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The Legacy of Vietnam learning the lessons of war
Title
The Legacy of Vietnam [electronic resource (video)] : learning the lessons of war / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2000.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (42 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 29, 2006.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This multi-part NewsHour program provides a powerful retrospective on the Vietnam War and its ongoing influence, from both the American and Vietnamese points of view. Special attention is given to the war's long-term impact on the U.S. military, the news media, American protest movements, and the inhabitants of Vietnam. Long-time journalists Morley Safer and Haynes Johnson; Representative Bobby Rush; the Reverend James Wallis; former Viet Cong commander Vuong Tuan Kiet; civilian and military protesters; American and Vietnamese war veterans; and others speak with eloquence and passion on an event that divided the U.S. and united Vietnam.
Variant and related titles
Learning the lessons of war
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 2000
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
America's Involvement in Vietnam (3:57)
News Coverage of the Vietnam War (2:34)
President vs. the Press (2:17)
Americans Protest the War (3:13)
Kent State Protest and Other Protests (1:24)
Lessons of the War in Vietnam (6:11)
Vietnam War Divides the Nation (5:23)
Social Movements and Causes (5:38)
Binh Phu: Destruction of a Village (5:49)
Binh Phu: Hope for the Future (4:16)
Videorecording number
11173 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.
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