Vietnam: The Camera At War
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Vietnam: The Camera At War is a television documentary originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1995 as a special edition of the arts strand The Late Show marking the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War
. It tells the story of the war through its most iconic photographs (such as The Burning Monk and The Napalm Girl, etc.)
The documentary is produced and directed by David Upshal
.
It is notable stylistically for telling the story without commentary or moving images. The entire story is told with only still photographs and the voices of the photographers who took them.
Contributors include Tim Page, Don McCullin
, Nick Ut, Philip Jones Griffiths
, Malcolm Browne
, Eddie Adams
, David Burnett and Wallace Terry
.
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. It tells the story of the war through its most iconic photographs (such as The Burning Monk and The Napalm Girl, etc.)
The documentary is produced and directed by David Upshal
David Upshal
David Upshal is an Executive Producer for Lion Television, one of Britain's largest independent television companies.His work includes Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacy , Edwardian Farm , Tales from the Green Valley , The True Face of War , Days That Shook The World , Gordon Brown's Missing...
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It is notable stylistically for telling the story without commentary or moving images. The entire story is told with only still photographs and the voices of the photographers who took them.
Contributors include Tim Page, Don McCullin
Don McCullin
Donald McCullin, FRPS CBE is an internationally known British photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife...
, Nick Ut, Philip Jones Griffiths
Philip Jones Griffiths
Philip Jones Griffiths was a Welsh photojournalist known for his coverage of the Vietnam war.- Biography :...
, Malcolm Browne
Malcolm Browne
Malcolm Wilde Browne is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and photographer. His best known work is the award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.- Early life :...
, Eddie Adams
Eddie Adams (photographer)
Eddie Adams was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and his coverage of 13 wars.-Combat photographer:...
, David Burnett and Wallace Terry
Wallace Terry
Wallace Houston Terry, II was an African American journalist and oral historian, best known for his book about black soldiers in Vietnam, Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War , the first chapter of which served as a basis for the 1995 crime thriller Dead Presidents.Terry had a wide-ranging...
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