Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Carleton Swift
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Carleton Swift
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-vq2s46hg1d
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Carleton Swift, a CIA employee, replaced Archimedes Patti as head of the O.S.S mission in Hanoi. Swift recounts why he got involved with Indochina and his experiences after he took the mission over from Patti. Swift recalls his impressions of Ho Chi Minh describing him as a slight man and Swift admits to not understand how Ho Chi Minh gained so much power. Swift discusses the way the Americans dealt with the North Vietnamese and the friendships that developed.
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989; United States--History--1945-; Imperialism; Indochinese War, 1946-1954; International Relations; United States--History, Military--20th century; United States. Office of Strategic Services; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Capitulations, Military; Cold War; Colonization; Communism; diplomacy; France--Colonies--Asia; France--History, Military--20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Japan--History, Military--1868-1945; National liberation movements; Nationalism and communism; Subversive activities
- 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
- Credits
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Swift, Carleton
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: d546d5360f339b53e8b646fc87379227fa9dc948 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:34:17:05
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Carleton Swift,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 4, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-vq2s46hg1d.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Carleton Swift.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 4, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-vq2s46hg1d>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Carleton Swift. 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-vq2s46hg1d