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After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, there was an increase in American films that were more "raw,” containing actual battle footage. A FilmReference.com article noted that American filmmakers "appeared more confident to put Vietnam combat on screen for the first time" during that era. [1]
Documentary films about the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Pages in category "Documentary films about the Vietnam War" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
In the Year of the Pig is an American documentary film directed by Emile de Antonio about American involvement in the Vietnam War. [3] [a] It was released in 1968 while the U.S. was in the middle of its military engagement, and was politically controversial. [4] One year later, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary ...
Jump into Hell is a 1955 war film directed by David Butler. The film stars Jacques Sernas and Kurt Kasznar . As the first Hollywood film based on the war in French Indochina , the story is a fictionalized account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu .
Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part documentary mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955–1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston, Central Independent Television of the UK and Antenne-2 of France. It was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December ...
Target Zero is a 1955 American war and drama film directed by Harmon Jones and written by James Warner Bellah and Sam Rolfe.The film stars Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson, Richard Wyler, L. Q. Jones and Chuck Connors. The film was released and published by Warner Bros. on November 15, 1955. [1] [2]
Vietnam in HD (known as Vietnam Lost Films outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as WWII in HD , the program focuses on the firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War .
[42] [43] Gene Siskel also awarded the film four out of four stars, [44] and observed that Vietnam War veterans greatly identified with the film. [45] In his New York Times review, Vincent Canby described Platoon as "possibly the best work of any kind about the Vietnam War since Michael Herr's vigorous and hallucinatory book Dispatches. [46]