Place | Asia: Vietnam |
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Accession Number | F10557 |
Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 15 min 11 sec |
Object type | Interview |
Physical description | 16mm/colour (Eastman)/sound |
Maker |
Taylor, Brian Bradbury, David |
Date made | 1978 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Period 1970-1979 Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Interview with Brian Taylor (Frontline out takes)
Brian Taylor as a cameraman for the British based Independent Television News (ITN) describes his luck during the Vietnam war; calculating risk; his assessment of a helicopter flight from a Special Forces camp; ambush evasion technique; caution during patrol; assessing danger; experiencing 'carrier warfare'; difficulty in filming during bombing runs; US cooperation in filming by providing suitable aircraft such as the A-6 Intruder; hazards of landing on an aircraft carrier; torture and killing of captured reporters early on in the war by the Viet Cong; a Swiss cameraman who had his eyes cut out and another reporter who was disembowelled; equipment and money carried by cameramen an incentive for the Viet Cong to kill them; dangerous assignment at Du Coq (?) a Special Forces camp before it was overrun; assessment of Australian political and public knowledge of the war; Australian troops; reasons for going to Vietnam. [Sound drifts slightly out of sync as the item progresses due to fault with the audio tape recorder pilot tone at the time the orginal recording was made.]
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