Backgrounder On Laos War Now At Official Ceasefire
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How to cite this film
‘Laos War Backgrounder’, [newsfilm, online], 14 Sep 1973. https://test.learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z016726 (Accessed 26 Jun 2025)
Technical Info
- Format / Codec
- MP4
- Source Format / Codec
- MOV
- Video Bitrate
- 800 kbps
- Audio Bitrate
- 128 kbps
- Frame Size
- 640 x 480
- Pixels Cropped At Encoding
- Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 90, Right: 90
- Reason For Crop
- Removal of video noise
- Other Edits
- Video was trimmed of first 7 seconds to remove AP title card
- Slug
- Laos War Backgrounder
- Date
- 14 Sep 1973
- Dateline
- Laos
- Script
- A backgrounder on the progress of the war in Laos now that there is a ceasefire in place.
- Shotlist
-
- 1. cu map of Vietnam Laos
- 2. ms Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos Prime Minister from helicopter greeted by Major General Vang Pao
- 3. v smcu Phoum into car and seated and away
- 4. vs cave communications centre shortwave radio telex typewriters
- 5. ws airfield pan from plane to plane
- 6. aerial over Laotion countryside
- 7. ms nose of bomber
- 8. vs navigator or bomb aimer at work in plane
- 9. cu button pressed and bombs released
- 10. ls flashes on ground from bombs exploding
- 11. ls spotter aircraft at night
- 12. vs aerials ls bomb craters
- 13. ws armoured car on road
- 14. vs toops in turcks
- 15. vs Laotian artillery loadng and firing shells
- 16. ws troops in high reeds and bamboo
- 17. ls helicopter
- 18. ws troops in forest find a dead North Vietnamese soldier take his weapon
- 19. mcu dead soldier
- 20. cu map
- Film status
- Syndicated
- Processing date
- 14 Sep 1973
- Processing location
- London
- Original film
- Colour Positive
- Original sound
- Optical Sound On Film
- Duration
- 00:02:46
- Sources
- AP Television
- NoS ID
- z016726
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How to cite this record
'Backgrounder On Laos War Now At Official Ceasefire', 14 Sep 1973. https://test.learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z016726 (Accessed 26 Jun 2025)