Nixon; American Experience; Da Nang rocket victims

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Title:
Nixon; American Experience; Da Nang rocket victims
Description:
Danang rocket attack victims. Dead and wounded, night. 1. Bloody survivors, women and children. Stretcher. Weeping women. Rescuers pulling bodies from rubble, using flashlights. Covering bodies with sheets. (37' - starts silent / SOF / ends silent) 2. Rescuers working, one day shot, more rubble, darkness, dim light. Pulling bodies out. Timber. Corrugated metal used for stretcher. Survivors comforting each other. Body on stretcher. Sheets. Weeping women. (97' SOF) 3. Foot, pan to weeping woman. More of woman against beam, crying. Smoking rubble, light directed across it. (65" SOF) Contains sensitive content.
Date:
March 19, 1969
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
WGBH > Nixon > American Experience
Subjects:
History
Vietnam (Republic)
Children and war
Civilian war casualties
United States--History, Military--20th century
Urban warfare
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Women in war
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care
Search and rescue operations
Rescue work
Da Nang (Vietnam)
War and society
Extent:
00:04:51
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-2n4zg6g60b
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
ABC News VideoSource
Notes:
Episode Number: 302