Frontline
Clip 1: ‘The TV war’
1 min 46 sec
Taken from the documentary Frontline (1979)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be M
Availability of the complete title
This clip contains medium-level violence.
Curator’s clip description
Tasmanian Neil Davis recalls how he went to Vietnam as a cameraman and correspondent in 1964 at the start of the war, and remained there for all the war, working for Visnews. He talks about his first experience under fire, and we see some of his remarkable footage from the middle of a battlefield.
Curator’s notes
Neil Davis became known for his remarkable front-line cinematography. He captured some of the most memorable images of the war, some great examples seen here in this clip.
Damien Parer, curator
have teachers’ notes.
