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3) War in HD
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
WWII in HD is the first documentary to show World War II from the perspective of both sides in full, immersive HD color. This comprehensive presentation creates a personal, introspective and detailed look at life on and off the front lines. Vietnam in HD represents a story that is in danger of being lost to history.
Publisher
IfCFilms
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In 1969, when oung soldier Dalton Joiner finds out that his girlfriend Jane back home has dumped him, he vows to sneak out of Vietnam during his one-week leave to win her back. His best friend Mickey Wright will do anything to help his buddy out, as long as there might be a few girls along the way. In just seven days they must get to the states, change Jane's mind and make it back to the war without getting caught.
7) Platoon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Lt. Col. Hal Moore is the commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, an area known to be overrun by North Vietnamese troops and nicknamed "The Valley of Death." Moore soon finds himself and his men contained to an area about the size of a football field, surrounded by more than 2,000 enemy troops and engaged in the first major...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought...
10) Rescue dawn
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
11) The Post
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
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