Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-sb3ws8hw2d
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Gerald R. Ford had been president of the United States for nine months when in 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the North Vietnamese, effectively ending US military involvement in Vietnam. He frames the closing of the war in terms of diplomacy - both between the United States and the South Vietnam and between the executive branch and Congress. He also recalls the decisions necessary to an orderly evacuation of South Vietnam, consisting not just of American soldiers and materials but thousands of South Vietnamese considered to be targets of the advancing North Vietnamese. Lastly, he links failures in US policy toward Vietnam with those toward Cambodia.
- Date
- 1982-04-29
- Date
- 1982-04-29
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Cambodia; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976); War--Economic aspects; Presidents--Messages; Bombing, Aerial Vietnam; Cambodia--History--Civil War, 1970-1975; Capitulations, Military; Economic assistance--Vietnam; executive power; atrocities; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989; Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam); International Relations; Military assistance, American; Evacuation of civilians; Pilots and pilotage; Politics and war; United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam; Vietnam (Republic); United States--History, Military--20th century; United States--Armed Forces; Ambassadors
- 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: Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 8fee7e19787f2a646122fabbc13618f25ede3a13 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:46:25:29
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982,” 1982-04-29, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 2, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-sb3ws8hw2d.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982.” 1982-04-29. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 2, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-sb3ws8hw2d>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982. 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-sb3ws8hw2d