Documents of War: The Vietnam War

During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.

A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.

The development of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and it's unforeseen ability to heal a nation from one of the most controversial conflicts in U.S. history.

In Country follows the men of Delta 2/5(R) as they recreate, by choice, the battles of the Vietnam War once each year. Disquieting and provocative, the film asks, "what compels these men to bring this controversial war back to life?"

In 1965 most citizens of Philadelphia thought very little about issues in Southeast Asia. When the military conflict that had existed there for decades finally escalated into a full-scale war its citizens would be thrown into the hardship, confusion, and struggle that was the Vietnam War. Young men from across the city who grew up in different neighborhoods and came from different backgrounds would soon be fighting across South Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. Their experiences of survival and horror in the midst of combat would change them in a way that could never be undone."Nothing for Ourselves" documents the impact the Vietnam War had on the greater Philadelphia area.

Sky Soldier: Vietnam in 3D The Vietnam War is one of the most photographed in history. It was believed that all the images taken during the war were only in 2D -- until now. A recently discovered archive of rare 3D photographs has been found and is now featured in the new documentary, Sky Soldier. The photos were taken by Joel Glenn, a young helicopter pilot from Florida who had a passion for taking pictures in three-dimensions. Sky Soldier documents Joel's time growing up on his family farm, his two tours in Vietnam and his battle with cancer caused by his exposure to the chemical Agent Orange. Joel Glenn's remarkable collection contains the only know 3D photos taken of American troops fighting in Vietnam. His story -- and his pictures -- bring the war in Vietnam to life in ways never before seen.

While working in Southeast Asia, a war torn veteran of the Vietnam War discovers a mysterious man claiming to be an American MIA and so begins his struggle to prove the lost soldier's identity and reunite him with his family.

Twenty weeks before Khe Sanh, these men were boys, sitting in their mother's kitchens. Then they went to war. Through interviews, film footage, photographs and audio recorded in Vietnam in 1968, fifteen former Marines and Navy Corpsmen tell their tales of battle, fear and survival at the Siege of Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968.

Original Vietnam War footage presented in high definition along with narrations by war veterans and the voices of Hollywood stars.

Private McKinley Nolan vanished forty years ago in Vietnam on the Cambodian frontier. Some say he was captured, some say he was a traitor, some even say he was an American operative. The US Army officially claims he was radicalized and "went native", joining the Viet Cong and later encountering the Khmer Rouge. In 2006, retired US Army Lt. Dan Smith, revisiting the battlefields of his youth, may have encountered the elusive McKinley, alive. So began a journey into the heart of darkness.

The story of A-Company 1/8 4th Infantry Division, US Army during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1967. In the men's own words, through the stories they narrate, the film gives us insight into the time these men spent together and the bond they formed that remains unbroken to this day. The 4th Infantry Division is one of the only divisions that trained and retained its troops during the Vietnam War. The men of A-Company trained together for eleven months and served together for one year. Their story begins with basic training at Ft. Lewis Washington in 1965 and continues 40 years later at their last reunion in September 2007. Filming began September 27, 2007 in Houston, Texas during a reunion to honor First Sergeant David H. McNerney, who is the only living member of the 4th Infantry Division to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was celebrated by the men he trained and served with and who's lives he saved on March 22, 1967. Conceived by executive producer John A. Ponsoll, whose father served with A-Company and had documented his tour of duty with a Kodak slide camera, the film honors the memory of A-Company 1/8 and documents their incredible courage and dedication to one another.

Can the memories of killing and dying ever be forgotten? 'Killing Memories', is a story of five men who served together in Vietnam, returning to meet their enemies and confronting their past, trying to kill the memories still haunting them. A picture taken off a dead man carries his spirit back to his daughter. The killer becomes her spiritual father. Surviving a massacre marks a teenager for life. He connects with the dead and his guilt. A veteran honors a lost hero and feels at home in the land where his hero died. Killing with pride and pleasure a veteran discovers the enemy was human too. The 'old man' took them back because they saved his life after his wife's suicide.

The PRICE OF EXIT : ANTHOLOGY summarizes the Vietnam War in I Corps, the northernmost Military Region, from 1967 through the end of U.S. involvement in December, 1972. It emphasizes the U.S. and South Vietnamese Invasion of Laos, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail, in February and March, 1971. Actual audio tapes of aerial combat over Firebase Ripcord on July 23, 1970 and over Laos in 1971 are presented with documentary footage, including audio and film footage by aircrews. Extensive Archive footage is also presented, much of which has not been seen before. The script presents stories told in THE PRICE OF EXIT, by Tom Marshall. The book was published by Random House in 1998. The film presents History in a personal, intimate telling.

Contrary to the hero's welcome received by other veterans, the majority of men returning from Vietnam were barely given a handshake of appreciation...much less parades and accolades. Their training did not prepare them to gracefully blend back into civilian life afterward, especially if some cruelly perceive you to be a 'baby killer.' This documentary takes a closer look at their service and family life. As each man recounts his story and contemplates the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, we get a glimpse into the lives of these unheralded heroes.

"Operation Babylift" was a $2 million dollar US initiative that airlifted over 2,500 Vietnamese orphans out of a war-torn country to protect them from the impending threat of the Communist Regime. Coined by some as "one of the most humanitarian efforts in history," it was also plagued by lawsuits and political turmoil. Even with the best intentions, these adoptees grew up facing a unique set of challenges in America, including prejudice overshadowed by a controversial war and cultural identity crisis. Nearly 35 years later, this documentary takes a candid look at a significant yet untold event as seen through the eyes of the volunteers, parents, and organizations directly involved, as well as uncovers the "lost" stories of the the adoptees and who they have become as adults. This documentary is not just a a historical piece, but gives a contemporary voice and perspective on international adoption today through the eyes of the adoptees themselves.

BETWEEN THE LINES explores the Vietnam War through the prism of the surfing sub-culture. The film looks at the dramatic effect that the Vietnam War and draft had on young American men who rode waves. Narrated by John Milius, Between the Lines explores the choice that most draft age surfers faced during the Vietnam War era: either go to war or evade the draft. It was one or the other. Between the Lines delves into the lives of two surfers who choose opposite paths. Pat Farley and Brant Page. While following the lives of these two surfers the film chronicles the impact of the Vietnam War on the surfing lifestyle. From the peaceful shores of Hawaii to the canopy jungles of Vietnam, Between the Lines excavates the surfing cultures response to an extraordinary circumstance.

A young combat cinematographer films grunts in Vietnam. He is seriously wounded at the battle of Khe Sanh.

In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerrilla point blank. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam war. The photo brought Eddie fame and a Pulitzer, but Eddie was haunted by the man he had vilified. He would say, "Two lives were destroyed that day, the victim's and the general." Other's would say three lives were destroyed. Eddie Adams, like most artists, was tortured by his need for perfection. Nothing he did ever satisfied him. He carved out many careers shooting covers for Life, Time, and even Penthouse. Yet, somehow, he was always pulled back into documenting wars, 13 all together. Finally he hit the wall and couldn't take it anymore. He began shooting celebrities because "It doesn't take anything from you." Eddie was comfortable with kings and coal miners. During his time with Parade magazines he photographed Clint Eastwood, Louis Armstrong, Mother Teresa, and Pope John Paul.

VIETNAM: AMERICAN HOLOCAUST exposes one of the worst cases of sustained mass slaughter in history, carefully planned and executed by presidents of both parties. Our dedicated generals and foot soldiers, knowingly or unknowingly, killed nearly 5 million people, on an almost unimaginable scale, mostly using incendiary bombs. Vietnam has never left our national consciousness, and now, in this time, it has more relevance than ever. Claiborne documents the Whitehouse fabrication of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and further, raises the question of whether JFK was assassinated to promote the Vietnam War. Martin Sheen, who played the leading role in Apocalypse Now almost 30 years ago, has generously lent his powerful voice to this actual history of the War in Vietnam.

The Camden 28 explores how and why 28 individuals intentionally placed themselves at risk of arrest and imprisonment while protesting the war in Vietnam. Featuring a treasure of archival materials and current interviews with former FBI agents involved in the case and scholars such as Howard Zinn, The Camden 28 is a story about a potent form of dissent that has special relevance to our current political climate.

Accompanied by gripping images from the war, 'Oh, Saigon' is an in-depth, compelling documentary about one refugee family's attempts to face its divided past and heal the physical and emotional wounds of the Vietnam War.

NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War

A Puerto-Rican Vietnam veteran returns to the site where he was injured in combat 36 years prior.

A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career.

In the mid 1960's thousands of young American men left their families, homes and jobs and went to fight for their country in Southeast Asia. Many of them never returned. Others were shot down and captured behind enemy lines. They were forced to suffer years of brutal treatment at the hands of the Communist captors. In the opinions of this political affiliation, their horrifying days of darkness, starvation and torture were made worse by the actions of a young American Officer named John Kerry.