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- DirectorPeter BattyStarsBernard ArchardChristian de CastriesHubert de Seguins-PazzisTells not only of this important conflict that happened between March and May 1954 during the First Indochina War. It also relates the events leading up to that climactic confrontation relating a short history of the region and the people involved.
- DirectorPierre SchoendoerfferStarsJoseph B. AndersonStuart WhitmanThe director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The documentary discusses the background and fate of the soldiers and emphasizes how much American culture pervades the soldiers' behaviors in the midst of jungle life and fighting.
- DirectorPeter DavisStarsTin ChanChau DiemNgo Dinh DiemA startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
- DirectorWinterfilm CollectiveStarsRusty SachsJoe BangertScott ShimabukuroFor three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village. The atrocities are casual, seem routine, and are sanctioned or committed by officers. Images from the war illustrate the testimony; there's a side discussion among veterans about racism and a couple of interviews about the soldiers' self-realization. The testimony appears in the US Congressional Record on April 6 and 7, 1971. A "winter soldier" contrasts with Paine's "summer soldier and sunshine patriot."
- DirectorPaul AlexanderStarsJohn KerryJohn Kerry and his Mekong Delta Navy fastboat unit in Vietnam get together to relive their past and visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
- StarsJack SmithTony HaugWade SandersThis TV mini-series is a set of documentaries by ABC News, with each episode providing a different segment of the Vietnam war, as seen through the eyes of the veterans of the war.
- DirectorMark VizcarraStarsLarry PooleRobert L. CooperGary BarnhillAn edge-of-your-seat documentary that exposes the Vietnam Air War where an elite band of brothers known as Thud Pilots fought and died receiving neither the country's support nor glory.
- DirectorMark VizcarraStarsRobert P. BreaultGregory J. ButlerWilbur L. CarpenterA feature documentary about America's first supersonic fighter, the F-100 Super Saber, an iconic fighter that flew more combat sorties during the Vietnam War than any other fighter.
- DirectorMark VizcarraStarsClarence E. AndersonGary BarnhillFrank BernardBased off the spellbinding book Thud Pilot, the much anticipated sequel to the 2018 award-winning documentary Thud Pilots continues the story and legacy of the most iconic fighter in the Vietnam War. Thud Pilots II reveals the rise of the Hunter Killer mission and the pilots who refused to be beat despite their hands being tied.
- StarsPeter CoyoteHuy DucJames WillbanksA comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael HagiwaraPing WuA documentary about the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the Vietnam War.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsAubrey DanielFred WidmerLawrence La CroixAmerican Experience investigates the My Lai massacre an atrocity during the Vietnam War that killed more than 300 unarmed civilians.
- DirectorEric DowStarsLandis BargatzeTom CartyPeter DeRitaThe story of A-Company 1/8 4th Infantry Division, US Army during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1967. In the men's own words, through the stories they narrate, the film gives us insight into the time these men spent together and the bond they formed that remains unbroken to this day. The 4th Infantry Division is one of the only divisions that trained and retained its troops during the Vietnam War. The men of A-Company trained together for eleven months and served together for one year. Their story begins with basic training at Ft. Lewis Washington in 1965 and continues 40 years later at their last reunion in September 2007. Filming began September 27, 2007 in Houston, Texas during a reunion to honor First Sergeant David H. McNerney, who is the only living member of the 4th Infantry Division to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was celebrated by the men he trained and served with and who's lives he saved on March 22, 1967. Conceived by executive producer John A. Ponsoll, whose father served with A-Company and had documented his tour of duty with a Kodak slide camera, the film honors the memory of A-Company 1/8 and documents their incredible courage and dedication to one another.
- StarsTempestt BledsoeEdward BurnsDean CainOriginal Vietnam War footage presented in high definition along with narrations by war veterans and the voices of Hollywood stars.
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsMichael Murphy
- DirectorTony LongStarsCarl BenderJohn CollinsDan FrazierThe 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War is recalled.
- DirectorPeter WilliamsonStarsRobin Ward1965: American ground forces and Marine Corps tanks, land in South Vietnam, confident that conventional military will defeat the Communist insurgency. But American Tankers quickly discover that even the power of armor cannot overcome the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.
- Following the Tet Offensive in 1968 the North Vietnamese begin introducing conventional forces including Soviet built PT 74 amphibious tanks into their guerrilla tactics. As American forces begin to pull out the NVA gradually transforms into a conventional armored army sporting hundreds of Soviet T54 tanks ready for the invasion of the south.
- StarsLock LeePhong TranMatthew Scott WilcoxVietnam, 1968 - As the war explodes with cities in the south falling like dominoes to the Communist forces from the north, US Marines in the city of Hue quickly find themselves badly outnumbered. They must fight building to building to save the city.
- StarsCharles W. DavidsonLock LeePhong TranVietnam, Thanksgiving 1967 - As Viet Cong forces hid themselves in the jungle, US Airborne Infantry fought hard for "Hill 875". They charged for days to within almost 20 yards of the VC, and just in reach of one of their last sure victories of the war.
- Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.
- DirectorRobert KirkStarsPhil CrowleyColonel Robin Olds leads a flight of four F-4 Phantoms mimicking American bombers in the first ware of Operation Bolo, to lure North Vietnamese MiG-21s into a trap. An expert P-38 dog-fighter, Olds reintroduced dogfighting to the 8th fighter wing, This one operation obliterates half the North Korean MiG 21 force and discourages attacks on American bombers for quite some time.
- DirectorRobert KirkStarsPhil CrowleyFred Olmsted and Dan Cherry flying F-4s pursue MiG-21s over North Vietnam but are frustrated by missile failures. Not long after Steve Richie shoots down two MiGs in a minute and a half then strives to achieve one more kill to become an ace.
- DirectorRobert KirkStarsPhil CrowleyThis program is practically a promotional video for the pilot pleasing F-8 Crusader. The effectiveness of this aircraft in early engagements against the MiG-17 including Dick Sahaffert's 10 minute dogfight are described in exquisite detail.
- DirectorJason McKinleyStarsPhil CrowleyAn pair of American-piloted, propeller-driven Skyraider dive bombers manage to elude a Mig 17 jet fighter thanks to its tight turning radius then miraculously, scores the first gun kill of Vietnam by shooting down the Mig. Originally fielded without a gun the first gun equipped F-4 Phantoms quickly score gun kills.
- DirectorJason McKinleyStarsPhil CrowleyOn May 10, 1972 the United States escalates the air war in Vietnam bombing strategic targets in the north. On this day American pilots shot down a one day record of eleven MiGs trying to intercept the bombers.
- DirectorJason McKinleyStarsPhil CrowleyAt the end of the Vietnam war the USS Midway's pilots and airmen engaged in some of the most thrilling and intense air combat.
- DirectorDamien LayStarsSam WorthingtonKristopher BosChristopher CoyleIn 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.
- StarsCharlton HestonDavid H. HackworthNguyen HungDuring the Vietnam War, American pilots fought the enemy in the skies. But were these enemy pilots North Vietnamese? Or from another communist country?
- StarsCharlton HestonBui TinPaul BeaverIn Vietnam, the American Army was struggling to engage an elusive enemy. Learn about the Viet Cong's secret methods to hinder America's attempts to seal off South Vietnam.
- StarsCharlton HestonStanley KarnowStuart HerringtonThe secrets behind Ho Chi Minh's control of Vietnam and his ability to force the Japanese, the French and the Americans out of his country during his three decade reign.
- DirectorLiz RephStarsJack BenedickJohn BradfieldSteve HopperThrough gripping first-person accounts and digitally remastered archival footage, including the soldiers' own home movies and personal audio tapes, Brothers in War recounts the harrowing combat experiences of the men of Charlie Company - one of the last American combat infantry companies to be drafted, trained and sent to fight together in Vietnam. The two-hour special is fittingly narrated by Charlie Sheen, who rose to stardom after his 1986 performance as a Vietnam soldier in "Platoon."