NBC TODAY SHOW AIRCHECKS COMPILATION
Film & Media
DCTV Unique Identifier:
DCTVE09135
Runtime:
53m 12.0s
Description:
A series of air checks from the NBC broadcasts of DCTV's exclusive access to Fidel Castro in 1979 during his visit to the UN. It includes footage on the plane to and from NYC, unique insight into Fidel at this moment in history. [Timestamp 1:50, 10:45]
An aircheck showing the Cuban military installation surrounding Guantanamo Bay. This was the only access Americans were given to this location and to the soldiers stationed there. [Timestamp:18:07]
An aircheck in which Jon discusses the behind the scenes activities of his documentation of Fidel Castro's visit to NYC. [Timestamp: 20:36]
An aircheck reporting on the conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the first documentation of this warfare and its consequences. [Timestamp 30:52]
An aircheck reporting on three American drug smugglers who were tried, convicted, and ultimately freed because of Jon Alpert's intercession on their behalf. [Timestamp 32:53]
An aircheck reporting on the initial and exclusive reports on the Vietnam and China border war. DCTV gained access to the area around Lang Son, Vietnam, and documented the consequences of this short but bloody war. [Timestamp: 35:00, 37:12]
The last in a series of airchecks documenting the release of the last known American POW from the Vietnam War, Robert "Bobby" Garwood. Jon Alpert successfully negotiated Garwood's release. [Timestamp: 39:09]
An aircheck of the first trip by Western TV cameras into Cambodia to document aftermath of the Cambodian genocide under the Pol Pot regime, one of the most disturbing episodes in modern history. DCTV cameras provided the most extensive documentation of this period. [Timestamp 44:35]
An aircheck that documents the slaughter and displacement of Cambodia's population and the aftermath of Pol Pot's regime. It contains interviews with refugees who describe conditions under Pol Pot. Jon Alpert was the first American television reporter to visit Cambodia since the fall of Pol Pot. [Timestamp: 49:16]
