Hosted by Louis Gossett, Jr., this film examines the struggle it took to create the Vientnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Released upon the Memorial's fifteenth anniversary, it includes interviews with veterans, senators, businessmen, and supporters.
Shipyard is a landmark documentary covering the creation and life of Bellingham, Washington's wooden boat shipyard, which was built in response to the Axis threat of WWII, it's continued growth through the '50's and '60's, as well as it's innovative role in the development and production of fiberglass boats, including patrol riverboats for the Vietnam war.
Shipyard
2009
9
Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s independence wars, a number of times. She was the first American who entered the home of the “Red Napoleon”. The fruit of this friendship is a film, personal and politically involved at the same time. Travelling across the country and talking to important figures as well as ordinary people, the director finds out more about her roots and offers the audience a unique perspective on Vietnam’s present and past.
The General And Me
2017
0
In April 1975 -- despite a ceasefire agreement -- the North Vietnamese communists took Saigon and the world by surprise, mounting an offensive that ousted the South Vietnamese government. This enlightening documentary recounts the last two years of America's military engagement in the country and the U.S. role in Saigon's fall. Interviews with former National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese officers provide context.
The Fall of Saigon
1995
6
Using obscure archival footage, animated illustrations and interviews, this film tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of five Vietcong veterans: a soldier, an officer, an informant, a guerilla, a My Lai survivor, and the leader of the Long Hair army.
The American War
2018
0
This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to the completed memorial is also shown.
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
2009
0
The production is a poetic impression, its tone is mournful. The film shows the landscape of Vietnam two years after the end of the war. There is no commentary in the production, the image is accompanied by Mozart's composition.
Martwa Natura
1977
0
Part of a travelogue series, this films visits to Derry, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Mount Stewart and Belfast.
Ulster Story
1947
0
A German Documentary about the “village of friendship” that was created by American Veteran George Mizo to help the Vietnamese kids suffering from the Vietnam War.
Das Dorf der Freundschaft
2001
9
From bombers to jet fighters, the United States relied heavily on its powerful air force during the Vietnam War. Through amazing archival footage, this program explores the types of U.S. aircraft used in combat and the impact they had on the war. Because the Vietnam War was the most-filmed war in history, there's plenty of excellent footage allowing viewers to experience dangerous missions almost firsthand.
Air War in Vietnam
2007
0
A documentary about the Cu Chi tunnels in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. The film contains interviews with survivors of the war who inhabited the tunnels, including archival footage, and photographs. The filmmakers visit the tunnels in current day to explore the way so many Viet Cong lived during the war. The documentary features an interview with Robert Biss (American P.O.W. captured in 1966, who was at the "Hanoi Hilton"), and the Viet Cong member who captured him, explaining the events and emotions surrounding the event.
A World Beneath the War
1996
0
A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.
Napalm
1967
7
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 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. And, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, with their ammunition running out and another Vietnamese battalion massing for the final assault, the digger's situation seemed hopeless. Long Tan is the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men.
Battle of Long Tan
2006
9
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Chicago 10
2008
6
Mondo-style docudrama about a war correspondent who comes back home and has a spiritual crisis about his own mortality. Surreal fantasy sequences are mixed with graphic real autopsy footage.
Autopsia
1973
2
A documentary about militant student political activity at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s.
Berkeley in the Sixties
1990
5
Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the first time ever a feature length film has covered not only Tom's amazing career spanning over four decades, but his personal life as well.
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015
6
While the war raged on, Henry Kissinger, national security advisor to President Nixon, and Lê Duc Tho, member of Vietnam's Politburo, held secret meetings in France.
Guerre du Viêtnam - Au coeur des négociations secrètes
2015
0
A U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton leading a plane sortie into North Vietnam was shot down and captured as a POW. For 8 years of his life, he was a prisoner at Hanoi Hilton where he and other POWs were tortured. In a press conference, being forced by the North Vietnamese to say he was being treated well he blinked out the letters TORTURE in Morse code.
Jeremiah
2015
0
Heroes
1981
0
This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women since the earliest days of the republic.
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
7