The Ten Thousand Day War 

A comprehensive history of the American stage of the Vietnam War.

Stars:

Joseph B. Anderson, Anthony Astuccio, Peter Braestrup

Cast

Series cast summary:
Joseph B. Anderson	...	Himself 4 episodes, 1980-1981
Anthony Astuccio	...	Himself 2 episodes, 1981
Peter Braestrup	...	Himself 2 episodes, 1981
George R. Christmas	...	Himself 2 episodes, 1981

Storyline

Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War, a 26-part Canadian television documentary on the Vietnam War, was produced in 1980 by Michael Maclear. The series aired in Canada on CBC Television, in the United States and in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. Maclear visited Vietnam during the production of the series and had access to film material there. He was the first Western journalist allowed to visit that area since the war. The documentary series was consolidated into 13 hour-long episodes for American television syndication. The series was released on videocassette format by Embassy and won a National Education Association award for best world documentary. Series writer Peter Arnett was an Associated Press reporter in Vietnam from 1962 to 1975. CBC aired only 18 of the episodes during the 1980-81 season because the series production was incomplete. The remaining episodes were broadcast during CBC's 1981-82 season. British audiences saw the series during Channel 4's 1984-85 season.

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Plot Keywords:

vietnam war | vietnam | tv mini series | number in title | 

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Genres:

Documentary | History | War

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

1980 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Vietnam 1945-1975 - The Ten Thousand Day War

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Cinequity, TDW Copyright Holding

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min (Episode 1) 26 min (25 episodes)

Color:

Black and White Color

User Reviews

The complete Vietnam wars in a 16 hour documentary...

I ordered this complete mini-series for video a couple weeks ago. It starts with the mostly unknown first ("French") Vietnam war. The French lose the war. The Vietnamese gain independence, but like Korea (or like Germany used to) they are devided by two different systems. Of course the major eye is on the 2nd ("American") war: Though America and his Allies fought heavily, the war was lost. A big reason was the American home-front with its peace movement,but the main cause for the loss of South Vietnam was South Vietnam itself. They thought the Americans would do the whole job themselves alone. America tried as hard as the could, but it was an unequal fight in many ways. The real losers of the war were the 18, 19, 20-year old boys, who were sent to a foreign, unknown country. Most of them didn't really know what they were fighting for, they just did what they were told to.

With a lot of interviews (with members of both sides) and a lot of realism, this series is probably the best Vietnam war documentary.