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Day by day, decision by decision, america fell deeper into a war later described as a quagmire. With peter coyote, huy duc, duong van mai elliott, james willbanks. It was a few years old when i was born, and i was nearly 10 when the final u. Shop pbs for the newest ken burns series cd the vietnam war. The series is also available for digital download, and can also be seen on netflix and kanopy. The vietnam war by ken burns contains much of the history i want to know. A film by ken burns and lynn novick ken burns and lynn novicks tenpart, 18hour documentary series, the vietnam war, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in american history as it.
The vietnam war, a new 10part series directed by ken burns and lynn novick that will begin airing on pbs on september 17, 2017, will be accompanied by two companion soundtracks to be released on. Communists in the north aim to reunify the country, while america supports ngo dinh diems untested regime in the south. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides of the conflict, and includes rarely seen video. The vietnam war is a production of florentine films and. Ten years in the making, the landmark series comes to pbs this fall sunday, september 17, 2017.
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A gi talks about his fear of land mines, and the courage it took just to walk in vietnam. The vietnam war is the first war i remember in any capacity. A products availability is clearly noted on the product detail page as in stock, advanced sale, release date or special order. Featuring iconic music from the vietnam era, 37 tracks from the vietnam war era, including for the first time a track by the beatles included in a nonbeatles film. Download transcripts for the entire series, and see production credits.
The vietnam war is a 10part american television documentary series about the vietnam war written by geoffrey c. Vietnam war vermont pbs encourages discussion and reflection. A film by ken burns and lynn novick school edition dvd av item,complete series adapted for classroom use, plus discussion guide with correlated clips. The american library association ala and weta washington, dc, announced 50 u. The first episode premiered on pbs on september 17, 2017. Purchase the immersive twodisk soundtrack cd for 38 tracks and over two hours of iconic music. Eastern time dick cavetts vietnam, selections that deal with the war from the old dick cavett show tonight at 10.
Vietnam was a sideshow in 1962, under the broader foreboding of the cold war, when bob dylan wrote a hard rains agonna fall, his chilling prophecy at the start of this album and the film. Explore stories from viewers who experienced the events of the vietnam era. The vietnam war features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the. Resolve defying american airpower, north vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the ho chi minh trail. The burnspbs vietnam war series vietnam veterans for. The vietnam war is a tenpart, 18hour documentary film series directed by ken burns and lynn novick that will air on pbs on sun, september. The vietnam war features a soundtrack with more than 120 popular songs that define the era. The score cd,the vietnam war cd includes 17 tracks of newly scored music created special for the vietnam war, a film by ken. A viewers guide to the burnsnovick pbs series on the vietnam war this guide will, ultimately, be downloadable and offered free to schools and others expressing their interest.
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