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The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 19 (Tigers, Elephants and Helicopters)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017Ron Ferrizzi, who served with the Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division as a crew chief in a scout helicopter, grew well acquainted with the wildlife of Vietnam’s Central Highlands and learned that even tigers and elephants could be...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 18 (War Deserter West Point)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017In 2013, 33 years after he fled to Canada to avoid serving in the Army during the war, Jack Todd visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to share his story with the cadets.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 16 (Fellow Warriors)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017John Musgrave, a Marine veteran who served at Con Thien in Vietnam where he was wounded. After returning home, Musgrave struggled with survivor’s guilt and depression. Today, he counsels active-duty soldiers and other veterans who are...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 10 (The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward))
Date de diffusion: : 28 Septembre 2017While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans’ attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 9 (A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973))
Date de diffusion: : 27 Septembre 2017South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 8 (The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970))
Date de diffusion: : 26 Septembre 2017With morale plummeting in Vietnam, President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops. As news breaks of an unthinkable massacre committed by American soldiers, the public debates the rectitude of the war. An incursion into Cambodia...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 7 (The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969))
Date de diffusion: : 25 Septembre 2017Public support for the war declines, and American men of draft age face difficult decisions and wrenching moral choices. After police battle with demonstrators in the streets of Chicago, Richard Nixon wins the presidency, promising law...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 6 (Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968))
Date de diffusion: : 24 Septembre 2017At the onset of the Tet holiday, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch surprise attacks on cities and military bases throughout the South, suffering devastating losses but casting grave doubt on the Johnson administration’s...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 5 (This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967))
Date de diffusion: : 21 Septembre 2017American casualties and enemy body counts mount as Marines face deadly North Vietnamese ambushes and artillery south of the DMZ and Army units chase an elusive enemy in the Central Highlands. Hanoi lays plans for a massive surprise...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 4 (Resolve (January 1966-June 1967))
Date de diffusion: : 20 Septembre 2017Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the South while Saigon struggles to “pacify” the countryside. As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 3 (The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965))
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017With South Vietnam in chaos, hardliners in Hanoi seize the initiative and send combat troops to the South, accelerating the insurgency. Fearing Saigon’s collapse, President Johnson escalates America’s military commitment, authorizing...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 2 (Riding the Tiger (1961-1963))
Date de diffusion: : 18 Septembre 2017President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 1 (Déjà Vu (1858-1961))
Date de diffusion: : 17 Septembre 2017After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two. Communists in the North aim to reunify the country,...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 17 (Hero Pilot)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017Nguyen Van Bay rose from humble beginnings to be the leading ace of the tiny North Vietnamese Air Force, credited with shooting down seven American planes.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 15 (Draft Board)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017Craig McNamara, the son of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, felt the divisions caused by Vietnam as acutely as anyone. In 1969, he faced the Oakland Draft Board.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 14 (Delivering Bad News)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017In early 1968, while the Tet Offensive raged in South Vietnam, Lieutenant Vincent Okamoto was based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was assigned to deliver bad news to families who lost loved ones in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 13 (Captured Spy Interpreter)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017For years, Nguyen Tai had been in charge of espionage, assassination, and sabotage in and around Saigon. In 1970, he was captured. CIA Agent Frank Snepp was tasked with finding out what he knew.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 12 (Behind the Lines at Long Binh)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017Most American military personnel stationed in Vietnam never saw combat. They served instead on bases as clerks, cooks, mechanics, MPs. The largest U.S. base in Vietnam was Long Binh Post, twenty miles from Saigon.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 20 (PBS Previews: The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick)
Date de diffusion: : 28 Août 2017This program takes a look at creation of the upcoming series from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick: THE VIETNAM WAR. Featuring interviews with the filmmakers, behind-the-scenes footage, and exclusive clips from the series, this program will...
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Episode 11 (An American Woman in a War Zone)
Date de diffusion: : 19 Septembre 2017Under the stress of serving as an Army nurse at the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku, South Vietnam, Lieutenant Joan Furey faced a personal betrayal.