<I>Vietnam: The Secret Agent</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1983
name: label: Directed by
content: Jacki Ochs, American, born 1951
label: Produced by
content: Jacki Ochs, American, born 1951
label: Produced by
content: Daniel Keller
label: Narrated by
content: Max Gail, American, born 1943
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Vietnam: The Secret Agent. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with bilateral variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: By using archival footage of the Vietnam war, interviews with troops, scientists, doctors and archival footage from NBC and ABC television, the film shows the effects of the chemical herbicide dubbed Agent Orange (2, 4, 5-T) that was used as a defoliant over much of Vietnam's forests, killing enemy food supply, and damaging the domestic agricultural industry. The documentary also shows some of the resultant court proceedings; birth defects believed to be the effect of exposure to Agent Orange; veterans describing suffering from diseases such as chloracne; the psychological distress of the veterans; criticisms of the Veterans Affairs and United States government; as well as the hunger strike veterans engaged in.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Viet Nam, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Science
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.41.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 48 min.
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 1725 ft