An Unlikely Weapon

An Unlikely Weapon 2009 Released

Directed by Susan Morgan Cooper

· 85 min

 

An Unlikely Weapon 2009 Released

Directed by Susan Morgan Cooper

· 85 min

 

1/500th of a second to get the shot...a lifetime to forget it.

In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nguyen Nyoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerilla point blank. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam War. The photo brought Eddie fame and a Pulitzer, but Eddie was haunted by the man he had vilified. He would say "Two lives were destroyed that day, the victim's and the general's." Others would say three lives were... see more

1/500th of a second to get the shot...a lifetime to forget it.

In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nguyen Nyoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerilla point blank. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam War. The photo brought Eddie fame and a Pulitzer, but Eddie was haunted by the man he had vilified. He would say "Two lives were destroyed that day, the victim's and the general's." Others would say three lives were... see more
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Apr 10, 2009
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US
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