Vietnam, 1945-1975 [videorecording[DVD]] : the ten thousand day war / executive producer, Michael Maclear ; series producer, Ian McLeod ; co-produced by Informational Television Productions Ltd. and Cinequity Funding ; writer, Peter Arnett.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 27444-x | Time LifePublication details: [United States] : Time Life ; StarVista Entertainment ; VSC, c2012.Description: 4 videodiscs (702 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Title on container: Vietnam : the ten thousand day war
  • Ten thousand day war
  • 10,000 day war
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS557.73 .V525 2012
Contents:
Disc 1. Episode 1. America in Vietnam -- Episode 2. France in Vietnam -- Episode 3. Dien Bien Phu -- Episode 4. Early hope -- Episode 5. Assassination -- Disc 2. Episode 6. Days of decision -- Episode 7. Westy's war -- Episode 8. Uneasy allies -- Episode 9. Guerilla society -- Episode 10. The trail -- Episode 11. Firepower -- Episode 12. The village war -- Disc 3. Episode 13. Air war -- Episode 14. Siege -- Episode 15. Tet! -- Episode 16. Frontline America -- Episode 17. Soldiering on -- Episode 18. Changing the guard -- Episode 19. Wanting out -- Disc 4. Episode 20. Bombing of Hanoi -- Episode 21. Peace and consequences -- Episode 22. The prisoners -- Episode 23. The unsung soldiers -- Episode 24. Final offensive -- Episode 25. Surrender -- Episode 26. Vietnam recalled.
Production credits:
  • Original photography, Edward Higginson ; film editor, Raymond Belanger ; narrator, Richard Basehart ; music, Cameron Hawkins, Pete Pedersen ; research, Oleh J. Rumak, Shelley Saywell ; film research, Anne McCourt, Donna Dudinsky ; producer, Michael Maclear.
Narrator: Richard Basehart.Summary: Written by Pulitzer Prize winning CNN correspondent Peter Arnett, Vietnam: The Ten-Thousand Day War is a comprehensive, balanced look at the Vietnam war, tracing the entire course of the conflict, from the closing days of World War II to the fall of Saigon in 1975. This superb award-winning series of programs re-examines without blame or judgment the rise and fall of America's 20-year commitment to the war in Vietnam. Forceful and evocative, with film clips shot by both sides, it revisits the time and place that molded a generation and changed the course of American politics forever. - Publisher.
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Original photography, Edward Higginson ; film editor, Raymond Belanger ; narrator, Richard Basehart ; music, Cameron Hawkins, Pete Pedersen ; research, Oleh J. Rumak, Shelley Saywell ; film research, Anne McCourt, Donna Dudinsky ; producer, Michael Maclear.

Videodisc release of the 1980 film documentary by TDW Copyright Holding Ltd with added new graphics and maps.

Written by Pulitzer Prize winning CNN correspondent Peter Arnett, Vietnam: The Ten-Thousand Day War is a comprehensive, balanced look at the Vietnam war, tracing the entire course of the conflict, from the closing days of World War II to the fall of Saigon in 1975. This superb award-winning series of programs re-examines without blame or judgment the rise and fall of America's 20-year commitment to the war in Vietnam. Forceful and evocative, with film clips shot by both sides, it revisits the time and place that molded a generation and changed the course of American politics forever. - Publisher.

Disc 1. Episode 1. America in Vietnam -- Episode 2. France in Vietnam -- Episode 3. Dien Bien Phu -- Episode 4. Early hope -- Episode 5. Assassination -- Disc 2. Episode 6. Days of decision -- Episode 7. Westy's war -- Episode 8. Uneasy allies -- Episode 9. Guerilla society -- Episode 10. The trail -- Episode 11. Firepower -- Episode 12. The village war -- Disc 3. Episode 13. Air war -- Episode 14. Siege -- Episode 15. Tet! -- Episode 16. Frontline America -- Episode 17. Soldiering on -- Episode 18. Changing the guard -- Episode 19. Wanting out -- Disc 4. Episode 20. Bombing of Hanoi -- Episode 21. Peace and consequences -- Episode 22. The prisoners -- Episode 23. The unsung soldiers -- Episode 24. Final offensive -- Episode 25. Surrender -- Episode 26. Vietnam recalled.

Narrator: Richard Basehart.

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