Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Neil Davis as a cameraman correspondent, describes hand to hand fighting methods in Cambodia; filming during close fighting; taking up a weapon to defend a position that was being overun; explains why it was sometimes impossible to get action footage in a battle; his refusual to take film of soldiers firing after a battle; staged action shots common practice with some of the news networks; hearing President Nixon on the radio announcing a ceasefire in Indo China while beseiged in a Government outpost in Cambodia; did not believe in Nixon's "peace with honour" statement. [Original negative cut for use in 'Frontline'; title filler 'Scene extracted' spliced in where the cuts was made.]
Neil Davis as a cameraman correspondent, describes hand to hand fighting methods in Cambodia; filming during close fighting; taking up a weapon to defend a position that was being overun; explains why it was sometimes impossible to get action footage in a battle; his refusual to take film of soldiers firing after a battle; staged action shots common practice with some of the news networks; hearing President Nixon on the radio announcing a ceasefire in Indo China while beseiged in a Government outpost in Cambodia; did not believe in Nixon's "peace with honour" statement. [Original negative cut for use in 'Frontline'; title filler 'Scene extracted' spliced in where the cuts was made.]








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