| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"For most of his working life controversial Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett chose to report from the 'other side'....Many labelled him a traitor....Burchett was the first Western journalist to arrive in Hiroshima and report on the devasting effects of the world's first atomic bomb...It was his firm conviction the West was wrong in Korea, then wrong again in Vietnam. His long-standing friendship with Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam, enable him to live among the Viet Cong during the war." -- Cover |
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The film includes archival footage rarely seen outside Vietnam |
| Notes |
Produced with the assistance of the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission and Robert Crouch |
| Credits |
Camera, Niels Van t'Hoff, Peter Levy, Richard Drechsler, Shalagh McCarthy ; sound, Jim Gerrand, Maarten van Keller, mark Dodshon, Simon Dodshon ; narration, Richard Oxenburgh ; music, James Moginie, Ralph Schneider, Lindsay Lee ; research, Richard Geeves, Moir Perkins, Jim Whitbread ; associate producer, Bob Connolly |
| Notes |
Rated PG (Parental guidance recommended for persons under 15 years) |
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DVD, produced for region 4 |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
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Sydney Film Festival, Blue Ribbon Award American Film Festival, Golden Gate Award San Francisco Film Festival, Chris Statuette Columbus Film Festival |
| Subject |
Burchett, Wilfred G., 1911-1983.
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War correspondents -- Australia -- Biography.
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War photography.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Bradbury, David.
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Burchett, Wilfred G., 1911-1983.
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Oxenburgh, Richard.
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Young, Stewart.
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Connolly, Bob.
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Van t'Hoff, Niels
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Gerrand, Jim
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Crouch, Robert.
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Frontline Films
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Australian Film Commission. Creative Development Branch
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