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The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a prolonged, expensive and divisive conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam whose main ally was the United States. Yet it often gets overlooked and is referred to as a "pointless war" that took the lives of over 3 million people including over 58,000 Americans and 1.5 million innocent Vietnam..
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War' details a conflict whose burden became unbearable and fraught with hard lessons. Learn why the most powerful nation in the world could not defeat the communist North Vietnamese. From the Gulf of Tonkin to the Tet Offensive, the war perpetually escalated.
Reflections on the Vietnam War
Go behind-the-scenes of the epic series with Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and the filmmaking team. Hosted by Tom Brokaw, the program includes interviews with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and veteran stories generated by PBS stations across the country.
The Vietnam War: Personal Reflections
More than a dozen Vietnam War veterans from the central Illinois area recount their tours of duty including ground and air combat, the fighting environment, their living conditions, coping with the loss of friends and health issues including the effects of Agent Orange. They also reflect on the reception they received upon returning home and their ..
Modern Warfare: The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was fought for the defense of democracy. Ten long years of vicious combat - including the Tet Offensive and bloodshed at Hue and Saigon - permanently embedded the Vietnam War in the American consciousness.
The Vietnam War: Hidden Traces
Forty years after the end of the conflict, unexploded bombs, secret tunnels and other vestiges of the long combat still exist in Vietnam.
Vietnam Air War - Combat in the Air
This documentary uses front line footage and archive combat film to detail the many and varied aerial craft deployed by the USAF, US Navy and Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. Included are T-28 Trojans, A-1 Skyraiders, B-57 Canberras, B-62 Invaders, F-4 Phantoms, F-5A Freedom Fighters, F-100 Super Sabres, B-52 Stratofortresses, F-105 Thunderchiefs, ..
Vietnam - The Chopper War
The Vietnam War and the helicopter, the two go hand in hand. The story of how the helicopter revolutionised how war was carried out and the enduring images of the conflict in Vietnam.
Notes and Images From the Vietnam War
Here's a film for high school students and their teachers about the history of the Viet Nam War, composed of just photographs from that war, narration and, to help us through a damned disheartening story, lots of the Bach Suite for Solo Cello #1 in G. The film is 45 minutes long––perfect for classroom use and repeated screenings by stu-dents o..
Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War
BETWEEN THE LINES explores the Vietnam War through the prism of the surfing sub-culture. The film looks at the dramatic effect that the Vietnam War and draft had on young American men who rode waves. Narrated by John Milius, Between the Lines explores the choice that most draft age surfers faced during the Vietnam War era: either go to war or evade..
The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam
America's involvement in the Vietnam War dramatically intensified in 1964 after the Tonkin Gulf incident, an incident in which the blame falls squarely on the Johnson administration. What would follow would be a series of misinformation and outright lies from the government to mislead the American public into supporting a war that would become incr..
Guerre du Viêtnam - Au coeur des négociations secrètes
De 1970 à 1973, les délégations américaine et nord-vietnamienne se réunissaient dans le plus grand secret, en banlieue parisienne, pour préparer la paix. Une plongée dans l'histoire avec, en prime, des extraits de ces âpres négociations.
America's Wars - Korea Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan Mirror
No country in the world fights as many battles as the USA. Since the Second World War there has not been a single decade without a war. In Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, the superpower fought for democracy, human rights and, of course, always for its own interests: against communism, for oil or for power. After the Cold, America's mighty mili..
Sir! No Sir!
Sir! No Sir! is a documentary film about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Military during the Vietnam War. It consists in part of interviews with Vietnam veterans explaining the reasons they protested the war or even defected. The film tells the story of how, from the very start of the war, there was resentment within the..
