Déjà Vu (1858-1961)
- Episode aired Sep 17, 2017
- TV-MA
- 1h 21m
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After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent, but divided.After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent, but divided.After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent, but divided.
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Peter Coyote
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Duong Van Mai Elliott
- Self - Memoirist
- (as Duong Van Mai)
Donald P. Gregg
- Self - C.I.A.
- (as Donald Gregg)
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Self - Marines: One of the things that I learned in the war is that we're not the top species on the planet because we're nice. People talk a lot about how well the military turns kids into killing machines and stuff and I'll always argue that it's just finishing school.
- SoundtracksThe Marines' Hymn
Music by Jacques Offenbach (uncredited)
Lyrics attributed to L.Z. Phillips (uncredited)
Performed by The Band of the Grenadier Guards
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Déjà Vu (1858-1961)
Ken Burns makes another epic documentary giving an even handed analysis of the Vietnam War but here we get testimony from the Viet Cong fighters and diplomats.
America might had entered the war with good intentions but it found itself that it had muddled and blundered on.
The first episode examined French colonial rule of Indochina but it was not an history lesson as it weaved footage from the actual Vietnam war itself.
We hear about the man who went by the name of Ho Chi Minh, who hated the French and determined to have an independent Vietnam. He did not start out as an anti American. He once worked in America as well as the UK and in world war two his fighters the Viet Minh cooperated with the Americans against the Japanese.
However Ho Chi Minh had flirted with Marxism and after the end of the war, the French once again dominated Indo-China. Minh got support from both China and Russia.
The US government were fearful of a domino effect where south east Asia would fall into communism one by one and were slowly being pulled into events.
A thoroughly entertaining and informative opening episode. This promises to be a comprehensive documentary.
America might had entered the war with good intentions but it found itself that it had muddled and blundered on.
The first episode examined French colonial rule of Indochina but it was not an history lesson as it weaved footage from the actual Vietnam war itself.
We hear about the man who went by the name of Ho Chi Minh, who hated the French and determined to have an independent Vietnam. He did not start out as an anti American. He once worked in America as well as the UK and in world war two his fighters the Viet Minh cooperated with the Americans against the Japanese.
However Ho Chi Minh had flirted with Marxism and after the end of the war, the French once again dominated Indo-China. Minh got support from both China and Russia.
The US government were fearful of a domino effect where south east Asia would fall into communism one by one and were slowly being pulled into events.
A thoroughly entertaining and informative opening episode. This promises to be a comprehensive documentary.
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- Sep 25, 2017
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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