Last days in Vietnam, American Experience Films PBS presents ; a Moxie Firecracker production ; written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester ; produced and directed by Rory Kennedy ; produced by Keven McAlester ; A Moxie Firecracker production for American Experience ; WGBH
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Last days in Vietnam, American Experience Films PBS presents ; a Moxie Firecracker production ; written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester ; produced and directed by Rory Kennedy ; produced by Keven McAlester ; A Moxie Firecracker production for American Experience ; WGBH
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eng
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Last days in Vietnam
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904967059
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Originally produced as a documentary released in 2014; broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American Experience on April 28, 2014
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American Experience Films PBS presents ; a Moxie Firecracker production ; written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester ; produced and directed by Rory Kennedy ; produced by Keven McAlester ; A Moxie Firecracker production for American Experience ; WGBH
Runtime
220
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
Table Of 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
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- Military airlift -- Vietnam -- Videodiscs
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- Émissions télévisées pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Documentary television programs
- Refugees -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- Evacuation of civilians
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- Historical television programs
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- Television programs for the hearing impaired
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- Military airlift -- Vietnam -- Videodiscs
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- Émissions télévisées pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Documentary television programs
- Refugees -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- Evacuation of civilians
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- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
- Airlift, Military -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1969-
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
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- Transports aériens militaires -- Viêt-nam -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
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