Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Nguyen Thi Nhi
- Transcript
Translator: Please look at the camera. Interviewer: Could you ask the lady to tell me all about the events on January the 31st, 1967 – what happened to her and to her family and to the rest of the village, and to be as full and as honest as she can. Translator: Can you describe what happened in village on 31 January ? What happened to you? Nguyen Thi Nhi: I can’t understand you. Translator: How were you injured on 31 January ? What happened when the Americans arrived? Was your home destroyed on 31 January ? Nguyen Thi Nhi: Is that the entire question? Everyone suffered the same. Interviewer: Let’s stop. Just stop a minute. Translator: What happened that day? Did they shoot you? Did your house get burned down?
Translator: Please tell us from the beginning. Nguyen Thi Nhi: First of all, they arrived and burned everything. When I saw them, I was sitting. Then I was shot and shot, and I fell down. After that I did not know what else had happened.
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Nguyen Thi Nhi
- Producing Organization
- WGBH
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-tq5r78722j
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Contains sensitive content.
- 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
- Nguyen Thi Nhi lived in the village of Thuy Bo, near Da Nang, Vietnam. She describes an event when American troops entered the village, and claims that they fired indiscriminately on the villagers.
- Date
- 1981-03-03
- 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
- Duration
- 00:01:32:25
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WGBH
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH Educational Foundation
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Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:01:32:25
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Nguyen Thi Nhi,” 1981-03-03, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 29, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-tq5r78722j.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Nguyen Thi Nhi.” 1981-03-03. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 29, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-tq5r78722j>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Nguyen Thi Nhi. 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-tq5r78722j