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Village

15:36–15:57 Released 1966

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Frame at 15:3915:39Frame at 15:4715:47Frame at 15:5515:55

Play from 15:36 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: topic shift in dialogue. Sequence 32 · shots 133–135. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
village (other, interior) evidence: frame:1, frame:2, frame:3
People
  • adult male, shirtless, dark hair, working with a tool visible
  • child, wearing dark shirt, seated visible
  • boy, wearing dark shirt, standing visible
  • person, wearing white shirt, back to camera visible
Seen happening
  • A man kneels and works with a tool on a stone or block. [frame:1]
  • A boy stands in a room decorated with religious images. [frame:2]
  • A wooden building with a sloped roof is shown from outside, with a person standing nearby. [frame:3]
Also said
“Whichever it is.” 15:51 · “The place of worship in the village is the focal point of community life.” 15:53
Seen
tool [frame:1], religious images [frame:2], wooden building [frame:3]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: documentary, observational; themes: religion, community, daily life, cultural tradition; style notes: static shots, natural lighting in exterior, dim interior lighting, medium and wide framing

A man works with a tool near a child inside a dim structure; a boy stands in a room with religious images; an exterior shot shows a wooden building with a person nearby. The transcript discusses family, religion, and village life in Vietnam, mentioning Christian and Buddhist communities.

“Regard for the family is the center of his religion.” 15:41 · “Although many villages in Vietnam like this one are Christian, the majority are Buddhist.” 15:46 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

US Government work 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. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from gov.ntis.ava17237vnb1 (1966) at 15:39 (passage 15:36–15:57); US record: US Government work

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