Last days in Vietnam

Bailey, Mark, 1968- (screenwriter.). Kennedy, Rory, (film director,, film producer.). McAlester, Keven, (screenwriter.). American Experience Films, (presenter.). Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc., (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (film distributor.).

Summary: In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.

Item details

ISBN: 9781627892759
ISBN: 1627892753
Physical Description: videodisc
2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015]
Distributor: [Brighton, Mass.] : PBS Distribution.
Copyright: ©2015

Contents / Notes

General Note:	One disc contains the "theatrical version" (approximately 100 min.), the other contains the "extended broadcast version" (approximately 120 min.). Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1 : Theatrical version (approximately 100 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 (approximately 120 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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Edited by Don Kleszy ; music by Gary Lionelli ; cinematography by Joan Churchill.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced as a documentary released in 2014; broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American Experience on April 28, 2014.
System Details Note:	DVD format; NTSC, region 1, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Awards Note:	Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature (2015).

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Airlift, Military Vietnam History 20th century
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Historical television programs
Documentary television programs.
War television programs.
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