Interview with Neil Davis Roll 20 (Frontline out takes)

Place Asia: Cambodia
Accession Number F10494
Collection type Film
Measurement 10 min 40 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 16mm/colour (Eastman)/sound
Maker Kim Dong Kyu
Davis, Neil Brian
Bradbury, David
Place made Thailand: Bangkok
Date made 5 February 1979
Access Open
Conflict Period 1970-1979
Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Neil Davis as a cameraman correspondent, describes hand to hand fighting methods in Cambodia; filming during close fighting; taking up a weapon to defend a position that was being overun; explains why it was sometimes impossible to get action footage in a battle; his refusual to take film of soldiers firing after a battle; staged action shots common practice with some of the news networks; hearing President Nixon on the radio announcing a ceasefire in Indo China while beseiged in a Government outpost in Cambodia; did not believe in Nixon's "peace with honour" statement. [Original negative cut for use in 'Frontline'; title filler 'Scene extracted' spliced in where the cuts was made.]

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