Only the Ken Burns production of "The Vietnam War" exceeds this documentary in overall excellence. Using contemporary accounts recorded in the early 1980's, this film series consists largely of interviews of the combatants, the leaders, the politicians, and many of the other participants from all sides who experienced the war.
This film is an honest, genuine, and unrestrained story of the effects the Vietnam war had on those who fought it, those who ran it, and those who were among its victims. It chronicles the experiences of those most affected by it, from the average American soldier and Marine who fought it, and the Vietnamese villagers who became its victims, all the way to the political leadership who managed it, including Dr Henry Kissinger himself.
I feel that if you were to watch only one documentary about the Vietnam war, this one wouldn't be a bad choice...and not just because it's narrated by one of my favorite voice-over actors of all time, Will Lyman (The voice of the "Most interesting man alive" adverts).
