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CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: SAIGON UNDER FIRE {SEGMENT} (TV)
Summary
In this "CBS News Special Report," Mike Wallace reports on the first day of the Tet offensive, a major Communist attack on Saigon and other cities in South Vietnam. The death toll is reported. Robert Schakne reports on the Vietcong attack on the American Embassy in Saigon and the Embassy's mission coordinator describes his escape. Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. Forces in South Vietnam, analyzes the enemy's attack strategy. Dan Rather questions why no additional defenses were deployed given foreknowledge of the attacks. Wallace reports on captured cities. Scenes of fighting in Nha Trang are shown, with comments by Wallace. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 31, 1968 11:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:14:24
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0390
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: Tet Offensive, 1968; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Vietnam War - 1968
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1968
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Mike Wallace … Reporter
- Robert Schakne … Reporter
- Dan Rather … Reporter
- William Westmoreland