Travis Air Force Base - POW Preparations

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KPIX Eyewitness news report from January 26th 1973 featuring views of Travis Air Force Base in Solano County (California), which is preparing to receive American former prisoners of war (POWs), returning home from the Vietnam War. Includes views of the base, medical facilities there and a press conference in which an armed services spokesman explains to the media how interviews with the returning servicemen will be managed (and approved).

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
1/26/1973
Recording medium
16mm color, magnetic sound film
1:42
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival newsfilm
Identifier
KPIX 110909
Views
2342

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