NBC NEWS WHITE PAPER: VIETNAM HINDSIGHT, PART 1 OF 2: HOW IT BEGAN (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled documentaries. This program includes appearances by Roswell Gilpatric, former deputy secretary of defense; George Ball, former undersecretary of state; Gen. Maxwell Taylor, former presidential military advisor; John Kenneth Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to India; war correspondent David Halberstam; Mme. Nhu, sister-in-law to Ngo Dinh Diem; Arthur Schlesinger, former special assistant to the president; Gen. Paul Harkins, former U.S. military commander; Lt. Col. John Vann, former military advisor; Rufus Phillips of the American Aid Mission; Michael Forrestal, former member, White House national security staff; Frederick Nolting, former ambassador to South Vietnam; and Roger Hilsman, former assistant secretary of state. Also included are clips of Pres. John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: December 21, 1971 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0140
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/Documentaries; Vietnam War; Military
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1960-1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Fred Freed … Producer, Writer
- Pamela Hill … Director
- Floyd Kalber … Reporter
- Roswell Gilpatric
- Maxwell Taylor
- David Halberstam
- Arthur Schlesinger
- John Vann
- Michael Forrestal
- Frederick Nolting
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- George Ball
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Mme. Nhu
- Paul Harkins
- Rufus Phillips
- Roger Hilsman
- John F. Kennedy
- Robert McNamara