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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 .
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.
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 ...
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]
Diên Biên Phu (French for Điện Biên Phủ) is a French 1992 epic war film written and directed by French veteran Pierre Schoendoerffer.With its huge budget, all-star cast, and realistic war scenes produced with the cooperation of both the French and Vietnamese armed forces, Dîen Bîen Phu is regarded by many as one of the more important war movies produced in French filmmaking history.
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. The films included here are set in the time period from 1945 to 2001, or from the start of the Cold War until it came to an end in 1990s.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1955 films. It includes 1955 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for war films released in the year 1955 .
The critics' consensus reads, "The Vietnam War would seem an unlikely backdrop for a family-friendly comedy involving an airlifted elephant, and Operation Dumbo Drop lands with a thud." [8] On Metacritic the film has a score of 48% based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [9]