American Experience; Nixon; 302; Quang Tri report

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Series
American Experience
Program
Nixon
Episode Number
302
Raw Footage
Quang Tri report
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
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Description
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1. Good close shot - machine gunners firing tracer bullets ? sound on film - dark, windy, wet weather.(28') 2. Sign "Quang Trung" and huge gun mounted on tank. United States military and Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Wounded coming off ambulance - hurting. Close shot - on stretcher, crudely bandaged, bloody, conscious.(45?) 3. Quang Tri. Date not clearly identified. ABC commentary says: ?The only provincial capitol taken by NV Army... Fighting has raged for a week - deaths mounting on both sides...Then ordered United States air strikes halted to preserve the city, but South Vietnam strikes continue at will" 4. Good house-to-house fighting. Army of the Republic of Vietnam on bellies in house. Explosions. Firing anti-tank weapons. Badly wrecked building. Along road, soldiers carrying wounded. More explosions. Planes in air strikes nearby, wreckage and black smoke. (60')
Date
1972-04-11
Date
1972-04-11
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
History
Subjects
Antitank weapons; United States--History--1945-; United States--History, Military--20th century; combat; Vietnam (Republic); tanks; United States--Armed Forces; Vietnam (Republic); Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Rights
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Media type
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Duration
00:04:42
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Distributor: ABC News VideoSource
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WGBH
Identifier: 422ef3434364a4cd12d1c8cb5b51b36ab4e8c85f (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:03:58:14
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Chicago: “American Experience; Nixon; 302; Quang Tri report,” 1972-04-11, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 12, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8s4jm23m0p.
MLA: “American Experience; Nixon; 302; Quang Tri report.” 1972-04-11. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 12, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8s4jm23m0p>.
APA: American Experience; Nixon; 302; Quang Tri report. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8s4jm23m0p