Frontline

Australia, 1979

Film

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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Credits

producer/director

David Bradbury

production company

ABC

Australian Film Commission

Australian War Memorial

British Broadcasting Corporation

Tasmanian Film Corporation

Duration

00:54:04:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013825

Language

English

Audience classifications

Exempt

Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)

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

Wikidata

Q5505790

Collected

1 times

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