Life is plentiful. Life is cheap in the Orient. After a second take ran out of film, the section was reshot for a third time, and it was the third take that was included in the film.
I wanted the subjects to be the focus, not me as filmmaker. The people there are very backwards and primitive and they make mess out of everything. The camera, which amply records the agonies of South Vietnamese political prisoners, seems uninterested in the American lieutenant's experience of humiliation and torture.
The film also features Vietnam war veteran and anti-war activist Bobby Muller , who later founded the Vietnam Veterans of America. Daniel Ellsberg , who had released the Pentagon Papers in , discusses his initial gung-ho attitude toward the war in Vietnam. The concluding interview features US Vietnam veteran Randy Floyd, stating "We've all tried very hard to escape what we have learned in Vietnam.
I think Americans have worked extremely hard not to see the criminality that their officials and their policy makers exhibited. Uploaded by altviewstv-fanclub on June 26, Internet Archive's 25th Anniversary Logo.
Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. The Vietnam War Broadcast Version. America's top critics are unanimous in their praise for The Vietnam War.
Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Learn More about PBS online sponsorship. We asked viewers to share their experiences during the events of the Vietnam War era. The response was thousands of videos, photographs, and short stories. Skip to Main Content. Use System Theme. Dark Theme. Light Theme. Continue Watching. Watch Now. People from both sides of the war are interviewed, offering a new complex account of the conflict that had a devastating impact.
The documentary took over 10 years to produce and includes extremely rare archival footage never seen before of the war as it was experienced by soldiers and civilians in Vietnam. It also analyses how the war was presented in the United States on television, radio broadcast, and in magazines.
Footage of the cultural revolution of the 60s and 70s is also weaved into the story with clips of the concerts and musical recordings that captured the essence of the counterculture. Trailer only. The Vietnam War Trailer. Up next.
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