American Experience; Nixon; 302; Saigon night rocket attack, 1968
- Series
- American Experience
- Program
- Nixon
- Episode Number
- 302
- Raw Footage
- Saigon night rocket attack, 1968
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-h98z892h7v
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- Description
- Description
- Night rocket on Saigon sets buildings on fire. Refugees search for their belongings the next morning in a totally devastated area. (commentary noted that: "Since (the US) has limited the bombing 50 days ago, Hanoi has stepped up attacks, stepped up infiltration of men and supplies and launched a major new offensive. Leads to conclusion Hanoi intends to fight harder while Paris talks go on.) (3 cuts)
- Date
- 1968-05-19
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (1973); rubble; Paris; Vietnam (Democratic Republic); Hanoi, Vietnam; Migration and refugees; Urban warfare; bombs; Saigon, Vietnam; Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam); Vietnam (Republic); Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Rights
- Rights Note:,Rights:,Rights Credit:ABC News VideoSource,Rights Type:,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:ABC News VideoSource
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:04:21;28
- Credits
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Distributor: ABC News VideoSource
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier: cpb-aacip-7be5852665a (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:04:21;28
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-8c51777ffdf (unknown)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:04:27:19
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- Citations
- Chicago: “American Experience; Nixon; 302; Saigon night rocket attack, 1968,” 1968-05-19, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 2, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-h98z892h7v.
- MLA: “American Experience; Nixon; 302; Saigon night rocket attack, 1968.” 1968-05-19. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 2, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-h98z892h7v>.
- APA: American Experience; Nixon; 302; Saigon night rocket attack, 1968. 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-h98z892h7v