Australia-Vietnam relations
Extract one from Visit to Australia of the President of Vietnam (1957). Film Australia Collection, 1375893. Extract two from The Unlucky Country (1967). Film Australia Collection, 20437, National Film and Sound Archive
This clip is made up of extracts from two films:
1. Visit to Australia of the President of Vietnam (1957): The President of South Vietnam visited Australia three years after the Geneva Accords had divided Vietnam into Northern and Southern areas pending an election.
2. The Unlucky Country (1967): Made during the Vietnam War by the Commonwealth Film Unit for the Australian Department of Defence, this film outlines the dual objectives of the South Vietnamese Government: to develop the country and win the war.
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