam which provides new insights into the war. Includes an interview with Premier Pham Van Dong.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Israel Yes, Saigon, No. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Prods: David Jayne and Arthur Holch, Moderator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; June 24, 1967. (c) ABC; 24 Jun 67; MP18807. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8141 Historian Barbara Tuchman, columnist Murray Kempton, and Senator Gale McGee discuss the seemingly inconsistent viewpoints of some Americans who support Israel militarily, but condemn the US military presence in Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: John Kraft Survey: Vietnam in the Polling Booth. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director: Richard Schentzel, Producer/Writer: James Benjamin, Narrator: Howard K. Smith and John Kraft; Telecast: ABC; November 5, 1966. (c) ABC; 5 Nov 66; MP16857. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5862 Soldiers in Vietnam discuss their political views and pollster John Kraft surveys effects of the war on the forthcoming 1966 elections. Current attitudes are compared with those poll results taken from the past summer.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Key to Victory, Part 1: Know the V.C. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director/Producers: Andrew Pearson, Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; August 20, 1966. (c) ABC; 15 May 66; MP16371. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5341 Outlines the combined American-South Vietnamese policy to counter the Viet Cong strategy in the villages and rural areas.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Key to Victory, Part 2: Hearts and Minds. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director/Producer: Andrew Pearson, Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; August 27, 1966. (c) ABC; 8 Aug 66; MP16374. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5073 Examines Ngo Dinh Diem's Strategic Hamlet Program and shows why it failed to win the "hearts and minds" of the villagers.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Key to Victory, Part 3: The Rice Roots. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Producer: Andrew Pearson, Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; September 3, 1966. (c) ABC; 8 Aug 66; MP16375. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5074 Presents a newly-instituted program in South Vietnam designed to show villagers how to rebuild their homes and fend off further attacks by the VC.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Long Pull Ahead, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1966. Director: Marvin Schlenker; Prods: Thomas H. Wolf, Andrew Pearson, James Benjamin; Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; July 23, 1966. (c) ABC; 7 Jul 66; MP16373. 1r, 29 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 5341 Howard K. Smith interviews Malcolm W. Brown, author of The New Face of War about the Vietnam conflict. Correspondents Brown and Edward R. Murrow discuss with Smith the political and military future of Vietnam.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: M-16, What Went Wrong?, The. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1968. Director: Jules Bergman, Producer: Dick Hubert; Telecast: ABC; January 6, 1968. (c) ABC; 6 Jan 68; MP18796. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8142 In-depth look at the Army's controversial new rifle and its myriad deficiencies, which include malfunctions caused by poor maintenance and defective ammunition.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Navy North. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Producer: Andrew Pearson; Telecast: ABC; November 4, 1967. (c) ABC; 4 Nov 67; MP18825. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8247 Reports on a day in the life of the men aboard the aircraft carrier Constellation, stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: No Man's Land, Population 2.5 Million. (Copyright Collection). ABC. 1967. Telecast: ABC; December 23, 1967. (c) ABC; 23 Dec 67; MP18832. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8143 Reports on the 2.5 million Vietnamese peasants who refuse to leave the countryside where most of the war's battles are taking place.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: North of North Vietnam. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Narrator: John Scali; Telecast: ABC; July 15, 1967. (c) ABC; 15 Jul 67; MP18810. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8144 A young European businessman who visits China regularly narrates his experiences and impressions.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: Outlook '68. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Producer: David Jayne; Narrator: John Scali, Correspondents: Bill Brannigan, Lou Cioffi, Louis Rukeyser and George Watson; Telecast: ABC; December 30, 1967. (c) ABC; 30 Dec 67; MP18795. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8145 Correspondents Lou Cioffi, Louis Rukeyser, George Watson and John Scali discuss the prospects of a resolution of the Vietnam War in 1968.
ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: People of War. (Copyright Collection) ABC. 1967. Producer: Arthur Holch; Narrator: Howard K. Smith; Telecast: ABC; April 23, 1966 and Retelecast: ABC; November 18, 1967. (c) ABC; 18 Nov 67; MP18827. 1r, 30 min., b&w, 16mm. FBA 8146 Describes conditions in the village of Hoa Binh in April, 1966. Program repeated, with follow up, eighteen months later in ABC Scope: The Vietnam War: People of War Revisited.