Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-p26pz51s6h
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Everett Alvarez Jr.'s plane was shot down during Operation Pierce Arrow, America's 1964 response to the to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He was captured by the North Vietnamese and held as a prisoner of war for a eight and a half years. Here Alvarez describes being shot down, captured, and eventually transported to the "Hanoi Hilton" where he endured isolation and torture. He describes incidents during his captivity and how it affected his personal life. Finally, he discusses his feelings about anti-Vietnam war protests in the United States, about the end of the war, and his experience as a POW.
- Date
- 1981-04-10
- Date
- 1981-04-10
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- propaganda; Vietnam (Republic); Prisoners of War; Communism; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Motion pictures and the war; Motion pictures in propaganda; Hanoi (Vietnam); Air pilots, military; divorce; Military interrogation; torture; Peace movements; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, American; United States--Armed Forces--Hispanic Americans; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States--History--1945-; Vietnam--Politics and government; Vietnam--History--1945-1975; Vietnam (Democratic Republic); Bombing, Aerial--Vietnam
- Rights
- Rights Note:1) No materials may be re-used without references to appearance releases and WGBH/UMass Boston contract. 2) It is the responsibility 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
- Duration
- 00:00:00
- Credits
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Alvarez, Everett, 1937-
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 29dad7fe93faccba5956c96ac277320725fd03ef (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981,” 1981-04-10, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 18, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-p26pz51s6h.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981.” 1981-04-10. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 18, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-p26pz51s6h>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Everett Alvarez, 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-p26pz51s6h