WHY VIETNAM?
1965 · Department of Defense, Defense Imagery (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense
- DoD production number
- PIN 46000
- Internet Archive item
- gov.dod.dimoc.46000 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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Department of Defense PIN 46000 WHY VIETNAM? THE FILM OUTLINES THE UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO SOUTH VIETNAM AS STATED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN AN ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE. PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN ANSWERING THE QUERY WHY VIETNAM? EXPLAINS THE BACKGROUND OF U.S. GOVERNMENT THINKING, ITS VIEWS ON AGGRESSION, THE ORIGIN OF U.S. COMMITMENTS THERE , AND THE BUILD-UP FROM SUPPLIES TO MILITARY ADVISORS, TO U.S. FIGHTING TROOPS OF THE ARMED SERVICES, IN RESPONSE TO THE EVER INCREASING CHALLENGE OF THE NORTH VIETNAM SUPPORTED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN RUSK APPEARS IN THE FILM TO EXPLAIN THE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO BRING ABOUT A CEASE FIRE IN VIETNAM. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT MCNAMARA ASSURES THE AUDIENCE THAT THE UNITED STATES SEEKS NO WIDER WAR. PRESIDENT JOHNSON SAYS THAT WE WILL NOT BLUSTER NOR BULLY NOR WILL WE RETREAT.