WGBH OpenVault

description - Good stuff; American mechanics at work on USAF planes, include working together with VNAF men. Briefly where US technician gives instruction to class of Viet (also some Americans in group). VS American civilian mechanics working on F-5 fighter jets.… subject - Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aeronautics, Military Equipment and supplies United States--History, Military--20th century United States. Air Force relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vietnam-abc-63086-vietnam-air-force-planes

description - Medics evacuate dead Americans and Viets from Embassy grounds. They are placed in ambulances. Large hole in compound wall. Holes in Embassy building. V-100 armored commando car followed by soldiers making their way to wrecked 2.5 ton truck on narrow… subject - United States--Military History--20th century Urban warfare Vietnam--History--1945-1975 Viet Cong Tet Offensive, 1968 Bombings Psychological warfare National liberation movements Nationalism and communism Vietnam War, 1961-1975 War casualties… relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vietnam-52644-vietcong-s-tet-activities

description - 25th Infantry Division M-113 enters cemetery. VS, 1st Infantry Division soldiers searching in cemetery. VS, almost empty streets. Wreckage in street. Soldiers removing dead from alley. Tilt from dead VC to wrecked building. CUs, helmets of dead MPs… subject - United States. Embassy (Vietnam) Soldiers Military missions Nationalism and communism National liberation movements Tet Offensive, 1968 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vietnam-52555-vietcong-attacks-during-tet-luna r-new-year

description - This work was written and narrated by Brian O'Doherty to document the growing field of video art. The work features segments from approximately 25 different experimental works, ranging from documentary-style interviews and political works to feedback… subject - Compilation films Television specials Video art Video recordings Documentaries and factual works relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vtnw0000-video-the-new-wave

description - Host Russell Connor introduces these works by video artists, set to music performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Tsai Wen-Ying: A piece exploring pattern and color saturation. Music: The first movement of Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony no. 55,… subject - Boston Symphony Orchestra Video art Music relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/ntw-mla000319-video-variations

description - This work is a portrait of the visual artist Robert Rauschenberg. The entire work, which is approximately 22 minutes long, is a close-up shot of Rauschenberg's face. He stares into the camera, occasionally laughing or smiling and responding to the… subject - Portraits Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/ntw-mla000052-video-portrait-robert-rauschenbe rg

description - This short excerpt from "The Very First Half-Inch Videotape Festival Ever" features the host, Russell Connor, asking a participant named Richard to demonstrate the playback facility of material that had been filmed just a few minutes earlier. subject - Interviews Live television programs Video equipment Video recordings relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/ntw-mla000252-video-playback-is-explained-to-r ussell-connor

description - In Nam June Paik's historic "Video Commune" selections from The Beatles' recorded music are accompanied by imagery enhanced by the Paik-Abe videosynthesizer. At various intervals throughout the show, which is approximately four hours in length, a… subject - Beatles Japan Music Television relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/ntw-mla000325-video-commune-beatles-from-begin ning-to-end

description - Part 1 shows three views of a nighttime atomic bomb test explosion in New Mexico. Part 2 shows scenes of Russian soldiers parading and standing at attention as Russia's activities since declaring war on Japan are described. Part 3, Truman announces… subject - World War II atomic bomb nuclear explosion Trinity test Russian soldiers marching celebration crowds firecrackers Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) sailors kissing Times Square (New York, N.Y.) American flag USS Missouri surrender battleship… relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/2e6dd9-victory-1945

description - Vice President and Mrs. Johnson arrive back in Washington and are greeted on the White House lawn by President Kennedy. Kennedy says the tour was a great public service. The Johnsons speak of the merit of their Asian our. 1. Kennedy greeting Johnson… subject - United States--Foreign relations--Asia relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vietnam-cbs-151684-vice-president-johnson-retu rns-after-asian-trip

description - Episode 1: "Place" -- The color image of an apartment building vestibule shot from across the street is accompanied by a sound track of street sounds and narrated text adapted from The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. Excerpts of the text are displayed in… subject - Entrance halls Percy, Walker, 1916-1990. Moviegoer relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/ntw-mla000279-vestibule-in-3-episodes

description - This one-off special on the video portapak was broadcast live from the WGBH studios in the early 1970's. For this work video makers using the portapak were invited to bring their works into the WGBH studio, where the pieces were played back from and… subject - Interviews Live television programs Video equipment Video recordings relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/ntw-hivf0000-very-first-half-inch-videotape-fe stival-ever-the

description - Connors creates a fantasy vacation in limitless circumstances by constructing a travelogue that moves from New England forests to the bottom of the sea, to outer space and to all corners of the world. The artist uses video effects such as… subject - Travel relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/mla000100-vacation-ii

description - The tape includes traveling shots of Blue Hill Avenue from a moving car. The car passes boarded-up storefronts and operational storefronts. Trash is visible on the street and graffiti is evident on buildings. The car passes many vacant lots along… subject - African American neighborhoods Civil rights Segregation relation - Identifier - http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/tocn-mla000402-vacant-lots-on-blue-hill-avenue