Product Details

• Actors: Various
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305995834
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,607 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Six Complete Programs On One DVD! THE CHOPPER WAR: Vietnam was the first helicopter war. The chopper meant a new weapon for swift ground-support fire power and a work horse for supply and evacuating the wounded. Don't miss this actual under-fire footage. /// AIR POWER AT KHE SANH-MARINES IN BATTLE: Our base has been surrounded and cut off. 6000 Marines bravely hold their ground under merciless non-stop enemy fire. In grueling combat aided by close air support and naval gunfire they blast out the VC and take prisoners but at a painful cost. RIVER SEAS AND AIR-THE NAVY AT WAR: Vietnam was not just a soldier's war it was also a sailor's war. Actual footage takes you in close to the big guns as they fire at shore targets and to the fighter aircraft roaring off the carrier decks plus the contribution of the river boat forces and the Seabees. TANK ATTACK !: This is the heroic story of the armored and their valiant role in Vietnam. Few thought tanks and armored vehicles could be used in a country of rugged terrain and steaming jungles. They came through dealing a bloody defeat to the enemy. JUNGLE WARFARE: This is the nightmare story of what it was like to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. A war with no front lines when the enemy is liable to fire at you around the next bend or from behind the next tree. Don't miss this actual under-fire footage. DEATH ON DRAGON MOUNTAIN: Finally footage that captures the brutal story of the heroic "Ivymen" of the 4th Infantry Division in close-up furious combat. You'll see them on patrol and wading the rivers hitting the enemy with the mobility of tanks helicopters and the terror of artillery. Be witness to how it really was for the foot soldier at war.System Requirements: Running Time 180 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/MILITARY & WAR Rating: NR UPC: 090096094625 Manufacturer No: BDVD946

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK Documentary, December 4, 2000

By A Customer

This documentary was OK at best. Entire session is from a (pre 1969) notion that we were winning all battles with nearly no casualties. Was refreshing thought to hear something about the war with an antiseptic point of view (like the US Govt's back then). Also was very much like the old WWII news reels...I even think they used the same narrator:) Was not what I was expecting, If you are craving a more true to life coverage of the Vietnam war, I would recommend saving up your money and paying the extra for the "...10 thousand day war" series also available here.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Historical Vietnam US Military footage on DVD, October 3, 2000

By	Michael Oberhardt (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This 3 hour documentary is exceedingly good value for money. Although the picture and sound quality are varied (I'm sure some episodes were taken from magnetic masters), the content was surprisingly refreshing in a Vietnam documentary sense. That is, this documentary seemed to have been coupled together from Military newsreel archives from the actual Vietnam conflict (pre 69, I think), and was deviod of the usual retrospective look at the war. Listening to the voice-overs, the war was already won - by the US. Some fill-in sections (to keep each episode to the 30 minute mark) was in some cases filled with un-narrated segments, but rather than adding sound effects, they had someone on a synthesizer making a pretty corn-ball "score" (for lack of a more accurate term describing the embarassing sounds that accompanied the images in this case). Fortunately, these segments were pretty far between. From a military equipment perspective, I actually learnt a few things from it. For starters, they showed the Marines amphibous APC, one which had a brief shot in Coppola's "Apocalypse Now", which I had previously thought was not hardware used in Vietnam. Definitely a worthy purchase for Vietnam era miliraty buffs.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars USA TV fragments, May 19, 2004

By	Marlon (hull, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

Should have red previous reviews. It's only fragments of very interestings films. But you will never see the scene in depth. It's almost a 60's American propaganda. Type of movies they used to recruit in colleges or universities. Only a one side view of the war.