Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Pham Thanh Gion, 1981
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Pham Thanh Gion, 1981
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-kd1qf8js7p
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Pham Thanh Gion lived in a Vietnamese village under the Ngo Dinh Diem regime. He recalls having to enforce Diem's laws as a member of the South Vietnamese army, with methods that included arbitrary arrest, torture and executions. He describes the anger he felt toward Diem for his authoritarian excesses, and how this led him to join the Communist movement. He claims that many other soldiers in his area joined the revolutionary forces.
- Date
- 1981-03-12
- Date
- 1981-03-12
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Vietnam (Republic); Political persecution; Anti-fascist movements; Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976); National liberation movements; draft; Indochinese War, 1946-1954; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese; corruption; Desertion, Military
- Rights
- Rights Note:1) No materials may be re-used without references to appearance releases and WGBH/UMass Boston contract. 2) It is the liability of a production to investigate and re-clear all rights before re-use in any project.,Rights:,Rights Credit:WGBH Educational Foundation,Rights Type:,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Pham, Thanh Gion
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 0119be4cad49d0c0f47e9eca1d343e0464539a4c (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:09:32:29
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Pham Thanh Gion, 1981,” 1981-03-12, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 8, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-kd1qf8js7p.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Pham Thanh Gion, 1981.” 1981-03-12. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 8, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-kd1qf8js7p>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Pham Thanh Gion, 1981. 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-kd1qf8js7p