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Shaken by the violence of the Tet Offensive, assassinations of leaders and domestic unrest, Americans begin to doubt President Lyndon B. Johnson's promise that victory in Vietnam is near and he ...
The South Vietnamese fight on their own, succumbing to terrible losses in Laos. After he is reelected, President Richard Nixon strikes a peace deal with Hanoi that sees the release of American ...
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Huy Duc | ... | Himself - N. Vietnam / ... 8 episodes, 2017 |
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Duong Van Mai Elliott | ... | Herself - Saigon / ... 8 episodes, 2017 |
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James Willbanks | ... | Himself - Army / ... 8 episodes, 2017 |
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Leslie Gelb | ... | Himself - Pentagon 7 episodes, 2017 |
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John Musgrave | ... | Himself - Marines / ... 7 episodes, 2017 |
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Nguyen Ngoc | ... | Himself - N. Vietnamese Army / ... 7 episodes, 2017 |
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Bao Ninh | ... | Himself - N. Vietnamese Army / ... 7 episodes, 2017 |
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Phan Quang Tue | ... | Himself - Saigon 7 episodes, 2017 |
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Carol Crocker | ... | Herself / ... 6 episodes, 2017 |
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Roger Harris | ... | Himself - Marines / ... 6 episodes, 2017 |
| Bill Zimmerman | ... | Himself - Illinois / ... 6 episodes, 2017 | |
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Bui Diem | ... | Himself - S. Vietnamese Diplomat 5 episodes, 2017 |
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Ron Ferrizzi | ... | Himself - Army 5 episodes, 2017 |
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Robert Gard | ... | Himself - Army / ... 5 episodes, 2017 |
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Hal Kushner | ... | Himself - POW / ... 5 episodes, 2017 |
| Tim O'Brien | ... | Himself - Army 5 episodes, 2017 | |
| Neil Sheehan | ... | Himself - Journalist / ... 5 episodes, 2017 | |
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Jack Todd | ... | Himself - Montreal / ... 5 episodes, 2017 |
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Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides-Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. THE VIETNAM WAR features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era and haunting original music from ...
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The unedited 10 episode version became available in Germany on Netflix on June 20, 2018. See more »Goofs
In a number of instances the music is totally out of place, an example being the use of Led Zeppelin's Kashmire (1975) to support content from 1969 and two previously unknown alternate takes of Beatles songs that weren't even released until Anthology (1995) - a full generation after the depicted events. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Heartbreaking. Deeply moving and beautiful film about a great tragedy. Many of the 18 hours made me want to cry.
I've watched every minute of every film Ken Burns ever made. I couldn't be a bigger fan. I know not everyone is, but I don't understand how. (Too emotional? Emotions are the greatest truths. And that's never more the case than in this film "The Vietnam War".) (Too liberal? No, objective, moderate.)
It's common for Burns's works to contain important tangential sub-themes. (A primary sub-theme of "Baseball" was race in America.)
"The Vietnam War" only had minor tangential sub-themes. It's story is so important that it didn't need major ones. Burns's "The Civil War" (about the only more-divisive war in American history) told the story of a nation growing up, coming together. "The Vietnam War" tells the story of America becoming it's modern, highly polarized, ungovernable/chaotic present. As such this film could not be more current, relevant, and important.