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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses.
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Official Trailer | No Single Truth
Preview: Season 1 | 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses.
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Preview: S1 | 20s | The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film. (20s)
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Preview: S1 | 2m | Ken Burns & Lynn Novick tell the story behind their most ambitious film to date. (2m)
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Clip: Ep10 | 2m 33s | Veterans from Vietnam and the United States meet after the war. (2m 33s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 1m 10s | President Johnson and Secretary McNamara discuss strategy by phone. (1m 10s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 37s | A Marine remembers being afraid when assigned a listening post at night. (1m 37s)
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Clip: Ep7 | 1m 44s | On November 15, 1969, half a million gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest the war. (1m 44s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m | President Kennedy dictates his rueful account of the 1963 Coup in Saigon. (1m)
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Clip: Ep10 | 50s | A Vietnamese-American comments on being displaced from his country. (50s)
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Clip: Ep6 | 2m 10s | A captured Army doctor recounts his experience of being taken prisoner by the Viet Cong. (2m 10s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 5s | In a taped conversation, President Johnson expresses concern about the war in Vietnam. (1m 5s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 2m 56s | A South Vietnamese woman researches the communist movement in her country. (2m 56s)
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Clip: Ep5 | 1m 13s | A Marine learns about adapting psychologically during war. (1m 13s)
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Clip: Ep6 | 46s | During the Tet Offensive, South Vietnamese fear for their lives. (46s)
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Clip: Ep8 | 1m 15s | A GI talks about the danger of landmines and the courage it took just to walk in Vietnam. (1m 15s)
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Clip: Ep7 | 1m 54s | A journalist witnesses a violent clash between police and protesters in Chicago. (1m 54s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 1m 24s | An antiwar activist recalls a large protest march in New York City. (1m 24s)
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Clip: Ep7 | 1m 14s | A decorated Army veteran talks about the young men of the Vietnam War. (1m 14s)
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Clip: Ep9 | 1m 50s | A Marine describes his heartbreak at returning home to face angry protesters. (1m 50s)
Clip: Ep4 | 57s | A Viet Cong soldier recalls losing several family members in the war. (57s)
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Clip: Ep6 | 1m 25s | In a taped conversation, President Johnson laments press coverage of the war. (1m 25s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 55s | A Viet Cong soldier realizes his American enemy is not unlike his own countrymen. (55s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 1m 20s | A youth volunteer on the Ho Chi Minh Trail describes her experiences. (1m 20s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 22s | A Marine discusses his surprise in discovering the beauty of the Vietnamese landscape. (1m 22s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 42s | Students across South Vietnam protest the government's treatment of Buddhist monks. (1m 42s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 35s | A journalist discovers that it is not always possible to remain neutral reporting on war. (1m 35s)
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Preview: Ep11 | 30s | Watch an official trailer for The Vietnam War. (30s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 9s | Soldiers discuss the psychological shock of witnessing death on the battlefield. (1m 9s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 24s | In 1919, a young Ho Chi Minh delivers a letter to the American delegation. (1m 24s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 22s | An antiwar movement begins to grow as Americans learn of the conflict in Vietnam. (1m 22s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 15s | In 1945, people gather to hear Ho Chi Minh declare Vietnamese independence. (1m 15s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 43s | North Vietnamese forces ambush South Vietnamese Marines responding to a downed helicopter. (1m 43s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 32s | In Hanoi, two North Vietnamese factions disagree about how best to proceed in the war. (1m 32s)
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Clip: Ep9 | 1m 59s | U.S. forces launch airstrikes on North Vietnam in December, 1972. (1m 59s)
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Clip: Ep5 | 1m 1s | A Marine describes how war exposes a dark side of human nature. (1m 1s)
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