A film about the people of Saigon as seen through the experience of three young American journalists who, in 1970, explored in their own way the consequences of war and of the American presence. It is not a film about the Vietnam war, or the rights or wrongs of it, but about the people who lived on the fringe of battle. The views of the city are arresting; but away from the shrines and the open-air markets lay another city, swollen with refugees and war orphans, where every inch of habitable space was covered. (Seven awards, including: Melbourne, Toronto, Robert J. Flaherty.)
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
504197
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Australia - Melbourne - Awards
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Canada - Toronto - Awards
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalism
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War and society
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Vietnam - Social Conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)