Last days in Vietnam

The Resource Last days in Vietnam
Label
Last days in Vietnam
Statement of responsibility
American Experience Films PBS presents ; a Moxie Firecracker production ; written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester ; produced and directed by Rory Kennedy ; produced by Keven McAlester ; A Moxie Firecracker production for American Experience ; WGBH
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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 court-martials, 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"--Container
Member of
Awards note
Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature (2015).
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Editor, Don Kleszy ; music, Gary Lionelli ; director of photography, Joan Churchill
Date time place
Originally produced as a documentary released in 2014; broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American Experience on April 28, 2014
Dewey number
959.704/3373
Language note
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
LC call number
  • DS559.63
  • DS558
LC item number
  • .L37 2014
  • .L37 2015
Runtime
220
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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