Public Enemy Number One
7.2
Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett reported the Vietnam War from the perspective of the North Vietnamese. For this he was reviled as a traitor and a communist in the Australian media. He had been the first journalist into Hiroshima after the atom bomb, and he covered wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Filmmaker David Bradbury interviews Burchett in his later years and intercuts the interview with archival footage and still photographs. Burchett is seen in newsreel coverage and in footage taken by the North Vietnamese. Archival footage of the Vietnam War and newsreel footage of Hiroshima after the atom bomb enrich the documentary.
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David Bradbury Director
United States release January 1, 1981 · Produced in Australia
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Frontline Films
Production · Distribution
Australia
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Original language
English
Release dates
Australia · January 1, 1981
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1981
American Film Festival
Germany
January 1, 1981 · Berlin International Film Festival
Sweden
January 30, 1982 · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
January 1, 1981 · London Film Festival
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