Last days in Vietnam
by
 
Kennedy, Rory, film director, film producer.

Title
Last days in Vietnam

Author
Kennedy, Rory, film director, film producer.
 
McAlester, Keven, screenwriter, film producer.
 
Bailey, Mark, 1968- screenwriter.
 
Kleszy, Don, editor of moving image work.
 
Lionelli, Gary, composer.
 
Churchill, Joan, director of photography.
 
American Experience Films, presenter.
 
Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc., production company.
 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), television producer.
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
 
PBS Distribution (Firm), distributor.

Series
American experience.

Summary
"April 1975. During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon, the South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. The United States had only a skeleton crew of diplomats and military operatives still in the country. With the lives of thousands of South Vietnamese hanging in the balance, those in control faced an impossible choice -- who would go and who would be left behind to face brutality, imprisonment or even death. At the risk of their careers and possible court-martials, a handful of individuals took matters into their own hands. Engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations, they waged a desperate effort to evacuate as many South Vietnamese as possible"--Container.

General Note
Includes both theatrical version and extended broadcast version.

Edition
Widescreen version.

Contents
Disc 1 : Theatrical version (1 hr., 38 min). From peace to panic -- An urgent situation -- Planning for evacuation -- Saigon under attack -- The airlift begins -- Miki's story -- Evacuating the embassy -- The last helicopter -- Surrender of Saigon -- Disc 2 : Extended broadcast version (1 hr., 54 min.). From peace to panic -- An urgent situation -- Planning for evacuation -- Saigon under attack -- Rush to the embassy -- The airlift begins -- Miki's story -- Evacuating the embassy -- The last helicopter -- Surrender of Saigon.

Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

Genre
War films.
 
Documentary films.
 
Feature films.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
 
Nonfiction films.

Subject Term
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- Evacuation of civilians.
 
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Evacuation of civilians.
 
Airlift, Military -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.
 
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
 
Refugees -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- 1969-
 
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.

Author(s)
Kennedy, Rory,
 
McAlester, Keven,
 
Bailey, Mark, 1968-
 
Kleszy, Don,
 
Lionelli, Gary,
 
Churchill, Joan,

Added Corporate Author
American Experience Films,
 
Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc.,
 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),
 
PBS Distribution (Firm),

Publisher
PBS,
 
Distributed by PBS Distribution.

Publication Date
2015
 
2014

ISBN
9781627892759

Publication Information
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015]
 
[Brighton, MA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution.
 
©2015

Award Note
Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature (2015)

Call Number
DVD 959.704 LASTDAY


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