Vietnam: A Television History (1983)

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

9.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 13-part documentary series examines the Vietnam War from the American perspective. It was produced by public television stations in the United States, Britain, and France.

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What happens

Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part documentary mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955–1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston, Central Independent Television of the UK and Antenne-2 of France. It was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December 20, 1983. Later, it was rebroadcast as part of the PBS series American Experience from May 26 to July 28, 1997. However, only 11 of the 13 original episodes were rebroadcast. Episodes 2 and 13 were dropped. Vietnam: A Television History was the most successful documentary produced by PBS up to the time of initial broadcast. Nearly 9% of American households watched the initial episode, and an average of 9.7 million viewers watched each of the 13 episodes. A rebroadcast in the summer of 1984 garnered roughly a 4% share in the five largest U.S. television markets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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