Originally broadcast as a 13-part series on PBS in 1983; edited from 13 hours to 11 hours and rebroadcast in 1997 as part of the American experience

This is a multi-part series on the Vietnam conflict, covering the history of Indochina, the French wars, and United States involvement, using actual film footage from news and government archives

Narrator, Will Lyman ; producers: Judith Vecchione (Episodes 1,2), Andrew Pearson (Episode 5), Martin Smith (Episodes 6,8,9,10), Austin Hoyt (Episode 7), Bruce Palling (Episode 9), Elizabeth Deane (Episodes 3,4,11,12), Richard Ellison (Episode 13)

Not rated

DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital; 4x3 full screen

Closed-captioned

disc 1.

Roots of war ; America's Mandarin, 1954-1963 --

disc 2.

LBJ goes to war, 1964-1965 ; America takes charge, 1965-1967 ; America's enemy, 1954-1967 --

disc 3.

Tet, 1968 ; Vietnamizing the war, 1969-1973 ; Cambodia and Laos --

disc 4.

Peace is at hand, 1968-1973 ; Homefront, U.S.A. ; End of the tunnel, 1973-1975 ; Legacies