The Vietnam War: a Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (DVD, 2017)

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Release Year: 2017. Title: The Vietnam War. Number of discs: 10.

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Movie/TV TitleThe Vietnam War: a Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
FormatDVD
Release Year2017
GenreDocumentary
StudioKids
Run Time1003 min.

Dimensions

Item Height1.30 in
Item Weight0.78 lb
Item Length7.60 in
Item Width5.40 in

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Number of Discs10

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  • You will learn the entire war is caused by ignorance and lies out of five presidential groups

    If you are somewhere around 70 years old, the first few discs will give you the answers you've always wondered about. The peace nicks and hippies were right they were lying through their teeth to us, especially Kennedy and Johnson admitted sending men to die just so they could be re-elected knowing they can't win anything in Vietnam...... Shows the truth that those men fight with the greatest level of bravery and courage possible in a human being and returned home to spit and and called foul names !

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  • Awesome

    Because explains in detail how the United States refuses to help Vietnam to be independent from the French tyranny. Instead the US was in favor of the French keeping Vietnam as a colony. HonChi Minh had no choice but to go to China and then Russia to get help to expell the French . The Vietnam war was all political. They went to war with a country that never was a threat yo anyone. Yet they let the Russian conquer half of Europe at that time . And cowardly didn't do anything about it .

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  • Very Very Educational On The Vietnam War

    A complete look at the Vietnam War from beginning to finish. A very very educational set of DVD'S on the subject of the Vietnam War. I am very very happy I bought this item. I highly recommend buying it. Great value too. Not over charged. A+ documentary on the Vietnam War.

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  • Vietnam Documentary

    While there are a number of great documentaries on the subject of the Vietnam War, this particular one by Ken Burns and Lynn Novik in my opinion is the absolute best of them all. Incredibly well done in every possible way.

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  • Not As Good As Stanley Karnow's "Vietnam - A Television History"

    Thought I was the only person alive who wondered why the Burn's documentary was even made. I too saw the original Stanley Karnow series - Vietnam: A Television History, and luckily recorded it (on VHS of course; that was 'the thing' in 1983). Watched it again recently (my understanding is that PBS released an 'edited' version on DVD which was not up to the original broadcast series); I watched the original programs, and couldn't help but wonder. It seemed so much more thorough than Burn's series, and I really couldn't see any reason at all for Burn's series except putting something "epic" out there with his name on it (for mass consumption?). It didn't even take a significantly different approach from Karnow's series. I was fully expecting a different line (since the original series, if I remember rightly, came under some criticism for being anti-American) but it seemed just a poor man's version of the original. I guess, since the original unedited Karnow documentary isn't commercially available, and Burns' "cachet" will introduce the topic to a wider audience, then it must be "all good." A shame for purists though. JMHO.

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  • Entertaining series with depth and heart about a controversial era in the world's history.

    This series started off in a similar fashion to other documentaries I had seen about Vietnam, but quickly became more than I had expected and showed an understanding for all sides in the conflict that has seldom been presented. I am really glad I ordered the series from ebay, as it was a excellent value for the money and I have always enjoyed Ken Burns's films throughout the years. I am old enough to remember Vietnam and watched the news broadcasts on tv in the evenings during dinner with my family. I know many of the people watching it now will only learn about it through shows like this and I urge them to watch this series as it gives good insight into this conflict with an evenness that is often lacking in films portraying this war.

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  • GREAT, only one negative comment

    Of course, if it is Ken Burns it is very well done - and this is. this brought back many memories. However, I believe he was pretty light on coverage of the air war: the men, the planes and the weapons. I don't know why because he had Plenty of time, but it was just not covered very well. Aside from this it is great and I've already watched my set two times. it is a MUST have for any war buff or veteran.

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  • Was there Jul 68/Jul69 not mentioned.

    I arrived there aprox 19 Jul 69 with 5500 others from 1/5 Inf specifically A Co, 1/77 Armor along with the remainder of 1/5th INF- This was when you stated that we were evacuating troops from Vietnam when 5500 was deploying there. There was no mention of KheSangh around Dec of 67-Tet Offensive. I was stationed just s of the DMZ at ConThein. While I was with A, 1/77 Armor wewas at KheSangh in Apr-69 and also on a mission inside the DMZ along the coast we werewiththe Marines and 15 tanks-my most enjoyable day in Vietnam. We had 4 KIA and 28 wounded during my 1 year tour. This doesn't go along with your reports. This is not what you wanted to hear!!!! And it doesn't fit your guidelines. VN

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  • One of Ken Burns Best

    18 Hours of MY Life and the lives of Friends distant and Friends no longer with us and Friends who have become no longer friends because of the politics that that era threw down on us that still haunt us today. A gripping and thought provoking trip into our soul and our past and our present and our future as we see that the dreams of a generation some 50 years ago strove to change the world but barely made a dent in the steam rolling effects of History. It proves that lessons not learned are lessons repeated over and over again. How many roads can a man walk down.......

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  • Must Buy.

    It reminds me of the Vietnam War. Most all my friends and family went. They didn't wait to be drafted, they joined because it was the right thing to do. One of my family was wounded in that war, he flew the jets planes that did all the bombing, and when he was going to land a sniper shot into the plane and hit him in the shoulder. He told me that where the sniper shot was the only way anyone could get a shot at the pilot. He landed the plane okay. My father-in-law was in the Navy, and he was at Pearl Harbor on 12-7-1941. Now in this world we live in, I doubt that anyone would fight to keep our freedom. Just like voting, you better know who you are voting for, because if you elect the wrong person that has already been the President we will live without any freedom.

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