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WELLES HANGEN #7 {UNAIRED} {RERPORT FROM NAM TAN
WELLES HANGEN #7 {UNAIRED} {RERPORT FROM NAM TAN
DAM, LAOS} (TV)
Summary
Seventh in this anthology of television news reports by Welles Hangen, the NBC reporter who was captured and executed by guerrillas while covering the invasion of Cambodia in May 1970 during the Vietnam War. In this report from Nam Tan Dam, Laos, Hangen interviews George Wagner, an American civilian engineer, who describes his escape from the communists. Hangen also reports on American aid to Laos. This report was never broadcast.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: October 31, 1969
- RUNNING TIME: 0:02:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T77:0604
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: Laos; Prisoners of War (Vietnam War); Vietnam War - 1969
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1969
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Welles Hangen … Reporter
- George Wagner … Speaker