Episodes (10)

S01E01 · Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

Sep 17, 2017

After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent, but divided.

S01E02 · Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

Sep 18, 2017

President John F. Kennedy and his advisors consider how deeply the U.S. should get involved in South Vietnam as a communist insurgency and Buddhist protests intensify.

S01E03 · The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)

Sep 19, 2017

Fearing Saigon's collapse, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the bombing of North Vietnam, and sends U.S. ground troops to the south.

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The Vietnam War Season 1 (2017) is released on Sep 17, 2017. Watch The Vietnam War online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. The Vietnam War is directed by Ken Burns,Lynn Novick and created by Geoffrey C. Ward with Peter Coyote and Huy Duc. The Vietnam War is available online on Hoopla and Magellan TV.

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 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as the Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma.

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As know as:

Війна у В'єтнамі, A Guerra do Vietnã, Vietnamin sota, Vojna vo Vietname, The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Release Date:

Sep 17, 2017

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

ARTE, Florentine Films, PBS Pictures

Taglines:

There is no single truth in war.

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