Series · Documentary
Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
★ 9.5 · 2 votes1 season · 13 episodesDocumentary1983
A six-year project from conception to completion, "Vietnam: A Television History" carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of a controversial but intriguing war. From the first hour through the last, the series provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.
- Writers
- Elizabeth Deane, Martin Smith, Judith Vecchione
- Network
- PBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 4, 1983
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Will LymanNarrator
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Hồ Chí MinhSelf (archive footage)
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)- John Foster DullesSelf (archive footage)
Jacqueline KennedySelf (archive footage)
Robert McNamaraSelf (archive footage)- Maxwell TaylorSelf
Birch BayhSelf (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthurSelf (archive footage)
Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)- Christian de CastriesSelf (archive footage)
Pierre Mendès FranceSelf (archive footage)
Walter CronkiteSelf (archive footage)
Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)- Walt RostowSelf (archive footage)
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: Roots of a War: 1945-531 h · Oct 4, 1983
- Episode 2: The First Vietnam War1 h · Oct 5, 1983
- Episode 3: America's Mandarin: 1954-631 h · Oct 11, 1983
- Episode 4: LBJ Goes to War: 1964-651 h · Oct 18, 1983
- Episode 5: America Takes Charge: 1965-671 h · Oct 25, 1983
- Episode 6: America's Enemy: 1954-671 h · Nov 1, 1983
- Episode 7: Tet: 19681 h · Nov 8, 1983
- Episode 8: Vietnamizing the War: 1969-731 h · Nov 15, 1983
- Episode 9: Cambodia and Laos1 h · Nov 22, 1983
- Episode 10: Peace is at Hand: 1968-731 h · Nov 29, 1983
- Episode 11: Homefront USA1 h · Dec 6, 1983
- Episode 12: The End of the Tunnel: 1973-751 h · Dec 13, 1983
- Episode 13: Legacies1 h · Dec 20, 1983
