Ballad of the Green Berets 1960s, 1960-1969
- Published:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital.
- Physical Description:
- online resource (video file 0:07:05) : Sound, Black and White
- Additional Creators:
- Cohn-Vossen, Richard
DEFA
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) - Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- The Vietnam War & Southeast Asia
Wars & Revolutions - Summary:
- Documentary film which casts light on military training methods and the actions of American soldiers in Vietnam. [WARNING: features some distressing scenes.]. Close up of a book, 'Die Grünen Teufel' and a man reading from it. Footage of a training situation, with one soldier attacking another. Still images of soldiers in aggressive poses. Footage of traditional junks off the coast of Nha Trang. Footage of soldiers enjoying themselves in the 'Playboy Club', or mess, intercut with images of enemy soldiers, hands bound. Describes the interrogation and torture of a suspected Viet Cong soldier, while images of Vietnamese people being manhandled or injured play. Footage of blindfolded and gagged Vietnamese people, some women holding children. Scenes of injured American soldiers, followed by distressed Vietnamese civilians.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Production Company: DEFA.
- Original Version:
- Reproduction of: GDR (German Democratic Republic), 1960s.
- Copyright Note:
- The British Film Institute
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