Some Features of US Chemical Warfare in South East Asia 1971, 1971.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

The Cinematographic services of The Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, production company.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

The Vietnam War & Southeast Asia

Wars & Revolutions

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (video file 0:18:19) : Sound, Black and White.

Place of Publication:

1971,

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital.

Summary:

The film discusses the use of chemical weapons by the US, its ethical significance and the condemnation of its use by other countries. Introduces a number of different types of chemical weapons including anti-plant agents and how their employment has completely destroyed areas of South Vietnam's jungles and the flora and fauna within them, including cultivated crops such as rubber, rice and food crops. The film states that the main targets of chemical weapons are the most populated areas and civilian food resources, with the intention of forcing survivors to accept deportation to US concentration camps. The film includes figures relating to the destruction. Describes the effects of anti-plant chemical weapons on humans, including birth defects, mass miscarriages and digestive problems. Use of toxic gas in Indo-China especially when targeting underground shelters. The film calls for scientists and ordinary people throughout the world to understand the nature of chemical warfare and denounce its use.

Credits:

Production Company: The Cinematographic services of The Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.

Notes:

Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 October, 2017).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.