American Experience

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Written and Produced by
JUDITH VECCHIONE

Associate Producer
KAREN SHELDON

Film Editor
ERIC W. HANDLEY

Production Assistant
JACQUES WEISSGERBER

Assistant Editor
MAUREEN FAHEY

Camera
DONATO BOTTIGLIONE
JOHN GORDON
JEAN-CLAUDE LARRIEU
CHRIS MORPHET
JOHN PACKWOOD
GERRY PINCHES
DICK WILLIAMS

Sound Recordists
ALLAN BYER
GEORGES JEANNET
ANDREW PARMAR
MICHAEL PENLAND
LAURENT POIRIER
PAUL ROBINSON
STEVE PHILLIPS

Assistant Camera
MIKE BARRETT
BERNARD BLAISE
PHILIPPE MORICE
MICHAEL NEGROPONTE
IAN OWLES
JULIAN WHITE

Assistant Sound Editor
JOY MANESIOTIS

Editing Room Assistant
ANN BARTHOLEMEW

Sound Mixer
FRANK CUNNINGHAM

FOR VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

Narrator
WILL LYMAN

Film Research
RAYE FARR
KAY MATSCHULLAT
BRADLEY BORUM
JANET HAYMAN

Film Archives
ARCHIVES JEAN SAINTENY
ARCHIVES NATIONALES DE FRANCE
AWIF, DDR
BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE, FRANCE
BLACK STAR PHOTO AGENCY
WILLIAM BLUECHEL
BRITISH MOVIETONE FILM ARCHIVE
CBS NEWS
ECP ARMÉES
EDUCATIONAL AND TELEVISION FILMS, UK
THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
EMI PATHE' LIBRARY
JANE B. FISHEL
FRENCH EMBASSY, SPI
HANOI DOCUMENTARY STUDIOS
HEARST METROTONE NEWS
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
EDWARD G. LANSDALE
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
L'INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'AUDIOVISUEL
THE MANSELL COLLECTION LIMITED
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
NBC NEWS
THE NEW YORK TIMES
NGO VINH LONG
NHK, JAPAN
PARIS-MATCH
PATHÉ CINÉMA, FRANCE
ARCHIMEDES PATTI
PHOTOTHÈQUE-CINEMATHÈQUE ALBERT KAHN
NANCY PIERREPONT
DOUGLASS SCOTT
ROGER VIOLLET
SHERMAN GRINBERG LIBRARIES, INC.
SOVFOTO/EASTFOTO
STUDIO HAMBURG ATELIER GmbH
D.E. TAUNTON
TON THAT THIEN
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX MOVIETONEWS, INC.
U.S. ARMY ARCHIVE AT TOBYHANNA
THE UNITED NATIONS
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
UNITED STATES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND DEPT. OF DEFENSE
UPITN
VINCENT MALLE PRODUCTIONS
VISNEWS LIBRARY
WIDE WORLD PHOTOS
YORK/WILEY PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Special thanks to
ABC NEWS

Archivist
KENN RABIN

Producer in France
HENRY DE TURENNE

Associate Producer in France
SERGE GORDEY

Producer in Vietnam
MARTIN SMITH

Reporter in England
JOHN LAURENCE

Animation Camera
EDWARD T. JOYCE
RITA NEIMAN

Unit Production Manager
JAN LANGMACK

Post Production Supervisors
CYNTHIA MEAGER KUHN
TONY PRIANO

Production Assistant
ALISON SMITH

Publicity
SARA ALTHERR

Titles and Graphic Design
CHRIS PULLMAN

Translator
NGO VINH LONG

Sound Effects
CINESOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY, UK

Video Enhancement
AUBREY STEWART

Music Composed by
MICKEY HART
BILLY KREUTZMANN

Music Performed by
VIC FIRTH
MICKEY HART
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
BILLY KREUTZMANN
AIRTO MOREIRA
MERL SAUNDERS
BOBBY VEGA

Music Recorded by
PHIL KAFFEL

Director of Media Research
LAWRENCE LICHTY

Chief Correspondent
STANLEY KARNOW

Executive Producer
RICHARD ELLISON

A co-production of WGBH Boston with Central Independent Television, UK, Antenne-2, France in association with LRE Productions.

For American Experience

Coordinating Producer
DANIEL McCABE

Executive Producer
MARGARET DRAIN

Major funding for the series was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, public television stations, and the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Additional funding was provided by the George D. Smith Fund, The Christopher Reynolds Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This program was originally broadcast on PBS on October 4, 1983.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is a production of WGBH Boston.

© 1983, 1997 WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved.