UPITN – September 1973:

A Month in the Life of a Global News Agency

Pham Dong Arrives in Sofia

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How to cite this film

‘Bulgaria Pham Dong’, [newsfilm, online], 1 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z015264 (Accessed 03 Nov 2025)

Technical Info

Format / Codec: Flash / VP6
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

Bulgaria Pham Dong

Date

1 Sep 1973

Dateline

Sofia

Script

North Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Van Dong visits Bulgaria

Shotlist

1. ws Huge pictures of Pham Dong and Georgi Gugov President of Bulgaria
2. mcu Wall with words of welcome for Pham Dong
3. ws Bulgarian officials
4. ms Soldiers at attentio plane taxiing behind
5. ws Pham Dong down from plane greeted shaking hands
6. vs. Gugov and Pham Dong at airport ceremonial
7. vs Dong being introduced to Bulgarian officals and applauded
8. vs Dong taking march past*Date is approximate*

Film status

Processing date

1 Sep 1973

Processing location

London

Original film

Black and White Negative

Original sound

Duration

00:01:44:22

Sources

AP Television

NoS ID

z015264

How to cite this record

'Pham Dong Arrives in Sofia', 1 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z015264 (Accessed 03 Nov 2025)