The World of Charlie Company
The World of Charlie Company is a one-hour documentary produced by CBS News in 1970 that shows what fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars in the jungles of Southeast Asia was like for a company of American infantrymen.
The documentary was made by John Laurence, correspondent in Vietnam for CBS from 1965-70. He spent more than five months tagging along with a military unit.[1] The photographer was Keith Kay, the sound recordist James L. Clevenger and the producer in New York was Russ Bensley.
The film was broadcast twice in July, 1970.
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Reception [edit]
"It showed GI's close to mutiny, balking at orders that seemed to them unreasonable. This was something never seen on television before".[2]
Awards [edit]
It received the George Polk Award from the Overseas Press Club of America for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and enterprise abroad." It also received an Emmy, a Columbia DuPont and several other awards for broadcast journalism.
See also [edit]
- The Anderson Platoon (documentary)
- I Am a Soldier (documentary)
- The Mills of the Gods (documentary)
- Basic Training (documentary)
- Vietnam: It's a Mad War (documentary)
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/movies/critic-s-notebook-reflecting-on-tv-s-pensive-portrayal-of-vietnam.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ^ Bliss, Edward Jr.(1991). Now the news. p. 349
Further reading [edit]
- The Cat From Hue by John Laurence
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