Episodes
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The Weight of Memory (Explicit Language Version)
S1 E30 - 1h 51m
While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans’ attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the south, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation.
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The Weight of Memory (Vietnamese Subtitles)
S1 E20 - 1h 50m
While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans’ attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the south, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation.
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The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)
S1 E10 - 1h 50m
While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans’ attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the south, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation.
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A Disrespectful Loyalty (Explicit Language Version)
S1 E29 - 1h 53m
South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home – to a bitterly divided country.
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A Disrespectful Loyalty (Vietnamese Subtitles)
S1 E19 - 1h 52m
South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home – to a bitterly divided country.
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A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)
S1 E9 - 1h 52m
South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home – to a bitterly divided country.
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The History of the World (Explicit Language Version)
S1 E28 - 1h 52m
With morale plummeting in Vietnam, President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops. As news breaks of an unthinkable massacre committed by American soldiers, the public debates the rectitude of the war, while an incursion into Cambodia reignites antiwar protests with tragic consequences.
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The History of the World (Vietnamese Subtitles)
S1 E18 - 1h 51m
With morale plummeting in Vietnam, President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops. As news breaks of an unthinkable massacre committed by American soldiers, the public debates the rectitude of the war, while an incursion into Cambodia reignites antiwar protests with tragic consequences.
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The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)
S1 E8 - 1h 52m
With morale plummeting in Vietnam, President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops. As news breaks of an unthinkable massacre committed by American soldiers, the public debates the rectitude of the war, while an incursion into Cambodia reignites antiwar protests with tragic consequences.
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The Veneer of Civilization (Explicit Language Version)
S1 E27 - 1h 51m
Public support for the war declines, and American men of draft age face difficult decisions and wrenching moral choices. After police battle with demonstrators in the streets of Chicago, Richard Nixon wins the presidency, promising law and order at home and peace overseas. In Vietnam, the war goes on and soldiers on all sides witness terrible savagery and unflinching courage.
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The Veneer of Civilization (Vietnamese Subtitles)
S1 E17 - 1h 50m
Public support for the war declines, and American men of draft age face difficult decisions and wrenching moral choices. After police battle with demonstrators in the streets of Chicago, Richard Nixon wins the presidency, promising law and order at home and peace overseas. In Vietnam, the war goes on and soldiers on all sides witness terrible savagery and unflinching courage.
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The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)
S1 E7 - 1h 50m
Public support for the war declines, and American men of draft age face difficult decisions and wrenching moral choices. After police battle with demonstrators in the streets of Chicago, Richard Nixon wins the presidency, promising law and order at home and peace overseas. In Vietnam, the war goes on and soldiers on all sides witness terrible savagery and unflinching courage.
Extras + Features
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A Marine Comes Home
S1 E9 - 1m 50s
A Marine describes his heartbreak at returning home to face angry protesters.
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Quang Ngai
S1 E8 - 1m 15s
A GI talks about the danger of landmines and the courage it took just to walk in Vietnam.
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Men Like This
S1 E7 - 1m 14s
A decorated Army veteran recalls the courage and loyalty he observed from young men serving in the Vietnam War.
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Protests in Chicago, 1968
S1 E7 - 1m 54s
A journalist describes the scene of a violent clash between police and student protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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LBJ Criticizes the Media
S1 E6 - 1m 25s
In a taped conversation between President Johnson and Jack Horner of the Washington Star, the president criticizes the media.
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Saigon During Tet
S1 E6 - 46s
During the Tet Offensive, Duong Van Mai Elliott visits her family in South Vietnam. She remembers their fear that Viet Cong forces could be hiding nearby.
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Soldiers Adapt
S1 E5 - 1m 13s
A Marine explains that soldiers have to adapt to the atrocities of war.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
S1 E4 - 1m 20s
A Vietnamese woman recalls her efforts as a youth volunteer with other women on the Ho Chi Minh trail to keep roads open, despite harsh conditions and constant bombings.
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New York City March, 1967
S1 E4 - 1m 24s
An antiwar activist recalls a large protest march in New York City, where Martin Luther King, Jr., called for an end to the bombing.
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Losses in His Family
S1 E4 - 57s
A Viet Cong soldier recalls losing several family members in the war. And yet many young people, even in his family, still joined the resistance.
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Humanity
S1 E4 - 55s
A Viet Cong soldier realizes his American enemies, like his own countrymen, have a profound sense of humanity.
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Understanding the Enemy
S1 E4 - 2m 56s
Duong Van Mai Elliott recalls her experiences researching communists in Vietnam for the RAND corporation.
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