The Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses. (official site)

Funding for The Vietnam War is provided by Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ford Foundation Just Films; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and Members of The Better Angels Society: Jonathan & Jeannie Lavine, Diane & Hal Brierley, Amy & David Abrams, John & Catherine Debs, Fullerton Family Charitable Fund, The Montrone Family, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, The Golkin Family Foundation, The Lynch Foundation, The Roger & Rosemary Enrico Foundation, Richard S. & Donna L. Strong Foundation, Bonnie & Tom McCloskey, Barbara K. & Cyrus B. Sweet III, The Lavender Butterfly Fund

Featured Videos

• Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

  Ep1 | 1h 25m 46s | WETA Passport

• Descriptive Audio: Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

  Ep21 | 1h 25m 46s | WETA Passport

• Stories from The Vietnam War

  Clip | 30s

• Fellow Warriors: Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam

  Clip: S1 | 20m 46s

Episodes

• Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

  Ep1 | 1h 25m 46s | WETA Passport

• Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

  Ep2 | 1h 26m 53s | WETA Passport

• The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)

  Ep3 | 1h 58m 22s | WETA Passport

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Specials

• PBS Previews: The Vietnam War

  Special | 25m 22s

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Extras

• Fellow Warriors: Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam

  Clip: S1 | 20m 46s

• Not Since The Civil War | First Look

  Clip: S1 | 30s

• How Am I Doing This? | First Look

  Clip: S1 | 30s

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Collections

• En Español Todos los episodios están disponibles en español.

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