| Places | |
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| Accession Number | F10547 |
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 8 min 46 sec |
| Object type | Interview |
| Physical description | 16mm/colour (Eastman)/sound |
| Maker |
Koch, Phillip Burton 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
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Interview with Phillip Burton Koch (Frontline out takes)
Description
Phillip Koch as a correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) describes his reasons for going to Vietnam; opinion on correspondents carrying side arms; young men going to war to prove themselves; influenced in his youth by reading Ernest Hemingway; compares the different styles of two generations of journalists; objectivity of the ABC; the destruction of Tony Ferguson's interview with Wilfred Burchett; Australia's involvment in Vietnam solely to maintain the relationship with the United States.
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