- Title: USA: MY LAI MILITARY COURT ACQUITS SERGEANT MITCHELL
- Date: 22nd November 1970
- Summary: 1. MV Reporters out of courtroom 0.06 2. CU Michael Swan, army prosecutor, speaking to Press 0.14 3. SV Mitchell's mother, wife and Mitchell out of courtroom as guard stands by (2 shots) 0.24 4. CU Mitchell speaking (SOUND ON FILM) 1.01 5. CU Mitchell's wife speaks (SOUND ON FILM) 1.18 6. MV Zoom out to gv.. Mitchell's mother, Mitchell and his wife (left to right) 1.25 7. MV PAN..Mitchell being congratulated 1.31 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ. 4: MITCHELL: "I found the Army in 1960. The army is a great occupation to be in. Now I know it's a great occupation." REPORTER: "Do you plan to stay in?" MITCHELL: "I do sir." REPORTER: "You said yourself that you saw civilians dead in My Lai, what do you think happened?" MITCHELL: "I still have not formed an opinion I can state as I said before that I saw no massacre. I can state again that I saw no massacre. I saw some bodies in a ditch. That is all that I can account for." SEQ. 5: MRS MITCHELL: "I'm so happy. I don't which way... I'd just like to say I'm so happy that this is all over and I know my husband was innocent. I'm so happy because I know it now." Initials RJ/DW/ES.14.04 RJ/DW/ES.14.19 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: COMMENTATOR'S VOICE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY. orig on 11246/70 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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