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An account of the Vietnam War as seen through the camera of the late Australian war correspondent, Neil Davis. David Bradbury’s multi-award winning documentary also examines the ethical issues facing a man in the frontline who is not an active combatant.
Vietnam was a television war, a war said to have been lost in the lounge rooms of middle America, and not on the battlefield. This film explores the conflict, and Davis’ involvement in it, combining his original footage, comments and archival film. It includes the famous, historic footage of the fall of Saigon, which Davis was the only Western journalist to film.
Warning: some scenes may disturb.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013825
Language
English
Audience classifications
Exempt
Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Davis, Neil, 1934-1985
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalism - Political aspects
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture journalism - Australia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Davis, Neil, 1934-1985
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Motion pictures and the war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War correspondents
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Journalism - Political aspects
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation