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1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 min. 5 sec.) ; 341655456 bytes |
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*Violence*'All the Way with LBJ' was a slogan that came to haunt the Australian Government after it hitched its wagon to America during the Vietnam War. Taking its name from a part of this catchcry, this frank and poignant documentary shows the war, which became the most hated conflict in Australian history, not only tested Australian soldiers, it stretched Australia's friendship with America to breaking point. Based on Paul Ham's book Vietnam; The Australian War, and presented by the author, the film claims America's indifference to Australia during the war revealed the truism that governments have no true friends, only interests. It shows why Australia really went to war in Vietnam, why we stayed and the price we paid.The film includes contemporary footage of Ham in key locations of the Vietnam War, with excusive never-before-seen archival footage and stills from personal and institutional archives in Australia, America and Vietnam.And it reveals for the first time a brutal Australian expert in guerrilla warfare who trained local Vietnamese to murder thousands of their fellow civilians in his own personal crusade to stop the spread of atheistic Communism.Former soldiers claim that the American way of fighting there was a 'bang bang, cowboy culture' of mass bombings and destruction. Australians conducted a more strategic, effective and humane method of warfare, which the Americans considered 'pussy footing'. It wasn't only on the battlefield that Australia's difference with America emerged. And it was in the realms of politics and economics that the differences turned cold. America allegedly kept Australia in the dark on major policy shifts and decisions.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Produced and directed by Anne Delaney; presented by Paul Ham for November Films, Screen NSW and Screen Australia |
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Broadcast 2012-04-12 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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International relations -- Political aspects.
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War victims.
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Vietnam War (1961-1975)
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Military operations, Aerial -- American.
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Australian states -- Politics and government.
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Vietnam.
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Americas.
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Streaming video
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Delaney, Anne, director
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Ham, Paul, host
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Alexander, Gordon, contributor
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Eaton, John, contributor
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Essex-Clark, John, contributor
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Fraser, Malcolm, contributor
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Holt, Harold, contributor
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Karnow, Stanley, contributor
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McFarlane, Brian, contributor
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Menadue, John, contributor
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Murphy, Paul, contributor
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Nagl, John, contributor
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Peterson, Barry, contributor
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Smith, Harry, contributor
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Xuan Thu, Vo, contributor
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Young, Peter, contributor
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