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Lawrence V. Smith Collection (2540) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 25400000000
Collection
Lawrence V. Smith Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.25
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 16 November 2012
Scope and Contents
Approximately a quarter of a linear foot of slides, negatives, photographs, and documents from Lawrence V. Smith's time in Vietnam working for ABC's Far East Bureau in 1965. The slides and photographs show various South Vietnam cities as well as military activities, the ARVN, and news crews working on the Emmy Award winning documentary 'Reflections on Viet Nam' with Frank Reynolds. Included with the documents are images of Smith, copies of his press credentials, resume, and clippings of coverage of the various stories he worked on during his career.
Biographical / Historical
Lawrence V. Smith was an Emmy Award winning director of video and photography for CBS-TV NEWS, ABC-NEWS. He also worked as the director of photography, under contract for the United States Information Agency . Smith was the staff camera for ABC-TV News covering special events in the Far East in 1965. Smith also headed and/or owned several other film production companies from 1955-1999 including: Lawrence Smith Productions(1965), Jacksonville Motion Picture and Television Council, Black Mamba Productions.
133
Photographs
134 Photos and slides: 79 Photos and 66 Negatives Photosshowing an ABC news filing soldiers in the field, on boats, and at various locations around Vietnam
VA066161-VA066239
VAN019787-VAN019839
Photograph for ABC Television
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399
Slides
358 slides of soldier in the field, south Vietnamese Military, and news correspondents at various locations throughout South Vietnam in 1965
VAS071362-VAS071713
41 - Slides showing the USS Oriskany (CV-34) at sea with the F-100 Super Saber jet
VAS0087727-VAS087767
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1
Electronic Media
2540EM0593--Photograph VA059903, 13 September 1966-20 September 1969, John Sciascia Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accesed 6 November. 2012
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [(D059.5) Individual Collection-S ]]
  • Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D058.2 Individual Oversize Collection Box 15 [D054.2]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Resume of Lawrence V. Smith
  • Newspaper and magazine clippings
  • Official Daily Bulletin Number 146, 25 June 1965
  • Letter from Frank Reynold April 1 & 7, 1965
  • Telegram to Larry Smith, Filipinas Hotel Manila
  • Press Pass
  • Apartment floor plan, Tokyo, Japan
  • Business card for Lawrence V. Smith, Cinematograher, ABC News Far East Bureau
  • Folder 2
  • News scripts June 1965
  • Box 1000
  • Folder 1
  • Oversize newspaper clippings about the Vietnam War and news coverage 1965
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=25400000000
Citation
Lawrence V. Smith Collection (2540) Finding Aid, Lawrence V. Smith Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=25400000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
25400000000, Lawrence V. Smith Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 15 Nov 2012 [Updated: 15 Dec 2021]

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