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
Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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33607003500843 | Nonfiction DVDs | 959.704 LASTDAY | Checked In |