Vietnamese propaganda films, 1971-1972

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Điện ảnh Quân I đoÎi
Title
Vietnamese propaganda films
Dates
1971-1972 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 film reels ; 16mm
Collection Number
PH2016-084
Summary
Propaganda film reels produced by the Vietnam People's Army Film Studio
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English

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Two films, The Culprit is Nixon and U.S. War Techniques and Genocide in Vietnam , produced by the Vietnam People's Army Film Studio. The film was produced in North Vietnam and given to members of a U.S. peace contingent visiting Hanoi in late October 1972, just before the Presidential election that year, in hopes that it would be publicized in the U.S. upon their return.

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Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

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Acquisition Information

Source: Ken Lopez Books, January 23, 2014.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
1 The Culprit is Nixon
1 film reel (27 minutes) : black and white, sound print, 972' ; 16mm
Produced in North Vietnam as propaganda and given to members of a U.S. peace contingent in Hanoi in October, 1972, just before the Presidential election in which Nixon was running for office as the incumbent against George McGovern, the South Dakota Senator and an antiwar candidate. It's safe to imagine that having the North Vietnamese on his side did not especially help McGovern in his campaign for American votes. The high profile delegation included the writers Denise Levertov and Muriel Rukeyser, and Jane Hart, the wife of then-Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan.
1972
2-3 U.S. War Techniques and Genocide in Vietnam
2 film reels (34 minutes) : black and white, sound, prints ~600' each ; 16mm
Film produced by the Vietnam People's Army Film Studio and given to members of a U.S. peace contingent visiting Hanoi in late October 1972, just before the Presidential election that year, in hopes that it would be publicized in the U.S. upon their return. The high-profile entourage of women consisted of Jane Hart, wife of Senator Philip Hart; the poet Denise Levertov; and the novelist Muriel Rukeyser. They met with the Vietnam Committee for Solidarity with the American People and the Vietnam Women's Union. The U.S. and Vietnam were at the time negotiating a cease-fire -- neither side in especially good faith, as it turns out in retrospect -- and their agreement was due to expire at the end of October unless both sides ratified and signed it by then. Neither did. The Presidential election pitted Richard Nixon, running on a "Peace with Honor" [in Vietnam] theme, against George McGovern, running explicitly as an antiwar candidate. Nixon won 49 states in a landslide. The peace delegation had little but symbolic impact: it reiterated, as had been the case for years, that the bulk of the artistic community in the U.S. was soundly antiwar, and it showed -- as had also been the case for some time -- that the antiwar movement now included part of the mainstream of American life, in this case represented by a moderate Senator's wife.
1971

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Subject Terms

  • Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
  • Presidents--Election
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

Corporate Names

  • HoIIi liên hiệp phụ nữ Việt Nam
  • Vietnam People's Army Film Studio--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Propaganda films