DOCUMENTS OF WAR
by Dr-Faustus | created - 07 Sep 2021 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicDocumentary film timeline of wars, battles, revolutions, and coups throughout human history.
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1,401. Dateline: Saigon (2016)
95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press'... See full summary »
Director: Thomas D. Herman | Stars: Peter Arnett, Malcolm Browne, Horst Faas, David Halberstam
Votes: 23
IMDb Link: 'Dateline: Saigon' Official Site.
1,402. Vietnam in HD (2011)
262 min | Documentary, History, War
Original Vietnam War footage presented in high definition along with narrations by war veterans and the voices of Hollywood stars.
Stars: Tempestt Bledsoe, Edward Burns, Dean Cain, Kevin Connolly
Votes: 1,641
Wikipedia: Vietnam in HD.
1,403. A Face of War (1968)
Approved | 72 min | Documentary, War
Most powerful Vietnam war doco not available except on Facebook page
Director: Eugene S. Jones | Star: Michael Mileham
Votes: 58
Wikipedia: A Face of War.
1,404. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,920
George McGovern quote: "The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam war, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security."
John F. Kennedy in a televised interview with Walter Cronkite: "I don't think that unless a greater effort is made by the government to win popular support that the war can be won out there. In the final analysis, it is their war. They are the ones who have to win it or lose it. We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisors, but they have to win it, the people of Vietnam, against the Communists."
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Amazon Books: The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam.
1,405. First Kill (2001)
73 min | Documentary, War
Veterans of the Vietnam War tell about their experiences. The disasters but also the glorious moments of war. The central figure in the documentary is the scenario writer of Full Metal ... See full summary »
Director: Coco Schrijber | Stars: Eddie Adams, Michael Herr
Votes: 194
An examination of the psychology of war.
IMDb Link: 'First Kill' Quotes.
1,406. Hearts and Minds (1974)
R | 112 min | Documentary, History, War
A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
Director: Peter Davis | Stars: Tin Chan, Chau Diem, Ngo Dinh Diem, John Foster Dulles
Votes: 6,113 | Gross: $0.03M
William C. Westmoreland quote: "The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does the Westerner. Life is cheap in the Orient."
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Wikipedia: Hearts and Minds (film).
Wikipedia: Hearts and Minds (Vietnam War).
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History.com: Vietnam War - Facts, Battles, Pictures & Videos.
1,407. Far from Vietnam (1967)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Drama, War
In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda | Stars: Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Fidel Castro, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 887
IMDb Link: 'Far from Vietnam' Official Site.
Wikipedia: People's Army of Vietnam.
Wikipedia: Viet Cong.
1,408. The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965)
56 min | Documentary, War
A documentary on the war in South Vietnam shot entirely on location. There is no narration and no use of archive footage. The participants speak for themselves. The filmmakers spend time ... See full summary »
Director: Beryl Fox | Stars: Bernard Fall, Thai Nguyen
Votes: 21
Wikipedia: The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam.
1,409. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 84 min | Documentary, History, War
Feature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home.
Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves
Votes: 1,963
Wikipedia: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
1,410. The Montagnards (2014)
120 min | Documentary
Hear the compelling story of how the tribes people known as the Montagnards fought alongside the U.S. Army's Special Forces Unit during the Vietnam War. Though abandoned after the war, ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Collins | Stars: Dean Acheson, Peter Arnett, Walter Cronkite, Henry Ford II
Vietnam War | The Montagnards | Degar
Wikipedia: Degar.
1,411. The 40,000 (2009)
44 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A documentary that exposes Canada's covert involvement in the Vietnam War, the over 40,000 Canadians who secretly served there, and the guy who made a movie about it.
Director: Barry W. Levy | Stars: Ken Camroux-Taylor, Rachel Cronin, Rob Fournier, Barry W. Levy
Votes: 11
Vietnam War | The Canadians
Wikipedia: Canada and the Vietnam War.
1,412. Eyes of the Tiger: Diary of a Dirty War (2006 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
In late October 1966 after more than 6 months in Vietnam, an elite group of Australian soldiers were chosen to form the first Reconnaissance Platoon. Made up of National Servicemen and ... See full summary »
Director: Monica O'Brien | Star: Marshall Napier
Vietnam War | The Australians
Wikipedia: Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War.
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Wikipedia: 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
1,413. The Betrayal (2008)
96 min | Documentary
The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the ... See full summary »
Directors: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath | Star: Thavisouk Phrasavath
Votes: 456
Part of Vietnam War | The Laotian Civil War: May 23, 1959 - December 2, 1975
Wikipedia: Laotian Civil War.
Wikipedia: The Betrayal - Nerakhoon.
1,414. The Hmong and the Secret War (2017)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
In 1961, four years before the Vietnam War, the CIA funded a Secret War in Laos. The Hmong became CIA's surrogate army, fighting and preventing Communism from consuming the country of Laos.... See full summary »
Wikipedia: CIA activities in Laos.
Wikipedia: Insurgency in Laos.
Wikipedia: Hmong people.
Wikipedia: Hmong Americans.
1,415. Legacy of a War: Air America and Southeast Asia (2015)
62 min | Documentary, History, War | Completed
The personal recollections of the men on both sides of Southeast Asia's most clandestine war.
Director: Georgi Assawaterakiat | Stars: Georgi Assawaterakiat, Benjamin Tuffnell, Douglas Rhein
Wikipedia: Air America (airline).
1,416. The Ravens: Covert War in Laos (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
US soldiers operate covertly fighting a secret war in Laos as the pressure to withdraw form Vietnam increased
Directors: Mika Lentz, Kirk Wolfinger
Votes: 7
Wikipedia: Raven Forward Air Controllers.
1,417. Hun Pilots (2019)
Documentary
A feature documentary about America's first supersonic fighter, the F-100 Super Saber, an iconic fighter that flew more combat sorties during the Vietnam War than any other fighter.
Director: Mark Vizcarra | Stars: Robert P. Breault, Gregory J. Butler, Wilbur L. Carpenter, Keith Connolly
Votes: 18
Vietnam War | The First F-100 Super Sabres Enter Combat in Southeast Asia: April 16, 1961
Wikipedia: North American F-100 Super Sabre.
1,418. Agent Orange: The Last Battle (2004 Video)
45 min | Documentary
Directors: Stephanie Jobe, Adam Scholl
Votes: 13
Vietnam War | Operation Ranch Hand: 1962 - 1971
Wikipedia: Operation Ranch Hand.
Wikipedia: Agent Orange.
1,419. Living the Silent Spring (2011)
87 min | Documentary
About the scars left behind by Agent Orange, which was used during the Vietnam War.
Director: Masako Sakata | Star: Tokiko Katô
Wikipedia: Silent Spring.
Wikipedia: Rachel Carson.
1,420. Medal of Honor: Special Forces Col. Roger Donlon (2016)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Award-winning War Reporter Alex Quade offers this documentary profile-in- courage and character of Medal of Honor recipient Col.Roger Donlon. The humble Green Beret received the first Medal... See full summary »
Director: Alex Quade | Stars: Roger Donlon, Alex Quade
Vietnam War | Col. Roger Donlon is Awarded the First Medal of Honor of the War for His Actions on July 6, 1964
Wikipedia: Roger Donlon.
IMDb Link: 'Medal of Honor: Special Forces Col. Roger Donlon' Official Site Article.
Wikipedia: List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War.
1,421.
Vietnam in HD (2011)
Episode:
The Beginning
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, History, War
Vietnam in HD looks at the early months of the Vietnam war from the escalation following the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the grim fighting of the Battle of Ia Drang where a few hundred ... See full summary »
Director: Sammy Jackson | Stars: Tempestt Bledsoe, Edward Burns, Dean Cain, Kevin Connolly
Votes: 80
Vietnam War | The Gulf of Tonkin Incident: August 2, 1964
Wikipedia: Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Wikipedia: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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Operation Pierce Arrow: August 5, 1964
Wikipedia: Operation Pierce Arrow.
1,422. Return with Honor (1998)
101 min | Documentary
The story of U.S. fighter pilots shot down over North Vietnam who became POWs for up to 8 and a half years.
Directors: Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders | Stars: Everett Alvarez Jr., Ron Bliss, Fred Cherry, George Day
Votes: 253
Vietnam War | Everett Alvarez Jr. Becomes the First U.S. Pilot Shot Down and Detained in Vietnam: August 5, 1964
Wikipedia: Everett Alvarez Jr.
Amazon DVD: Return With Honor: The American Experience.
1,423.
Battlefield: Vietnam (1999– )
Episode:
Rolling Thunder
(1999)
Documentary, History, War
Votes: 8
Vietnam War | Operation Rolling Thunder: March 2, 1965 - November 2, 1968
Wikipedia: Operation Rolling Thunder.
Wikipedia: List of bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War.
1,425.
Johnson Tapes (1999– )
Episode:
Into Vietnam: Playing with the Truth
(1999)
50 min | Documentary, History
The escalation of the Vietnam war through audio tapes with Lyndon B Johnson
Director: Philip Day | Stars: Charles Wheeler, Chris Arias, Chris Cunningham, Sean Finnegan
Vietnam War | The First American Combat Troops Arrive in South Vietnam: March 8, 1965
Wikipedia: 3rd Marine Division (United States).
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"I guess we've got no choice, but it scares the death out of me. I think everybody's going to think, 'we're landing the Marines, we're off to battle.'" - President Lyndon B. Johnson, 6 March 1965.
Presidential Recordings Digital Edition: Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam War.
1,426. The Ten Thousand Day War (1980– )
52 min | Documentary, History, War
A comprehensive history of the American stage of the Vietnam War.
Stars: Joseph B. Anderson, Peter Braestrup, Anthony Astuccio, George R. Christmas
Votes: 259
Wikipedia: Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War.
1,427. Agents Unknown (2019)
TV-14 | 67 min | Documentary, History, War
Vietnam 1967: John Murphy, then a military intelligence adviser for the Army, C.I.A., and South Vietnamese intelligence services, reveals the gray areas of critical on-the-ground spy work, where trust is hard-won and easily lost.
Director: Michael Reiter | Star: John Murphy
Votes: 89
Wikipedia: CIA activities in Vietnam.
IMDb Link: 'Agents Unknown' Official Site & Trailer.
1,428. The Anderson Platoon (1967)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History, War
The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Joseph B. Anderson, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 383
Vietnam War | The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division is Sent to South Vietnam: August 1, 1965
Wikipedia: 1st Cavalry Division (United States).
Wikipedia: The Anderson Platoon.
Wikipedia: Joseph B. Anderson.
1,429.
Fight or Die (2008– )
Episode:
Valley of Death
(2008)
Documentary, War
Tells the real-life story of a group of American soldiers whose lives were made famous in Randall Wallace's motion picture, We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson. On November 14, 1965 in ... See full summary »
Director: Emre Sahin | Stars: Randall Wallace, Ryan Fabian, Mike Lutz, Jeff Hamilton
Vietnam War | The Battle of Ia Drang: November 14 - 18, 1965
Wikipedia: Battle of Ia Drang.
1,430. The Cu Chi Tunnels (1991)
59 min | Documentary, War
During the Vietnam war, thousands of people in the province of Cu Chi lived in an elaborate system of underground tunnels. This film tells the story of life underground, and the fight to defeat the US, by those who lived the experience.
Director: Mickey Grant | Stars: Ba Ong Ngo, Thi Dinh Nguyen, Phuong Dong Huynh, Phuong Vien
Votes: 19
Vietnam War | Operation Crimp: January 8 - 14, 1966
Wikipedia: Operation Crimp.
Wikipedia: Cu Chi tunnels.
1,431. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
Votes: 6,835
Vietnam War | Dieter Dengler is Shot Down: February 1, 1966
Escaped: June 29, 1966
Rescued | Spotted: July 20, 1966
Dieter Dengler quote: "I don't think of myself as a hero. No, only dead people are heroes."
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Shot Down in Vietnam
*IMDb Watch Now Link: The Rescue of Raven 1-1 (2008 Short Film).
_____________________
The Fighter Pilot Rescuers
*IMDb Watch Now Link: Hmong Rescue (2009 Short Film).
1,432. The Battle of Long Tan (2006 TV Movie)
104 min | Documentary, History, War
In the gathering dusk of 18 August 1966, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and NZ soldiers are separated and surrounded, fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of ... See full summary »
Director: Damien Lay | Stars: Sam Worthington, Kristopher Bos, Christopher Coyle, James Pratt
Votes: 170
Vietnam War | The Battle of Long Tan: August 18, 1966
Wikipedia: Battle of Long Tan.
IMDb Link: 'The Battle of Long Tan' Official Site.
1,433.
Battlefield: Vietnam (1999– )
Episode:
Showdown in the Iron Triangle
(1999)
Documentary, History, War
Votes: 6
Vietnam War | The Iron Triangle Search and Destroy Operations
Wikipedia: Operation Attleboro (September 14 - November 25, 1966).
Wikipedia: Operation Cedar Falls (January 8 - 26, 1967).
Wikipedia: Operation Junction City (February 22 - May 14, 1967).
1,434.
Battlefield: Vietnam (1999– )
Episode:
Search and Destroy
(1999)
Documentary, History, War
Votes: 7
Wikipedia: Search and destroy.
Wikipedia: Vietnam War body count controversy.
1,435. Honor in the Valley of Tears (2010)
100 min | Documentary
The story of A-Company 1/8 4th Infantry Division, US Army during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1967. In the men's own words, through the stories they narrate, the film gives us insight into ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Dow | Stars: Landis Bargatze, Tom Carty, Peter DeRita, Ralph Ely
Votes: 97
Vietnam War | The Heroism of David H. McNerney in the Valley of Tears: March 22, 1967
Wikipedia: David H. McNerney.
1,436. The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War.
Director: Bill Siegel | Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Muhammad Ali, David Susskind, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,181 | Gross: $0.06M
Muhammad Ali Refuses to be Indicted into the U.S. Army: April 28, 1967
History.com: Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction.
Muhammad Ali quote: "Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?
No I'm not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end.
I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.
If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn't have to draft me, I'd join tomorrow.
I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We've been in jail for 400 years."
Wikipedia: Muhammad Ali.
1,437.
Seconds from Disaster (2004–2018)
Episode:
Aircraft Carrier Explosion
(2006)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
An accidental release of an old missile on the flight deck of the USS Forestal starts a huge fire and subsequent explosions kill a total of 134 soldiers and injure another 161. The accident came close to sinking the Forestal.
Director: Andy Stevenson | Stars: Milt Crutchley, Dave Dollarhide, Gerald Farrier, Forsythe Massey
Votes: 29
Vietnam War | The USS Forrestal Fire: July 29, 1967
Wikipedia: 1967 USS Forrestal fire.
Wikipedia: USS Forrestal (CV-59).
1,438. Above and Beyond: The Story of Cpl. William T. Perkins, Jr. USMC (2006)
Documentary
On October 12, 1967, combat photographer Cpl. William T. Perkins, Jr. made the ultimate sacrifice when he hurled himself upon an enemy hand grenade to save the lives of his fellow Marines. ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Ingraham | Stars: Dennis Antal, Dennis Franz, Frank Lee, William T. Perkins
Vietnam War | Operation Medina: October 11 - 20, 1967
Wikipedia: Operation Medina.
The Heroism of Cpl. William T. Perkins Jr.: October 12, 1967
Wikipedia: William T. Perkins Jr.
1,439.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Two Days in October
(2005)
PG-13 | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the Vietnam War.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Hagiwara, Ping Wu
Votes: 85
Vietnam War | The Battle of Ong Thanh: October 17, 1967
Wikipedia: Battle of Ong Thanh.
Wikipedia: Two Days in October.
1,440. La sixième face du pentagone (1968)
Not Rated | 28 min | Documentary, Short
On October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam. It was the largest protest gathering yet, and it brought together ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Marker, François Reichenbach | Stars: William Sloane Coffin, N. Paul Stookey, Mary Allin Travers, John Wilson
Votes: 343
The March on the Pentagon: October 21, 1967
Wikipedia: National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
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Wikipedia: Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Wikipedia: Lists of protests against the Vietnam War.
Wikipedia: Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
1,441. Tell Me Lies (1968)
118 min | Documentary, Drama
A variety of British views on the Vietnam War.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Mark Jones, Pauline Munro, Eric Allan, Robert Langdon Lloyd
Votes: 110
Wikipedia: Tell Me Lies.
1,442. John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2018)
TV-14 | 104 min | Documentary
In-depth look at the life of John McCain, from his time as a POW in Vietnam to his three decades of service in the US Senate.
Directors: George Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt | Stars: Joe Biden, David Brooks, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 763
Vietnam War | John McCain Shot Down and Captured Over North Vietnam: October 27, 1967
Wikipedia: Early life and military career of John McCain.
1,443.
Investigative Reports (1991–2011)
Episode:
Prisoners in the Hanoi Hilton
(1992)
TV-PG | Documentary
Investigative Reports looks at the stories of U.S. pilots who were prisoners in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" during the Vietnam War.
Star: Bill Kurtis
Wikipedia: Hao Lo Prison (The Hanoi Hilton).
Wikipedia: U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
1,444.
Battleground (2004–2012)
Episode:
The 4th Infantry Division
(2006)
Documentary, War
The Story of the "Ivymen" in Vietnam, from their arrival in 1966 through the critical Battle of Dak To in the winter of 1968. A "Big Picture" originally produced by the Army Pictorial Center in 1969.
Vietnam War | The Battle of Dak To: November 3 - 23, 1967
Wikipedia: Battle of Dak To.
Wikipedia: 4th Infantry Division (United States).
1,445.
Combat Zone (2007– )
Episode:
Hill 875
(2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
Vietnam, Thanksgiving 1967 - As Viet Cong forces hid themselves in the jungle, US Airborne Infantry fought hard for "Hill 875". They charged for days to within almost 20 yards of the VC, ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles W. Davidson, Lock Lee, Phong Tran, Adolfo Naranjo
1,446. Christmas in Vietnam
Documentary | Filming
Saigon, 1967-A special division of US Troops bring the Christmas spirit to a Vietnamese orphanage.
Directors: Terry Cronin, Thomas Mumme
Christmas in Vietnam: December 25, 1967
IMDb Link: 'Christmas in Vietnam' Official Production Company Site.
Wikipedia: Civic action program.
1,447. Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (2012 TV Movie)
42 min | Documentary
Between April, 1975 and January, 1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people in Cambodia. Pol Pot promised an agrarian utopia but delivered a ... See full summary »
Director: Shane O'Sullivan | Stars: Cal Saville, Ben Kiernan, Youk Chhang, Gerald Ford
Votes: 23
Part of Vietnam War | The Cambodian Civil War: January 17, 1968 - April 17, 1975
Wikipedia: Cambodian Civil War.
The Cambodian Genocide: April 17, 1975 - January 7, 1979
Wikipedia: Cambodian genocide.
Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge.
Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge Killing Fields.
Wikipedia: Pol Pot.
1,448. Enemies of the People (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Crime, History
One of the most harrowing and compelling personal documentaries of our time, ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE exposes for the first time the truth about the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge who were behind Cambodia's genocide.
Directors: Rob Lemkin, Thet Sambath | Stars: Thet Sambath, Nuon Chea, Pol Pot, Khieu Samphân
Votes: 556 | Gross: $0.07M
Wikipedia: Enemies of the People (film).
1,449. Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
Disturbing documentary, shot on site less than a year after the Khmer Rouge downfall, depicting the shocking situation and recent history of Cambodia.
Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Pol Pot
Votes: 315
Wikipedia: Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia.
1,450. Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor (2011)
118 min | Documentary, History, War
Twenty weeks before Khe Sanh, these men were boys, sitting in their mother's kitchens. Then they went to war. Through interviews, film footage, photographs and audio recorded in Vietnam in ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Rodgers, Betty Rodgers
Votes: 55
Vietnam War | The Battle of Khe Sanh: January 21 - July 9, 1968
Wikipedia: Battle of Khe Sanh.
Wikipedia: Khe Sanh Combat Base.
Wikipedia: 26th Marine Regiment (United States).
1,451. The Battle of Khe Sahn (1969)
Not Rated | 28 min | Documentary, Short
This film depicts the reality of Vietnam war. 6000 US Marines battle against a Vietcong army of 200,000 in the most heroic battle of the Vietnam war, the Battle of Khe Sahn.
Star: Robert Landers
Operation Niagra: January - March, 1968
Wikipedia: Operation Niagara.
Operation Scotland II: April 15, 1968 - February 28, 1969
Wikipedia: Operation Scotland II.
1,452. Shooting Grunts (2008 Video)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, War
A young combat cinematographer films grunts in Vietnam. He is seriously wounded at the battle of Khe Sanh.
Director: Walt Hefner | Stars: Walt Hefner, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Eric W. Ristau
1,453.
Battlefield: Vietnam (1999– )
Episode:
The TET Offensive
(1999)
Documentary, History, War
Votes: 7
Vietnam War | The Tet Offensive:
Phase 1: January 30 - March 28, 1968
Phase 2: May 5 - June 15, 1968
Phase 3: August 17 - September 23, 1968
Wikipedia: Tet Offensive.
1,454.
Combat Zone (2007– )
Episode:
Battle of Hue
(2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
Vietnam, 1968 - As the war explodes with cities in the south falling like dominoes to the Communist forces from the north, US Marines in the city of Hue quickly find themselves badly ... See full summary »
Stars: Lock Lee, Phong Tran, Matthew Scott Wilcox, Adolfo Naranjo
Vietnam War | The Battle of Hue: January 30 - March 3, 1968
Wikipedia: Battle of Hue.
1,455. Eddie Adams: Saigon '68 (2012)
18 min | Documentary, Short, History
The story underlying the most influential and electrifying photograph to come out of the Vietnam War, and how the picture transformed the lives of Eddie Adams, who captured the moment on ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas J. Sloan | Stars: Walter Anderson, Peter Arnett, Hal Buell, Danny Burstein
Votes: 20
Vietnam War | Saigon Execution: February 1, 1968
Wikipedia: Eddie Adams (photographer).
1,456. An Unlikely Weapon (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerrilla point blank. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam war... See full summary »
Director: Susan Morgan Cooper | Stars: Eddie Adams, Marc Anthony, Peter Arnett, Tom Brokaw
Votes: 114
1,457. Interviews with My Lai Veterans (1971)
22 min | Documentary, Short, War
Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they discuss the orders that were issued leading... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Strick | Star: Richard Hammer
Votes: 264
Vietnam War | The My Lai Massacre: March 16, 1968
Wikipedia: My Lai Massacre.
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Massacres in Vietnam
Wikipedia: List of massacres in Vietnam.
1,458. The Sound of Violin in My Lai (1999)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The Sound of the Violin in My Lai is a short film that examines the history and legacy of the My Lai massacre, an incident of the Vietnam War in which hundreds of Vietnamese civilians were ... See full summary »
Director: Van Thuy Tran | Star: Roy Mike Boehm
Votes: 12
Wikipedia: Hugh Thompson Jr. & Lawrence Colburn.
1,459. The Crater: A True Vietnam War Story (2015)
58 min | Documentary
A personal story of one man's tour of duty in Vietnam and his obsessive search to locate forty-two former enemy soldiers killed in action so that their bodies can be returned to their families and their spirits put to rest.
Director: David Bradbury | Stars: David Berry, Andrew Hazzard, Daniel Potts
Votes: 13
Vietnam War | The Battle of Coral-Balmoral: May 12 - June 6, 1968
Wikipedia: Battle of Coral-Balmoral.
1,460. Investigation of a Flame (2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short, History
On May 17, 1968, three Catholic priests, a nurse, an artist and four others walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and burned ... See full summary »
Director: Lynne Sachs | Stars: Daniel Berrigan, Philip Berrigan, David Darst, John Hogan
Votes: 34
The Catonsville Nine Incident: May 17, 1968
Wikipedia: Catonsville Nine.
1,461. Children of the Revolution (2010)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary
Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?
Director: Shane O'Sullivan | Stars: Ulrike Meinhof, Fusako Shigenobu, Mei Shigenobu, Bettina Röhl
Votes: 73
Protests of 1968 | The Red Army Faction
Wikipedia: Protests of 1968.
Wikipedia: Red Army Faction.
Wikipedia: Children of the Revolution (2010 film).
1,462. A Grin Without A Cat (1977)
240 min | Documentary
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Simone Signoret, Jorge Semprún, Davos Hanich, Sandra Scarnati
Votes: 1,114
Wikipedia: A Grin Without a Cat.
1,463.
War Stories with Oliver North (2001– )
Episode:
The Real Story of Hamburger Hill
(2006)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the Vietnam War battle of Hamburger Hill, a bloody 10-day engagement on Ap Bia Mountain. Here, Oliver North interviews veterans of the fight and travels to the battle site.
Star: Oliver North
Vietnam War | The Battle of Hamburger Hill: May 10 - 20, 1969
Wikipedia: Battle of Hamburger Hill.
1,464. Woodstock (1970)
R | 184 min | Documentary, History, Music
Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey, Joe Cocker
Votes: 18,471 | Gross: $50.00M
The Woodstock Festival: August 15 - 18, 1969
Interviewer: "What do you think about the kids?"
Police Officer: "From what I've heard from the outside sources for many years I was very, very much surprised and I'm very happy to say we think the people of this country should be proud of these kids, not withstanding the way they dress or the way they wear their hair, that's their own personal business; but their, their inner workings, their inner selves, their, their self-demeanour cannot be questioned; they can be questioned as good American citizens.
Interviewer: "That's kind of surprising coming from a cop."
Police Officer: "I'm not a cop, I'm the Chief of Police."
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Wikipedia: Woodstock.
Wikipedia: List of performances and events at Woodstock Festival.
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Amazon Blu-ray: Woodstock - Ultimate Collector's Edition.
Wikipedia: Woodstock (film).
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Signs of Peace
*IMDb Watch Now Link: Full Movie (The Symbol of Peace - Short Film).
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Personal Reflections of a Bygone Era
*IMDb Watch Now Link - Age-Restricted Video: My Hippies (2005 Short Film).
1,465. Escape from Firebase Kate (2015)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Vietnam 1969. 21 year old US Army Special Forces Captain William Albracht is assigned his first command at Firebase Kate. When the base comes under heavy attack, he leads a late night escape through a jungle filled with enemy troops.
Director: Paul Kakert | Star: J.V. Martin
Votes: 22
Vietnam War | The Siege of Firebase Kate: October 27 - November 1, 1969
Wikipedia: Landing Zone Kate.
IMDb Link: 'Escape from Firebase Kate' Official Site.
1,466. To Save a Soldier (1969)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, War
Documentary film which depicts the rescue of a wounded American soldier in the field in Vietnam, his helicopter transport to a combat medical center, then on to a support hospital in the ... See full summary »
Director: Walker Stuart | Star: Henry Fonda
Votes: 8
Wikipedia: Casualty evacuation.
1,467.
The Untold History of the United States (2012–2013)
Episode:
Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune
(2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, History, War
The hellish nature of the Vietnam War causes the American public to see the limits of modern military power, when faced with thick jungles and guerrilla style warfare. Richard Nixon 's ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Bill Farmer, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, André Sogliuzzo
Votes: 231
Nixon Formalizes His Speech on "Vietnamization": November 3, 1969
Wikipedia: Nixon Doctrine.
Wikipedia: Vietnamization.
Wikipedia: Peace with Honor - (January 23, 1973).
Wikipedia: Paris Peace Accords - (January 27, 1973).
History.com: U.S. withdraws from Vietnam - (March 29, 1973).
1,468.
World in Action (1963–1998)
Episode:
The Quiet Mutiny
(1970)
22 min | Documentary
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
Director: Charles Denton | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 66
The Draft Lottery is Implemented: December 1, 1969
Wikipedia: Draft lottery (1969).
Wikipedia: Draft evasion.
Wikipedia: Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Statement from an American soldier: "Until we got to the first camp, we didn't see a village intact; they were all destroyed. I sat down and put myself in the middle and asked: Is this right or wrong? Is it right to destroy villages? Is it right to kill people en masse? After a while it just got to me."
1,469. No Substitute for Victory (1971)
G | 80 min | Documentary
John Wayne hosts this video which was produced during the Vietnam War when the Communist threat was at its height.
Director: Robert F. Slatzer | Stars: John Wayne, William C. Westmoreland, Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 130
U.S. Propaganda Film
1,470. FTA (1972)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Available for the first time since it mysteriously disappeared in 1972 after only one week in theaters, this raucous film is a riveting slice of the Vietnam anti-war movement.
Director: Francine Parker | Stars: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Pamela Donegan, Len Chandler
Votes: 474
The "Free The Army Tour" is Organized: April 1970
Wikipedia: Free The Army tour.
Wikipedia: F.T.A.
1,471. The Day the '60s Died (2015 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
Chronicles May 1970, the month in which four students were shot dead at Kent State. The mayhem that followed has been called the most divisive moment in American history since the Civil War.
Director: Jonathan Halperin | Stars: Gregory Antoine, Terry Braun, Pat Buchanan, Gerald Casale
Votes: 181
The Kent Sate Shootings: May 4, 1970
The Kent State shootings were the shootings on May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard during a mass protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
Date: May 4, 1970
Perpetrator: Ohio National Guard
Number of deaths: 4
Non-fatal injuries: 9
IMDb Link: 'The Day the '60s Died' Official Site.
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Amazon Books: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion.
1,472. The Ghosts of Ripcord (2015)
82 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A historical documentary covering the battle of Firebase Ripcord and the experience of its veterans. Archival material and on-camera interviews with veterans help tell the story of the battle.
Director: John Ryan Daily | Stars: Ralph Young, Adam Segal, John Ryan Daily
Vietnam War | The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord: July 1 - 23, 1970
Wikipedia: Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord.
IMDb Link: 'The Ghosts of Ripcord' Official Facebook.
1,473. Winter Soldier (1972)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, History, War
For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, ... See full summary »
Director: Winterfilm Collective | Stars: Rusty Sachs, Joe Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro, Kenneth Campbell
Votes: 1,081
Vietnam War | The Winter Soldier Investigation: January 31 - February 2, 1971
Filmmaker quote: "The fact that this process of truth-telling was not respected and honored as a part of the experience of these soldiers is one of the reasons that the subject of the war in Vietnam continues to be misunderstood and misrepresented. This is a very disturbing film about the making of a war, the making of young men into killers, the bringing of our society into acceptance of a war against people of a different color, a different culture, all the way around the globe. It brings to the surface of consciousness questions that must be confronted and asked again as our country is again sending off soldiers to die and to kill."
IMDb Link: 'Winter Soldier' Official Site.
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Wikipedia: Winter Soldier Investigation.
1,474. Sir! No Sir! (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War
NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War
Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard
Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.11M
Dalton Trumbo quote: "An equation: 40,000 dead young men=3,000 tons of bone and flesh, 124,000 pounds of brain matter, 50,000 gallons of blood, 1,840,000 years of life that will never be lived, 100,000 children that will never be born (the last we can afford: there are too many starving children in the world already)."
IMDb Link: 'Sir! No Sir!' Official Site.
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A-Z Lyrics: Bruce Springsteen Lyrics - Born in the U.S.A.
1,475. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
An exploration of the life and work of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, former Marine and military strategist, who was responsible for the publication of secret government documents that revealed the truth behind America's involvement in Vietnam.
Directors: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Peter Arnett, Ben Bagdikian, Ann Beeson, John Dean
Votes: 2,421 | Gross: $0.45M
The First Publishing of Pentagon Papers: June 13, 1971 (New York Times)
Daniel Ellsberg quote: "If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us."
"There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare."
"My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war."
"Richard Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war in North Vietnam."
IMDb Link: 'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers' Official Site.
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Wikipedia: Pentagon Papers.
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Amazon Books: Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg.
1,476. The Camden 28 (2007)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
The Camden 28 explores how and why 28 individuals intentionally placed themselves at risk of arrest and imprisonment while protesting the war in Vietnam. Featuring a treasure of archival ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Giacchino
Votes: 114 | Gross: $0.01M
The Camden 28 Draft Board Raid: August 22, 1971
Wikipedia: The Camden 28.
1,477.
Dogfights (2005– )
Episode:
The Bloodiest Day
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, History, War
On May 10, 1972 the United States escalates the air war in Vietnam bombing strategic targets in the north. On this day American pilots shot down a one day record of eleven MiGs trying to intercept the bombers.
Director: Jason McKinley | Star: Phil Crowley
Votes: 14
Vietnam War | Operation Linebacker: May 9 - October 23, 1972
Wikipedia: Operation Linebacker.
1,478. Operation Last Patrol (1972)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
This documentary film follows the exploits of Ron Kovic and the Vietnam Veterans against the War on an epic journey to the Republican Convention in Miami Florida, in 1972 to protest the USA... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Cavestani, Catherine Leroy | Stars: Scott Graham, Ron Kovic
Votes: 22
The 1972 Republican National Convention Protests by Ron Kovic and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War: August 21 - 23, 1972
Wikipedia: Ron Kovic.
Wikipedia: Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Wikipedia: 1972 Republican National Convention.
1,479. The War at Home (1979)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music
Interviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.
Directors: Barry Alexander Brown, Glenn Silber | Stars: Karleton Armstrong, Betty Boardman, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Haslach
Votes: 285
Wikipedia: The War at Home (1979 film).
1,480. Going Upriver (2004)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career.
Director: George Butler | Stars: John Kerry, David Alston, Dan Barbiero, Douglas Brinkley
Votes: 888 | Gross: $0.61M
John Kerry quotes: "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
"I saw courage both in the Vietnam war and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service."
IMDb Link: 'Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry' Official Site.
1,481.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Last Days in Vietnam
(2015)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Rory Kennedy | Star: Michael Murphy
Votes: 99
IMDb Link: 'American Experience' Official Site.
1,482.
Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode:
Operation Babylift
(2009)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An American C-5 Galaxy is flying orphaned Vietnamese babies out of Saigon into safety when things go horribly wrong at 23,000 feet. The investigation uncovers some shady practices and also the heroism of the crew trying to save every life.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk | Stars: Jonathan Aris, Jimmy Byron, Peter Pasyk, Marcel St. Pierre
Votes: 104
Vietnam War | Operation Babylift: April 4, 1975
Wikipedia: Operation Babylift.
1,483. The Fall of Saigon (1995 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Michael Dutfield | Stars: Garrick Utley, Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, James Schlesinger
Votes: 24
Vietnam War | The Fall of Saigon: April 30, 1975
Wikipedia: Fall of Saigon.
1,484. Oh, Saigon (2007)
57 min | Documentary, War
Accompanied by gripping images from the war, 'Oh, Saigon' is an in-depth, compelling documentary about one refugee family's attempts to face its divided past and heal the physical and emotional wounds of the Vietnam War.
Director: Doan Hoang | Stars: Nam Hoang, Van Tran, Anne Hoang, Doan Hoang
Votes: 157
Doan Hoang quote: "If I could put my finger on the moment my family fell apart, it would be April 30, 1975, the end of the Vietnam War."
Excerpts from an interview: "I, myself, am quite anti-war. I also acknowledge that the war made me who I am. I would probably not be a Vietnamese-American documentary filmmaker had there not been a war that took me from my home."
"I feel the present is very influenced by the past and we can't escape from repeating the past without examining and understanding it."
"We all have the things that grab us and make us pay attention, and we have different strengths and different stories to tell. Filmmaking is a competitive profession where outside success and financial gain is hard to come by, and it can be very humbling.
If you believe in something, or if you absolutely have to do something, that's what keeps you going. I think tenacity, taking rejection in stride, going with the flow, vision, the ability to learn, finding inspiration in your subjects, keeping your eyes and ears open to your subjects and to opportunities, are helpful things to have and to do. If you believe in something and care about something enough, I do think you can make it happen if you don't give up."
1,485.
Pritzker Military Library Presents (2006– )
Episode:
Why Vietnam Matters
(2009)
Documentary, History
Rufus Phillips discusses his new book, "Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned".
Director: David Cannek | Stars: Rufus Phillips, Ed Tracy
1,486. Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, History, War
During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Stuart Herrington, Juan Valdez
Votes: 4,099 | Gross: $0.47M
The End of the Vietnam War: April 30, 1975
Rory Kennedy excerpt from an interview: "... one of the reasons I love making films is I do feel they can reach beyond the statistics and the numbers and the complexities of a particular issue and really highlight the humanity in a way that an article or newspaper story might not be able to do. When you're able to bring these stories into the homes of potentially millions of Americans, it can provide some adjustments to understanding a particular issue, and deepening their appreciation of how events came to be, and things got to where they are."
IMDb Link: 'Last Days in Vietnam' Official Site.
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Robert McNamara's 11 lessons from Vietnam [From Robert McNamara's 1995 book; Amazon Books: 'In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam']:
1. "We misjudged then - and we have since - the geopolitical intentions of our adversaries... and we exaggerated the dangers to the United States of their actions."
2. "We viewed the people and leaders of South Vietnam in terms of our own experience... We totally misjudged the political forces within the country."
3. "We underestimated the power of nationalism to motivate a people to fight and die for their beliefs and values."
4. "Our misjudgments of friends and foe, alike, reflected our profound ignorance of the history, culture, and politics of the people in the area, and the personalities and habits of their leaders."
5. "We have failed then - and have since - to recognize the limitations of modern, high-technology military equipment, forces, and doctrine. We failed, as well, to adapt our military tactics to the task of winning the hearts and minds of people from a totally different culture."
6. "We failed to draw Congress and the American people into a full and frank discussion and debate of the pros and cons of a large-scale military involvement... before we initiated the action."
7. "After the action got under way, and anticipated events forced us off our planned course... we did not fully explain what was happening, and why we were doing what we did."
8. "We did not recognize that neither our people nor our leaders are omniscient. Our judgment of what is in another people's or country's best interest should be put to the test of open discussion in international forums. We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose."
9. "We did not hold to the principle that U.S. military action... should be carried out only in conjunction with multinational forces supported fully (and not merely cosmetically) by the international community."
10. "We failed to recognize that in international affairs, as in other aspects of life, there may be problems for which there are no immediate solutions... At times, we may have to live with an imperfect, untidy world."
11. "Underlying many of these errors lay our failure to organize the top echelons of the executive branch to deal effectively with the extraordinary complex range of political and military issues."
Ten additional lessons from R. S. McNamara [These topics were selected by McNamara to supplement the documentary (The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara-2003); they are in the DVD's special features]:
1. "The human race will not eliminate war in this century, but we can reduce the brutality of war - the level of killing - by adhering to the principles of a 'Just War,' (Just war theory) in particular the theory of 'Proportionality' (Proportionality (law))."
2. "The indefinite combinations of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations."
3. "We [the U.S.A.] are the most powerful nation in the world - economically, politically, and militarily - and we are likely to remain so for decades ahead. But we are not omniscient. If we cannot persuade other nations with similar interests and similar values of the merits of the proposed use of that power, we should not proceed unilaterally except in the unlikely requirement to defend directly the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii."
4. "Moral principles are often ambiguous guides to foreign policy and defense policy, but surely we can agree that we should establish as a major goal of U.S. foreign policy and, indeed, of foreign policy across the globe: the avoidance, in this century of the carnage - 160 million dead - caused by conflict in the 20th century."
5. "We, the richest nation in the world, have failed in our responsibility to our own poor and to the disadvantaged across the world to help them advance their welfare in the most fundamental terms of nutrition, literacy, health and employment."
6. "Corporate executives must recognize there is no contradiction between a soft heart and a hard head. Of course, they have a responsibility to stockholders, but they also have responsibilities to their employees, their customers and to society as a whole."
7. "President Kennedy believed a primary responsibility of a president - indeed the primary responsibility of a president - is to keep the nation out of war, if at all possible."
8. "War is a blunt instrument by which to settle disputes between or within nations, and economic sanctions are rarely effective. Therefor, we should build a system of jurisprudence based on the International Court - that the U.S. has refused to support - which would hold individuals responsible for crimes against humanity."
9. "If we are to deal effectively with terrorists across the globe, we must develop a sense of empathy - I don't mean 'sympathy,' but rather 'understanding' - to counter their attacks on us and the Western World."
10. "One of the greatest dangers we face today is the risk that terrorists will obtain access to weapons of mass destruction as a result of the breakdown of the Non-Proliferation Regime. We in the U.S. are contributing to that breakdown."
Wikipedia: The Fog of War.
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Sun Tzu (Author of the Art of War) quote: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
Amazon Books: The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
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Wikipedia: Outline of war.
1,487. The Fog of War (2003)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon
Votes: 25,057 | Gross: $4.20M
Robert McNamara quote: "I'm not so naive or simplistic to believe we can eliminate war. We're not going to change human nature any time soon. It isn't that we aren't rational. We are rational. But reason has limits. There's a quote from T.S. Eliot that I just love: 'We shall not cease from exploring, and at the end of our exploration, we will return to where we started, and know the place for the first time.' Now that's in a sense where I'm beginning to be."
[Quoting a message from Nikita Khrushchev to John F. Kennedy concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis]: "We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope in which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two of us pull the tighter the knot will be tied. And then it will be necessary to cut that knot, and what that would mean is not for me to explain to you. I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction. For such is the logic of war. If people do not display wisdom they will clash like blind moles and then mutual annihilation will commence."
IMDb Link: 'The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara' Official Site.
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Amazon Books: The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara by James G. Blight and Janet M. Lang.
1,488. Regret to Inform (1998)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, War
In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Sonneborn | Stars: Xuan Ngoc Nguyen, Barbara Sonneborn
Votes: 349 | Gross: $0.02M
Grace Castillo quote: "He insisted on going, you know, he had this crazy notion that he always wanted his son to be proud of him. And I would tell him: he is proud of you. One day he came home, and said, 'I enlisted.'"
"That night, there's a telegram and the telegram read: 'This is to inform you that your husband, Private, First Class, David Reves Castillo had been wounded.' And it tells me that they had amputated the left leg above the knee, removed the right eye, he's still in a coma, and he has sharp-metal in the brain. And I contacted my physician, and he told me, Grace pray... pray he dies.'"
Barbara Sonneborn quote: "I remember before Jeff left we talked about how afraid I was that he would get killed. We never talked about the fact that he would have to kill people, maybe even a child. I realize we hadn't ever talked honestly about what war means."
Nguyen Thi My Hien quote: "The bomb dropped on top of the house, trapping my husband in the shelter. After the bombing, the people on the ground heard his cries for help. But the debris was so heavy it took hours to reach him, and he was already dead. And to think, as a doctor I saved so many lives, but I couldn't save his."
Le Thi Ngot quote: "My son would ask me why his father did not return. When he was older he would ask, 'Why did my father die?' I couldn't find the answer for my son. All I could do is hold him and cry. I also want to ask you if the children, sons and daughters in America, do they ask their mothers, 'Why didn't my father come home?'"
IMDb Link: PBS | 'Regret to Inform' Official Site.
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Escaping Vietnam
*IMDb Watch Now Link: Sea of Memory (2011 Short Film).
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The Sorrow of Post-war Vietnam
*IMDb Watch Now Link (See Videos): Rainy Season (2013 Short Film).
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Coming Home
*IMDb Watch Now Link (See Videos): Some Gave All (2010 Short Film).
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Re-Visiting the Vietnam War
*IMDb Watch Now Link (See Videos): The American War (2011 Short Film).
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An Army Wife
*IMDb Watch Now Link (See Videos): Not This War (2006 Short Film).
1,489. Fiendens ansikte (2009)
58 min | Documentary
An anti-war film about the personal suffering behind the hard statistics, which show that more than four million Vietnamese died during the Vietnam War, as opposed to 58,000 Americans. We ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Pauser | Stars: Le Ly Hayslip, Nguyen Van Ma, Tran Thi Nho, Le Thi Suong
Votes: 18
Wikipedia: Vietnam War casualties.
1,490. Through Our Eyes: The Vietnam War (2021)
Documentary
The journey of two Vietnamese refugees in their quest to tell the world the story of the Vietnam War through the eyes of the survivors. In their beautiful yet explosive pilgrimage, they expose the deceptions and lies of the war.
Director: Fred Koster | Stars: ThucMinh Nguyen, Nam Pham, Kieu Chinh, William 'Bill' Connor
IMDb Link: Movie Website.
1,491. The 2 Sides Project (2017)
Documentary
The 2 Sides Project is a feature documentary that follows the unforgettable journey of six U.S. sons and daughters as they discover a country and a people with a shared history.
Director: Anthony Istrico
Votes: 20
IMDb Link: 'The 2 Sides Project' Official Site.
1,492. Fruits of Peace (2019)
116 min | Documentary
Two families struggle to pick up the pieces and repair damage done by a long, violent war finding them forever connected by a single event over the fiery skies of Quang Binh, Vietnam.
Director: Kevyn Settle | Stars: Helen Brunstrom, Ltc. Al Brunstrom, Bud Farrell, Evelyn Fowler Grubb
1,493. The Spy in the Hanoi Hilton (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1973, 591 American POWs returned home from the Vietnam War, bringing with them harrowing tales of survival. But there was an even more remarkable -- and secret -- story to tell: a feat ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Kralyevich | Stars: Allen Farmer, James B. Stockdale II, Jeremiah Denton, Robert W. Wallace
Votes: 69
Wikipedia: James Stockdale.
Wikipedia: Hanoi Hilton.
1,494. Soldiers of Vietnam (2016)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, War
An intimate look at the brave soldiers who fought during the Vietnam conflict. We hear about their time on the ground, as well as their treatment upon returning home.
Director: Chris Bryant | Stars: Jay Antosh, Paul Barry, Alan Johnson, Eugene G. Smith
Votes: 20
IMDb Link: 'Soldiers of Vietnam' Official Site.
1,495. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
The music video for the song "Born in the U.S.A." by an American musician Bruce Springsteen from the 1984 album of the same name.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg
Votes: 671
*Watch Now Link: Born in the U.S.A.
1,496. Some Called Them Baby Killers... We Call Them Heroes (2010)
93 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Contrary to the hero's welcome received by other veterans, the majority of men returning from Vietnam were barely given a handshake of appreciation...much less parades and accolades. Their ... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Ray
Votes: 7
Wikipedia: Vietnam veteran.
Wikipedia: Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Wikipedia: Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1,497. Beyond the Divide (I) (2014)
85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Fifty years have passed since the beginning of the Vietnam War. The politics and casualties are history yet deep scars remain between those who served and those who fought a different war ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Selby
Votes: 9
IMDb Link: 'Beyond the Divide' Official Site & Trailer.
1,498. Stray Dog (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, War
A contemplative portrait of Ron 'Stray Dog' Hall: biker, Vietnam Vet, and lover of small dogs.
Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Ronnie Hall, Felipe Angel Padilla, Felipe de Jesus Padilla
Votes: 273
1,499. The Giant Killer (2017)
79 min | Documentary
"The true story of the smallest Green Beret soldier who became a war hero-only to be killed homeless and alone, whose life and death are shrouded in mystery."
Director: David Yuzuk | Stars: Harvey Arango, Ernie Bourcier, Jeff Burns, Carl Cain
Votes: 255
1,500. Vietnam Requiem (1982)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary film comprises of interviews with five Vietnam War veterans in 1982 in prison for violent crimes committed after leaving the military, interwoven with film and television ... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Couturié, Jonas McCord | Stars: Raymond Baker, Charles A. Beckwith, Albert Allen Dobbs, Duane Maybee
Votes: 33
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