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Vietnam War and the Media

Vietnam War and the Media. The First Televised War Public Opinion Anti-War Protest Movements. Newspapers. The West Australian (1 May 1965) The government could not shirk its responsibilities there. The decision gives expression to the fundamentals of our policy in South-East Asia.

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Vietnam War and the Media

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  1. Vietnam War and the Media The First Televised War Public Opinion Anti-War Protest Movements

  2. Newspapers The West Australian (1 May 1965) The government could not shirk its responsibilities there. The decision gives expression to the fundamentals of our policy in South-East Asia. The Age (30 April 1965) These are inescapable obligations which fall on us because of our geographical position, our treaty commitments and our friendships. … There is clearly a United States call to share, even in a small way, more of the burdens. … There was no alternative but to respond as we have. The Australian (30 April 1965) The Menzies Government has made a reckless decision on Vietnam which this nation may live to regret. The Adelaide Advertiser (1 May 1965) We have made the necessary commitment. The Courier-Mail (1 May 1965) Australia is to fight on the Asian mainland to aid the United States in stopping the advance of Communism, which threatens us directly. … Our Government has made the decision in our name, and that is its duty. The nation now has to support that. … For us, the cost will not be light. Brave men will die in jungles without even seeing the other side’s soldiers; many others will be wounded. The Sydney Morning Herald (30 April 1966) No Australian who is conscious of the dangerous position in which his country stands, and the crucial importance to it of the war in Vietnam, can doubt that this is a right and indeed inevitable decision.

  3. Cartoons

  4. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ErNuoJ_1bM&feature=related (Newsreel) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI (CBS News) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dcliBZXQb0&feature=related (Kim Phuc 1972)

  5. Compare and Contrast • Draw a table in your notebooks like below and complete:

  6. All the way with LBJ [Image] (1965). Retrieved from http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/all-the-way-with-lbj/images/courier-mail-1may1965.pdf • Vietcong Cartoon [Image]. (1968). Retrieved from http://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/online/frith/theherald-05.html • Vietnam Quagmire [Image]. (na). Retrieved from http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=australian+editorial+cartoons+vietnam+war&hl=en&sa=X&noj=1&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=JLSJXhnZOmKPUM:&imgrefurl=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx%3Fid%3D100661&docid=8XI47_LcOFkCGM&w=450&h=300&ei=5XGETvPZDq2NmQWX0ZUc&zoom=1&biw=1280&bih=713 • 1967 Newsreel on Vietnam [Video]. (1967). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ErNuoJ_1bM&feature=related • CBS New Coverage of Tet Offensive, US Embassy & Saigon fighting [Video]. (1968). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI • Kim Phuc and Napalm burns [Video]. (1972). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dcliBZXQb0&feature=related

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