The Fall of Saigon [videorecording] / a co-production of WGBH Boston, Central Independent/UK and Antenna-2, France and in association with LRE Productions ; "The end of the tunnel" written and produced by Elizabeth Deane ;"Peace is at hand" written and produced by Martin Smith ; "Homefront USA" produced by Elizabeth Deane ; co-produced by Marilyn Hornbeck Mellowes ; teleplay by Richard Ellison and Marilyn Mellowes.

Contributor WGBH Video (Firm)

Imprint:[Boston, MA] : WGBH Boston Video, 2006.

Description1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Note:Originally broadcast on American Experience as separate episodes of the mini-series "Vietnam: a television history."

Note:"The end of the tunnel (1973-1975)" originally broadcast in 1983 ; "Peace is at hand (1968-1973)" original broadcast in 1996 ; "Homefront USA" originally broadcast in 1996.

Note:Special features: Access to the "American Experience" web site.

Note:The end of the tunnel (1973-1975 -- Peace is at hand (1968-1973 -- Homefront USA.

Note:"The end of the tunnel": On April 29, 1975 - 10 years after America had commited ground troops to Vietnam and two years after the cease-fire agreement had failed to stop the fighting - North Vietnamese communists toppled the South Vietnamese government in Saigon in a lightening offensive that startled the world -- "Peace is at hand": While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. -- "Homefront USA": Through troubled years of controversey and violence, US casualities mounted, victory remained elusive, and American opinion moved from general approval to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War.

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