Vietnam: A Television History; Combat Controllers

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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Raw Footage
Combat Controllers
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-k35m90297g
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Description
Description
Covers Air Force support to Khe Sanh, a besieged Marine combat base near the demilitarized zone. Shows AF combat control personnel of the 8th Aerial Support Squadron directing air drop operations, C-l30s and C-l23s paradropping cargo, F-4C making air strikes, Marine troops removing cargo and parachutes from the drop zone area. Includes three rolls of mag tape (interviews). Reel l: 0' ROLL: 2299
Date
1968-03-12
Date
1968-03-27
Asset type
Raw Footage
Subjects
Vietnam (Asia) nation; Airmen; Equipment and Supplies; Hercules (Turboprop transports); explosions; Marines; O-2 Skymaster (Observation aircraft); Phantom II (Jet fighter plane); Vehicles, Military; Davis, Don; Khe Sanh, Battle of, Vietnam, 1968; Nationalism and communism; National liberation movements; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:Public Domain,Rights Credit:NARA,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:NARA
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:18:37;08
Credits
Distributor: NARA
Interviewee2: Davis, Don
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier: cpb-aacip-f7f6521ebc9 (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:18:37;08
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-26620b17bea (unknown)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Combat Controllers,” 1968-03-12, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-k35m90297g.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Combat Controllers.” 1968-03-12. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-k35m90297g>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Combat Controllers. 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-k35m90297g