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The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses.

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Funding for The Vietnam War is provided by Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ford Foundation Just Films; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and Members of The Better Angels Society: Jonathan & Jeannie Lavine, Diane & Hal Brierley, Amy & David Abrams, John & Catherine Debs, Fullerton Family Charitable Fund, The Montrone Family, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, The Golkin Family Foundation, The Lynch Foundation, The Roger & Rosemary Enrico Foundation, Richard S. & Donna L. Strong Foundation, Bonnie & Tom McCloskey, Barbara K. & Cyrus B. Sweet III, The Lavender Butterfly Fund
Latest Episodes
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
Extras
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
America's top critics are unanimous in their praise for The Vietnam War. #VietnamWarPBS
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
A Vietnamese-American comments on being displaced from his country.
Specials
Find out about the creation of the series from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
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