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Compiled by John K. McAskill, Systems Librarian, La Salle University
[Film as war propaganda with reference to four unnamed North Vietnamese documentary films then circulating and To the shores of Hell which was made with U.S. Defence Dept. assistance]
[Visuals and narration from Viet Cong films; narration of Why Vietnam?; synopsis of The rising storm (Noi gio); production notes on Days of protest; introduction, narration and visuals of While brave men die]
[Hollywood’s loss of interest in the Vietnam War after The Green Berets]
[Discusses The Green berets and films in development]
[“Reflecting the visceral frustration of the American people over the conflict that no one wanted, the American cinema is sitting this one out.”. Discusses The Green berets, Loin de Vietnam, Vivre pour vivre, and a Samuel Fuller project called “The rifle”]
[Series of interviews of an anonymous former film officer with the USIS who spent two years in Vietnam. He describes USIA/USIA and South Vietnamese propaganda films, the National Motion Picture Center of South Vietnam, NLF films, etc. See also Bayer (1970)]
[Titles and descriptions]
[Discussion with North Vietnamese and NLF filmmakers]
[The success of Easy rider and Alice’s restaurant illustrate a new type of low-budget carefully crafted film bearing the stamp of an individual director or producer and tailored to a young audience. They tell stories small in scope but intense in drama and feature young, usually unknown, performers]