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4. Eddie Adams - Execution of a Vietcong Suspect, 1968

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Colin Ford explores how five groundbreaking photographs changed the world: Vietnam War photo by Eddie Adams. From 1999.

Colin Ford tells the stories behind five groundbreaking photographs and how they changed the world.

Execution of a Vietcong Suspect was photographed in 1968 by Eddie Adams.

Credited with ending the Vietnam war, this photograph was reproduced in newspapers around the world within hours of it being taken.

Producer: Hilary Dunn

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 1999.

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