Last days in Vietnam
(DVD) 

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Kennedy, Rory, film director,
McAlester, Keven, screenwriter,
Bailey, Mark, 1968- screenwriter.
Kleszy, Don, editor of moving image work.
Lionelli, Gary, composer (expression)
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015].
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
UPC
841887024044

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General Note
Includes both theatrical version (approximately 100 minutes) and extended broadcast version (approximately 120 minutes).
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Don Kleszy ; music, Gary Lionelli ; director of photography, Joan Churchill.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced as a documentary released in 2014; broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American Experience on April 28, 2014.
Description
"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.
Description
Explores the last days of the Vietnam War and the decision American soldiers and diplomats made as to whether to evacuate only U.S. citizens, or South Vietnamese citizens as well.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC, region 1, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Awards
Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature (2015).

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