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American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam (2 discs) DVD & Blu-ray

Name: American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam (2 discs) DVD & Blu-ray
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Academy Award® Nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Video Librarian's Best Documentary of 2015. American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam 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 ... More

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Academy Award® Nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
Video Librarian's Best Documentary of 2015.

American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam

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 courts-martial, 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.

Includes both the Academy Award®-nominated theatrical release and the extended AMERICAN EXPERIENCE broadcast version

Producer: Rory Kennedy
Production Year: 2015
Discs: 2
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English
DVI: N
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen

Customer Reviews

4.6 24 Reviews

24 Reviews

F. L.

12/07/21

High quality dvd of a

High quality dvd of a show I enjoyed on tv. Including the unedited version also is winderful

\Goldfinger\

08/18/21

Factual portrayal-I was there

My long time, life long friend from the Vietnam days, contacted me and said I believe you are in the PBS documentary Last Days in Vietnam a (Pilot Story). The clip he sent confirm his guess. After purchase and viewing, it was unnerving four decades later to relive that moment Ive buried with years of sleeplessness. My family along thousands of other were vacuated. You see I was on Garys last helicopter trip to the (flagship) Blue Ridge. As a result of documentary, I will share with my adult children, grandchildren, family members and friends that I swore never to tell until now. A factual portrayal - I was there.

White B.

08/18/21

Last Days Vietnam Heroism

The efforts given by these American men and women, in spite of the lack of official support, is nothing less than heroic.

Sndwnr111

06/15/21

Had to see how it all went down...

Since I was onboard one of the carriers at the time, the USS Coral Sea, I was not priveledged enough to realize the extent of the operation. All we knew was that we were evacuating Vietnam. Our squadron (VF-111, the Sundowners) flew air protection for the choppers going in, to keep the North Vietnamese at bay. My best friends mother sent me clippings from the local paper, but I still never quite understood the magnitude of it all...until now. Unfortunately for us, a lot of people still think of the Vietnam War as ending in 1973. I have had more than one argument stating my case, with most writing it off as no big deal. I did quite a few twenty hour shifts, keeping those birds turnin and burnin and here I get to see what we accomplished, the fruits of our labor so to speak. Next we need one on the Mayaquez incident...another small exclamation point to a thirty year war.

Cyndee

06/15/21

Just Okay

I wasnt as impressed with this dvd as I was with other presentations about the Vietnam war. It was okay.

Jd^2

07/17/20

Shame on Congress

Almost 5 Star except for slight apparent political bias. Wonderful photographic documents and outstanding historical/documentary comments on the final days in Vietnam. However, the way the US Congress treated the S. Vietnamese was dispicable as well illustrated by what happened in this documentary. My only gripe is that Rory Kennedy used only Republicans in Congress to say that Congress wouldnt support USA aid to --- military, supplie, food, aid in evacuation, whatever to --- rebuff the Paris agreement violation by N. Vietnam, not even help evacuate. Few remember I imagine but after the 1974 Mid-terms the Democrats held nearly 2/3 Majority in House and 61 Senators in the Senate, complete control of the Congress. Shame, shame, shame especially as Kennedy got us into the War and Johnson escalated it and oversaw the most American solder deaths, also not well remembered.

Arnold

07/17/20

A period during the US Vietnam involvement rarely told

In most documentaries about the US involvement in Vietnam, the days before and during the April 1975 evacuation is frequently glossed over. Producer Rory Kennedy fills this gap and delves deep into the final days before the US hurriedly and dramatically conducts an evacuation that moves many Vietnamese out of the country before the seizure of the North Vietnamese, but also leaves many behind. This riveting and Oscar nominee for best documentary captures the bungling, but well intentioned ambassador, the loyalty of the military police to the Vietnamese who were employed by the US, and through 8mm footage uncovered by Kennedy in her pursuit of researching the story. I am a former AP reporter in Vietnam in the late 60s, and I can not only confirm much of this story, but also feel the tensions of what happens when it is so easy to get into a war, but so difficult--but this afterall is Kennedys purposes in crafting this important piece of history.

Anh

07/17/20

Two discs with the same content ?

I received two discs of Last Days in VietNam. Both of the discs having the same content. Why we label them Disc 1 or disc 2. Is it by mistake that you send me the wrong disc 2 ? Please let me know. Anh Huynh [email protected]

Rico A.

07/17/20

Vivid Reminder of The Past

This program must be studied by all serious students of American foreign policy. Avoidance of war and taking a long hard cold look at reality about American foreign intervention based upon moral considerations is driven home here.

Kenny

07/17/20

great film

as a vietnam veteran I liked the coverage the photos and showing the american people the very bad discussions our pelicans made then and continue to make to this day

Pvt. G.

07/17/20

Days to remember final hours in Vietnam

Look forward to seeing this documentary about final days in Vietnam brings back memories since I was inside the U.S. Embassy as a young marine.(USMC) and also our platoon took the large U.S. Embassy seal off the wall of the compound on that final day.

Anh/6 A.

07/17/20

The last days in viet nam

Very special and valueable documentry of VN the war end.

Halfer

07/17/20

Very good.

Very interesting show. Good retail service for purchase

Bay N.

07/17/20

Great present

This was a gift for my husband as he is a Viet Nam War aficionado. He loved it! He enjoyed its authenticity, content and presentation. I love it when I nail it!

Boston64329

07/17/20

The More Things Change ...The More They Dont

We left people that helped the U.S. behind. Didnt send them supplies to help defend themselves. Sound familiar? The only issue with the product, two disks with the same presentation. A theatrical version and an extended broadcast version. The extended broadcast would have been enough.

Social T.

07/17/20

Very enlightening and interesting

After all these years, to finally hear these stories was truly eye-opening, and somewhat heartbreaking. Yet there were so many brave and resourceful people who managed to save a great number of people because it was the right thing to do.

Jenny

07/17/20

Beautiful True Heart broken about VietNam War

Salute and appreciate to all American who involved in this war. Love their kind hearts that help out their hands to help Vietnamese. The politicians on the other hands :-(

Cher

07/17/20

I would watch this again and again

Excellent excellent piuece of work Bravo

Quadzilla

07/17/20

Excellent Documentary!

Another great Documentary from PBS. Includes interviews w/many people that were there in 75 and plenty of previously unseen footage.

Olguita

07/17/20

My heart was broken

The tears flowed as I watched the documentary last night. I saw exactly what my Vietnamese stepmother had described trying to get on one of the last military flights out with my two year old half brother. Being half Vietnamese and half American, she knew what he would go through if they stayed. She was lucky her uncle a Vietnamese soldier literally pushed her into the belly of the plane to get them out. They left with only what they had on, my brother in pajamas, no goodbyes/hugs to the family they left behind. Such a sad story for so many who went through the same situation.

Highlighted Customer Reviews

Ro reviewed American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam (2 discs) DVD & Blu-ray

Bravo PBS, Brava Rory Kennedy

This documentary deserves an Oscar! Undoubtedly the best record of the final days (for most) in Vietnam!

Andrew reviewed American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam (2 discs) DVD & Blu-ray

Great Documentary

Vietnam was before my time. I learned a lot as a result of watching this movie. The footage is incredible. The first-hand accounts, of men who were there at the U.S. Embassy, is incredible. Watch this movie and learn.

Tucker reviewed American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam (2 discs) DVD & Blu-ray

Super documentary

A fantastic comprehensive review on the last days of Vietnam for the American involvement