Nuremberg and Vietnam: Who Is Guilty? - PT6
Nuremberg and Vietnam: Who Is Guilty? - PT6
PBS PRESENTS A SPECIAL REPORT: NUREMBERG AND VIETNAM. WHO IS GUILTY? - PT6 A mock trial comparing the standard for "laws of war" set by the outcome of the Nuremberg Trials to US military actions in Vietnam. Was the United States in violation of international laws of war?
Nuremberg and Vietnam: Who Is Guilty? - PT6
Robert MacNeil in studio posing his next question for the panel "Has the United States actually violated the laws of war in Vietnam?". He sets the scene for archival Vietnam War footage.
Nuremberg and Vietnam: Who Is Guilty? - PT6
Color Archival Vietnam War: POV following behind American GI as he walks through tall grass. MCU Caucasian & African American GIs hiking through tall grass, walking toward camera. Slightly elevated GV American troops hiking through tall grass. POV following GI through forest. GVs American soldiers in combat, running with weapons, explosions in the distance.
Nuremberg and Vietnam: Who Is Guilty? - PT6
Color Archival Vietnam War: Low angle LS looking up at helicopter flying. POV from chopper of a "search & destroy" operation, ammo is firing on river bank location. MS Vietnamese civilians evacuating. MS inside helicopter as machine gun fires rounds. Aerial montage showing Vietnamese landscape being pounded by bombs. Air-view of planes spraying Agent Orange. LS displaced Vietnamese civilians gathering on barren landscape.