Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Tran Ngoc Chau

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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Raw Footage
Interview with Tran Ngoc Chau
Producing Organization
WGBH
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-m61bk1818b
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Description
Series Description
This 13 part series covers the history of Vietnam from France's colonial control, through the 1945 revolution, to the 1975 U.S. evacuation from Saigon and the years beyond. The series' objective approach permits viewers to form their own conclusions about the war.
Raw Footage Description
Director of Pacification and provincial governor of Dinh Wahn, Tran Ngoc Chau recounts that Dinh Wahn was where the communists originated the war and that the Americans assigned to the province were good soldiers who were trying to help. However, as Tran Ngoc Chau explains, the American soldiers did not fully understand the situation and it made things difficult. Tran Ngoc Chau explains that because of the Americans, the Vietnamese began to view their leadership differently, and many Vietnamese began to look to the Americans as saviors.
Asset type
Raw Footage
Subjects
United States--History--1945-; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Military history, Modern--20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH
AAPB Contributor Holdings

Identifier: V_A175EADE03514015BAE13738F2282E8E (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
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Citations
Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Tran Ngoc Chau,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 14, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-m61bk1818b.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Tran Ngoc Chau.” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 14, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-m61bk1818b>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Tran Ngoc Chau. Boston, MA: 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-m61bk1818b