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Title:
Last days in Vietnam
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
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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