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84 Charlie Mopic Company
PN1997 .E374 |
1 videocassette (ca. 95 min.)
A unique look at
the Vietnam War in 1969 revealed
through
the subjective lens of a fictitious army
motion
picture
(MoPic) cameraman.
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| 2 |
1969
PN1997 .N568 |
1 videocassette (96 min.)
Joyful and
heartbreaking story that captures
the music,
the anger and the innocence of
the Vietnam era.
Subject: Video recordings for the
hearing impaired.
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| 3 |
The '60s
PN1992.77
.S597 |
1 videocassette (172 min.)
The story of
two American families in the 1960s, one
white, one
black, torn apart by the war in Vietnam and
the war in
the streets. Incorporates real-life
events
and features some of the decade's
most timeless
music.
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| 4 |
A-4 Skyhawk
DS558.8 .A859 |
1 videocassette (50 min.)
A first-hand
aerial perspective on the Vietnam War.
From
the fighter pilots, deck crews and
commanders
who were there. Also includes
dramatic tales of
bravery and brutality
from POWs, including retired
Admiral James
Stockdale and
U.S. Senator
John McCain.
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| 5 |
Air America
PN1997 .A374 |
1 videocassette (113 min.)
Two renegade
pilots are ensnared in the madness
of
covert operations over Laos during the
Vietnam
conflict. They lead
the crew of AIR AMERICA, a
not-so-secret
airline that
drops everything from live
pigs to
opium over villages throughout the Vietnamese
countryside.
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| 6 |
Air Power at Khe Sanh; Marines in Battle
DS557.8
.K5 A376 |
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Filmed under
fire by combat cameramen, tells how
air
power helped win a decisive victory at Khe
Sanh, and
how Marines fought in
Vietnam.
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| 7 |
Ambush
PN1995.9
.D6 A4385 |
1 videocassette (60 min.)
Combat veteran
SEALs who perfected ambush tactics
under fire in
Vietnam explain how they carried out
their
deadliest missions.
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| 8 |
The Anderson
Platoon:
Pierre Schoendorffer
DS558.4 .A53 |
1 videocassette (64 min.)
The camera
captures the tension, frustration,
anger,
and hopelessness of war through an
integrated
Vietnam combat unit led by a black
West Pointer,
Lt. Joseph B. Anderson.
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| 9 |
Apocalypse Now
PN1997 .A66 |
1 videocassette (153 min.)
Francis Ford
Coppola's vision based on the peculiar
madness of the
Vietnam War.
Subject: Video recordings for the hearing
impaired.
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| 10 |
Bat 21
PN1997 .B382 |
1 videocassette (ca. 106 min.)
Vietnam, 1968.
A true story of a middle-aged air
force
officer who's never seen combat before. He
is stranded
behind enemy lines and all he can do
is wait and hope.
Then a voice crackles over his
radio, and he has found
a
friend.
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| 11 |
Battlefield Vietnam
DS557.7 .B37 |
12 videocassettes (696 min.)
Computer graphics
and archival footage illustrate many
facets of
the various battles of the Vietnam era.
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| 12 |
Berkeley in the Sixties
E841 .B47 |
1 videocassette (117 min.)
Through
interviews with participants and
archival
footage, presents a history of
Berkeley, California in
the
1960s.
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| 13 |
Birdy
PN1997 .B573 |
1 videocassette (120 min.)
To escape an
irrational world, Birdy, an ex-Vietnam
veteran sits
in an almost catatonic state in an Army
hospital where
he has come to believe he is one of
the
feathered creatures of his boyhood
dreams. In an effort
to break Birdy's silence,
his psychiatrist brings in Birdy's
loyal, best
friend of his youth as they attempt to reach
him and
bring him back to reality.
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| 14 |
Bob
Hope's Entertaining the Troops
PN2287
.H63 B63 |
9 videocassettes (ca. 541 min.)
The
legend of Bob Hope entertaining American GI's
started
in May of 1941 when the country was at
peace.
When World War II broke, he, with a band
of
"Hollywood gypsies," were there. Now,
among Bob's
most cherished memories are
those holidays he
shared with our troops in
Vietnam.
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| 15 |
Born on the Fourth of July
PN1995.9
.W3 B67 |
1 videocassette (145 min.)
Follows the
young Ron Kovic from his days as a zealous
teen who
eagerly joins up for the Vietnam War, to his
return
from the war as an embittered
veteran,
paralyzed from mid-chest down.
Chronicles his
disillusionment with the
country's continued
involvement in Vietnam, his
physical struggle and his
emergence as a brave
new voice for thousands of
disenchanted
vets.
Video recordings for the hearing
impaired.
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| 16 |
A Bright Shining Lie
PN1992.77 .B754 |
1 videocassette (118 min.)
A U.S. senior
military adviser is sent to Vietnam
and
finds himself fighting a war he cannot win
alongside
a corrupt and demoralized South
Vietnamese Army.
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| 17 |
The Call of Duty
DS559.5 .C344 |
1 videocassette (50 min.)
Vietnam veteran Paul
Scoles relates his war
experiences to Skip
Spriggs, the son of Otha T. Spriggs,
who was
killed in action in Vietnam trying to
save
Scoles' life. This narrative is intercut
with previously
unreleased Vietnam war footage
and with an interview
with Gen. Westmoreland in
which
the general discusses
U.S. strategic
goals in Vietnam.
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| 18 |
Charlie Bravo
PN1997 .C4348 |
1 videocassette (94 min.)
Story of the
final days of the first Indochina War based
on
the director's experience as a
photo-journalist
covering the French Army in
Vietnam. A 13-man
commando unit parachutes
into North Vietnam to
rescue a Red Cross nurse
being held by the Viet Minh.
The commandos
massacre a village and Viet Minh
prisoners in
the process. They then begin a
fighting
withdrawal to the coast where they
are finally caught
and wiped out by the Viet
Minh.
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| 19 |
China Beach
DS558 .C44 |
1 videocassette (97 min.)
Series premiere of
the multiple award winning
television program
about the nurses, entertainers
and
volunteers who served alongside American
troops
in Vietnam at the China Beach recreational
facility
near the U.S. base at Da
Nang.
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| 20 |
Choosing Sides: I Remember Vietnam
DS559.5 .C455 |
2 videocassettes (ca. 48 min. ea.)
To
protest or remain silent. To face jail or
possible
death. To desert or enlist. This
is a compelling look
back at an era defined by
conflict and controversy,
capturing the mood of
the nation through the stories
of
individuals. Hear from a priest who sheltered
draft
dodgers in his church, an
African-American man forced
to choose between
enlistment and informing on the
Black Panthers, and a
West Point graduate who found
a home in the peace
movement. Their stories, and
those of
many others, are juxtaposed with extensive
archival
footage and an evocative sixties
soundtrack.
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| 21 |
Chopper Hell
DS558.8 .C466 |
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Compilation of
documentary footage of military
helicopter
operations, with an emphasis on the
use of helicopters
in Vietnam. Coverage includes
airmobile,
medevac, and aerial artillery
operations.
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| 22 |
Chopper Wars
DS559.5 .C5 |
(56 min.)
Describes
the role of the helicopter during the
Vietnam
War.
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| 23 |
CIA: the Secret Files
JK468 .I6 C42 |
4 videocassettes (200 min.)
Four-part
series examines the CIA. An integration
of
interviews, newsreel footage and fresh
research
unearthed for this
series.
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| 24 |
Coming Home
PN1997 .C658 |
1 videocassette (130 min.)
A sad,
poignant love story set against the social
upheaval
of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the
story
concerns a woman who, while her husband is
serving
in Vietnam, falls in love with a paraplegic
while
performing volunteer work at a San
Diego veterans
hospital.
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| 25 |
DeCillis
Vietnam Book Collection Donation
DS556.49 .D445
|
1 videocassette (45 min.)
Paul DeCillis
presents a donation of books on
the
Vietnamese Conflict to De Anza College
on
April 28, 1995.
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| 26 |
Dear America:
Letters Home
From Vietnam
DS557.73 .D32 |
1 videocassette (84 min.)
Documentary
account of the Vietnam War from the
actual letters
of the men and women who served
there; also
uses home movies, news footage and
music of the
period.
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| 27 |
Death on Dragon Mountain
DS557.7
.D428
|
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Filmed under
fire by combat cameramen, this is the
brutal
story of the heroic "IVYMEN" of the
Fourth
Infantry Division
in close-up furious combat.
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| 28 |
The Deer Hunter
PN1997 .D44 |
2 videocassettes (183 min.)
Tracks a
group of steel worker pals from a
Pennsylvania
blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds
of the
Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of
Vietnam.
A drama of friendship and courage, and
what happens
to these qualities under
stress.
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| 29 |
F-105 Thunderchief
DS558.8 .F748 |
1 videocassette (50 min.)
Interviews with and
narrative concerning the "Lead
sled" pilots who faced
Soviet-made SAM missiles while
launching an all-out
aerial attack on the Bridge at
Than Hoa, flying the
fastest and most life-threatening
fighter plane of its
time.
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| 30 |
The Fall of Saigon
DS559.8
.E932 F34 |
Rare news footage and eyewitness accounts
from
North and South Vietnamese and American
personnel
document the evacuation of U.S.
personnel and South
Vietnamese citizens from the
U.S. Embassy in Saigon,
as the North Vietnamese Army
took over the city.
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| 31 |
Forrest Gump
PN1997 .F674 |
1 videocassette (142 min.)
Through three
turbulent decades, Forrest rides a tide
of
events that whisks him from physical disability
to
football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp
tycoon,
from White House honors to the arms of his one
true
love.
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| 32 |
Front
Line
DS559.5 .V54
|
1 videocassette (40
min.)
Actual footage from the battles of the Vietnam
War.
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| 33 |
Front Line
DS557.7 .F765 |
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Offers a glimpse of
the plight of the American forces
in
Viet Nam, including victories and
defeats. Shows the
horrors of war and its devastating
effect on the
Vietnamese
people.
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| 34 |
Full Metal Jacket
PN1995.9
.W3 F8
|
1 videocassette (117
min.)
Vietnam War drama centering on a Marine
unit.
Subject: Video recordings for the hearing
impaired.
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| 35 |
G.I.
Songs and Stories From
Vietnam
M1650 .G5
|
1 videocassette (45
min.)
A unique documentary that honors the G.I.'s who
fought in
Vietnam. As a means of escaping the harsh
realities of the
Vietnam War, many G.I.'s wrote and
performed songs.
Singer chuck Rosenberg recreates
these songs in a live
concert and as background to actual
film footage of the war.
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| 36 |
Gardens of Stone
PN1997 .G373 |
1 videocassette (111 min.)
The elite Old
Guard, made up of decorated veterans
of
Army service, tends Arlington National
Cemetery;
when a young soldier is assigned to
the unit
temporarily while training for
a tour in Vietnam,
two of the Guards help to
prepare him for the
environment of war,
amid protest, uncertainty and
violence
at home.
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| 37 |
Good Morning, Vietnam
PN1997 .G663 |
1 videocassette (121 min.)
Imported by
the Army for an early morning radio show
in Vietnam,
disc jockey Adrian Cronauer blasts
the
formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with
a constant
barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest
hits from
back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the
brass is up
in arms!
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| 38 |
Great TV News Stories
DS559.9
.S24 G73 |
1 videocassette (60 min.)
The story of
the final months of the Vietnam war and
the fall
of Saigon in March and April 1975. A compilation
of
reports by ABC correspondents and
reporters
covering the final North Vietnamese
offensive, the
collapse of the South
Vietnamese Army, and Operation
Frequent Wind in
which 7000 Americans and
South
Vietnamese loyalists were evacuated from
Saigon
to ships of the 7th
Fleet.
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| 39 |
The Green
Berets
PN1997 .G74
|
1 videocassette (142
min.)
The story of the Green Berets, the elite
Special Forces,
during the war in
Vietnam.
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| 40 |
Hamburger Hill
PN1997 .H35 |
1 videocassette (94 min.)
Fourteen
American soldiers in Vietnam battle for a
mud-covered
mound of earth that chews up soldiers
like meat. They
are fighting for their country, their
fellow soldiers
and their lives. War is hell, but this
is
worse.
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The Hanoi
Hilton
DS559.4 .H356 |
1 videocassette (126 min.)
A
motion picture which pays tribute to the
Americans
who served in Southeast Asia from 1963
to 1975 and
shows the attitudes of the North
Vietnamese enemy
to the visits of the American peace
delegations.
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| 42 |
Headlines of
the Sixties
E839 .H423
|
1 videocassette (ca. 30
min.)
A look back at the most provacative moments of the
1960's:
history's most tumultuous
decade.
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| 43 |
A Healing: A Journey Back to Vietnam
DS559.5 .H435 |
2 videocassettes (ca. 150
min.)
Documentary chronicling the 1995 visit to
Vietnam
of a group of one hundred American women
who
served there in various capacities during the
Vietnam
war. They include former military nurses
and civilian
aid, charity and relief workers. The
tour begins in Hanoi
and proceeds south by bus to
Saigon, visiting other
Vietnamese cities and
former American bases along
the way. The film
records the women's reminiscences
about the war.
their service, and their reactions to the
Vietnam of
today. Intercut with documentary and news
footage from
the war.
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| 44 |
Heart of the Warrior
RC552 .P67 H427 |
1 videocassette (54 min.)
A former U.S.
Army paratrooper who fought in Vietnam
until his left
leg was shot off; and a former paratrooper
in the
Soviet Army who served in Afghanistan until his
right
leg was shattered by a bullet tell their
personal
stories. Both still suffer from the emotional
damage,
unresolved moral questions, and enduring
pain of war.
Through compassion, camaraderie
and even humor
these former warriors form a
powerful, healing bond
and offer a message of
hope.
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| 45 |
Heaven & Earth
PN1997 .H427 |
The powerful story of a man who fought, a
woman
who endured, & a love caught up in the
explosive
wartime upheaval in
Vietnam.
Local note: Author
autographed.
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| 46 |
Hell Along the Mekong
DS558.7 .H44 |
1 videocassette (29 min.)
The film
begins with the work of American naval
advisors
in the late 1950's and early 1960's &
continues
with coverage of the operations of US naval
forces in
the Mekong river and coastal waters of
Vietnam,
including Operation Market
Time.
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In
Country PS3563
.A7877 I52
|
1 videocassette (116
min.)
Dramatic portrayal of a reclusive war vet and his
17
year old niece as they struggle to heal the
wounds
of Vietnam.
Subject: Video
recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| 49 |
Indochine
PN1995.9
.L6 I536 |
1 videocassette (ca. 156 min.)
Set in
French Indochina in the 1930s as the
Vietnamese
begin to rebel against French colonialism.
Dramatizes
the last years of French rule through the
relationship
between plantation owner
*Eliane, French by birth
but born and raised
in Indochina, and her adopted
daughter Camille,
an orphaned Annamese princess
who becomes a Vietnamese
revolutionary and
representative at the Geneva
Conference after having
a child by French officer
Jean-Baptiste, Eliane's past
lover.
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| 50 |
Jacknife
PS3563
.E833 S8 |
1 videocassette (102 min.)
A Vietnam vet
haunted by the memory of a buddy's
death becomes
a drunk and recluse until another friend
tries
to change both their lives.
Subject: Films for the
hearing impaired.
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| 51 |
Jacob's Ladder
PN1997 .J33 |
1 videocassette (116 min.)
Jacob is a
man living in a nightmare. Having
survived
Vietnam, he's back home in New York
City. But
memories of both his wartime demons
and the
accidental death of his son haunt
and terrorize him.
Jacob's grip on reality begins to
slip and only his
friend can save
him.
Subject: Video recordings for the hearing
impaired.
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| 52 |
Jud
PN1997 .J833 |
1 videocassette (80 min.)
Jud Carney
(Kaufmann) returns from Vietnam a
bitter,
disillusioned 22-year-old, haunted by his
role in the
slaughter of a village, the death of his
best friend,
and the break-up of his engagement.
Jud struggles to
adjust to life back in the States. He
walks away from
a fling with free-spirited
Sunny (Jennings). He rejects
the friendship of a young
school teacher (Bittner).
A chance encounter
with a girl who resembles his
ex-fiance turns into a
violent fight and a police chase.
Jud tries to
shut himself away from society, but
the
unwelcome advances of Bill (Deman), a
frustrated
writer, lead to a terrible final
tragedy involving this
forgotten soldier from a
war nobody wanted.
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| 53 |
Jungle Warfare
DS559.8
.J85 J854 |
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Filmed under
fire by combat cameramen, this is the
nightmare story
of what it was like to fight in the
jungles of
Vietnam.
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| 54 |
The Killing Fields
PN1997 .K5525 |
1 videocassette (142 min.)
Dith Pran is
an aid, translator and friend of two
journalists
who are covering the war in
Cambodia. He is
eventually exiled to the labor
camps in
Cambodia's countryside, where
he
endures four years of starvation, torture and
war
before escaping
to Thailand.
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| 55 |
The Lost Commandos
DS558.9 .L687 |
1 videocassette (19 min.)
Presents the history
of a covert operation in 1961 in
Vietnam funded by the
CIA and the US military, and
the plight
of captured South Vietnamese commandos
sent to
North Vietnam.
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| 56 |
Marine
Sniper Legend Carlos Hathcock:
His Own
Words
DS559.5 .M3755
|
1 videocassette (ca. 60
min.)
Military legend Carlos Hathcock recounts the
sniping
exploits in Vietnam that made him
famous.
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| 57 |
Modern Combat
Aircraft
UG1240 .M62
|
8 videocassettes (60 min.
each)
Illustrate combat aircraft with footage taken in
combat
or during trials and
training.
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| 58 |
The Scent of Green Papaya:
L'odeur de
la Papaye Verte
PN1997
.S346
|
1 videocassette (104
min.)
Set in 1950s Saigon, this film is about a young
country
girl who joins a family as their servant and
develops
an enduring but secret attachment to a friend
of the
eldest son.
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| 59 |
Vietnam: A Soldiers Story
DS559.5
.V538
|
1 videocassette (17 min.)
General William
Westmoreland clarifies the strategic
goals of the
United States in Southeast Asia. Veteran
Paul
Scoles relates his experience in the Vietnam
War.
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| 60 |
Navy SEALs in Vietnam: An Inside Look
DS558.4 .N3 |
1 videocassette (23 min.)
Chiefly a
compilation of film from official sources
including
the UDT Seal Museum Association, DOD
Archives, Naval
Office of Information and the Naval
Recruiting
Command. Describes SEAL operations and
tactics in
Vietnam.
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61 |
No Substitute
for Victory
DS557 .A6
K2 |
1 videocassette
(80 min.)
Narrated by John Wayne. Draws analogy
between
disarmed, peace-seeking Europe and the
rise of
eastern and European communism, and the
danger
of capitulating to aggressive communists in
Vietnam.
Shows how limitations placed
on military by American
policy makers gave communist
enemy the advantage
and how military decisions
were made by politicians.
Discusses impact of
American trading with Russia and
other communist
countries, while prohibiting military
from
bombing communist supply sources. Draws
connection
between Vietnam's struggle to remain free,
and
American's "hands off" policy.
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62 |
Of Heroes
and Helicopters:
the Life and
Times of the Helicopter
Pilot
in Vietnam
DS558.8
.O344
|
1 videocassette (ca. 60
min.)
A fascinating account of the life and times of the
Helicopter
Pilot in Vietnam. Powerful stories from
heroic men,
including congressional medal of honor
winners who
"saved the day" for thousands of
U.S. troops.
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People's
Century:
Ordinary People, Extraordinary
Times
D421 .P46
|
6 videocassettes (ca. 360
min.)
Contents:
[1] Red flag: Communism in
Russia [1917-36]
[2] Fallout: nuclear energy and
destruction [1942-87]
[3] Brave new world: the Cold
War begins [1945-62]
[4] Great leap: Communism in
China [1949-77]
[5] Guerrilla wars: Cuba, Vietnam and
Afghanistan
[1954-81]
[6] People power: the end of Soviet-style
Communism
[1980-93]
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Platoon
PN1995.9 .P5 |
1 videocassette (120
min.)
Platoon is the story of every soldier whose
innocence
was lost in the war-torn jungles of
Vietnam. Chris
Taylor arrives in Vietnam and
quickly discovers that
his worst enemies are not just
the Viet Cong, but
gnawing fear, physical exhaustion
and the anger
growing within
himself.
Subject: Video recordings for the hearing
impaired.
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65 |
Platoon Leader
PN1997 .P538 TITLE
|
1 videocassette (ca. 97
min.)
About a group of American GIs battling
the
communists in Southeast
Asia.
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66
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A Quiet
Hope
DS559.5
.Q53 |
1 videocassette (58
min.)
Seven Vietnam veterans recount their
experiences of
war, fear, pain and guilt.
Interspersed with
historical
documentary footage, home movies, and
vintage
music. The interviews conclude with
descriptions of
individual conversion
experiences and professions
of Christian
faith which have enabled these men
to come to
terms with the anguish of their
Vietnam
experience.
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67 |
Return to Ia
Drang Valley:
Young and the Brave
News
DS557.8
.I18 R478
|
1 videocassette (25
min.)
General Harold Moore comments on the Vietnam
War,
heroism and the scars of the
veterans.
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| 68 |
Richard
Nixon
E856 .N596
|
2 videocassettes (ca. 105
min.)
Richard Nixon's political career is portrayed
through his
own speeches and archival
footage.
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69 |
Rivers, Sea, and
Air: the Navy at War
DS558.7
.R594 |
1 videocassette (30
min.)
Filmed under fire by combat cameramen, this
video
shows fighter aircraft roaring off the carrier
decks
and pounding enemy positions, Marine assault
troops
scrambling off helicopters, plus the
dedicated
contribution of the river boat forces
and the
Seabees.
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| 70 |
Rolling Thunder
PN1997 .R644 |
1 videocassette (99 min.)
When Major
Charles Rane returns home to Texas,
he is
given a true hero's welcome. He and his friend
Johnny
Vohden have endured eight years of physical
and mental
torture in a POW camp. Charlie's big
homecoming
includes a Cadillac convertible and
a
couple of thousand dollars... and the news
that his
wife has fallen in love with another
man.
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71 |
A Rumor of
War
DS559.5 .R846
|
3 videocassettes (195
min.)
A tragic story of an American youth who is sent
to
Vietnam and later charged with the murder of
two
Vietnamese
civilians.
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| 72 |
The Siege
of Firebase Gloria
PN1997
.S495 |
1 videocassette (95
min.)
Dramatization of the epic heroism of a group
of
Marines and their defense of Firebase Gloria
against
overwhelming odds during the grisly Tet
Offensive,
Vietnam, 1968.
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Situation
Critical, U.S.S. Forrestal
DS558.8
.S588 |
1 videocassette (50
min.)
Documentary on the disaster that occurred
aboard
the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal off
the coast of North
Vietnam in
July, 1967. Includes actual film footage from
TV
cameras aboard the ship and voice recordings from
the
ship's PA system.
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| 74 |
Tank
DS558.85
.T355 |
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Filmed
under fire by combat cameramen, this is
the
heroic story of the armored and their valiant
role in
Vietnam.
|
|
75 |
Taxis of Conflict: the
Helicopter War
DS558.8
.T395
|
2 videocassettes (112
min.)
Assembled from military footage from Vietnam,
this
video examines how the helicopter became
the
difference in the day to day combat
arena.
|
| 76 |
Ultimate Sniper:
the Video
UD330
.U485 |
1 videocassette (ca. 90
min.)
John Plaster takes you into the woods and on to
the
range to teach you the lessons and tricks he
has
picked up in his years as a Special Forces
SOG recon
team leader and later as a sniping
instructor.
|
77 |
Vietnam: Phantoms of the Sky
DS558.8
.V536 |
1 videocassette (26
min.)
Compilation of documentary footage of United
States
aerial operations in Vietnam chronicling
the use of
the F-4 Phantom by the Air Force, Navy and
Marine Corps.
|
| 78 |
Vietnam: the
Marines' Story
DS558.7 .V5285
|
1
videocassette (52 min.)
A documentary of the U.S.
Marines' involvement in
the
Vietnam War.
|
|
79 |
Vietnam: Chronicle of a War
DS557.7
.V53 |
1 videocassette (89
min.)
Narrated by Walter Cronkite, with
correspondents:
Ed Bradley, Charles Collingwood,
Bruce Dunning,
Charles Kuralt, Dan Rather, Eric
Sevareid, Mike
Wallace. Drawing upon the
resources of the CBS
News Archives, this program
traces the history of
the devastating
conflict.
|
| 80 |
Vietnam: Land of
the Ascending Dragon
DS556.39 .V538 |
1 videocassette (54 min.)
Travel the Red
River Delta to Hanoi's broad
boulevards... Celebrate
the Hung King Festival,
marking Vietnam's
founding: Vietnam - a resilient land
of cherished
traditions reaching out to its
global
neighbors.
|
81 |
Vietnam: War in
the Jungle
DS557.7 .V5386
|
10 videocassettes (500
min.)
A video history of the Vietnam War. Includes
various
original films produced during the war
era.
|
| 82 |
Vietnam: The Hell Zone
DS557.7
.V537 |
1 videocassette 30
min.)
Compilation of documentary footage of United
States
military operations in Vietnam from
1965-1968
culminating in the
Tet Offensive.
|
|
83 |
Vietnam: A
Television History DS558 .V548 |
13 videocassettes (60 min.
each)
Narration and comments of the Vietnam War.
Tells how
the United States began disinvolving itself
from the
Vietnamese War by training the South
Vietnamese and
how U.S. withdrawal resulted in
hardships and
casualties for the Vietnamese
people.
|
| 84 |
Vietnam: the War at Home
DS559.62
.U6 V521 |
1 videocassette (ca. 100
min.)
The anti-war movement in America is
described,
concentrating on the political
activities of students at
the the University
of Wisconsin in Madison. Included is
television news
footage of events and people at that
time.
|
|
85 |
Vietnam: the Air
War DS588.8
.V534
|
1 videocassette (30
min.)
Compilation of Vietnam aerial combat footage
from
various Dept. of Defense films with
vignettes of Air
Force medal of honor winners at the
end.
|
| 86 |
Vietnam: the Air
War
DS588.8
.V534
|
1 videocassette (30
min.)
Compilation of Vietnam aerial combat footage
from
various Dept. of Defense films with
vignettes of Air
Force medal of honor winners at
the end.
|
87 |
Vietnam: the Battle of Khe
Sahn
DS557.8 .K5 V538
|
1 videocassette (30 min.)
Actual
Dept. of Defense footage of the fiercest battle
of
the Vietnam War.
|
| 88 |
Vietnam: the
Soldiers' Story
DS559.5 .V56 |
3 videocassettes (312 min.)
Vietnam: the
soldiers story returns to those battlefields
for
the intensely personal stories of the wars
pivotal
battles-recounted by the people who were
there.
|
|
89
|
Vietnam: Dixie
Station, Yankee Station;
Vietnam: A
Different Kind of War
V874.3 .V53 |
1 videocassette (55 min.)
In
Episode 11 we visit Vietnam and watch
as
operations Dagger Thrust and Rolling Thunder
unfold.
Episode 12 reveals an inside look at
modern aircraft
tactics. In Episode 13, we visit
the supercarriers of
tomorrow's arsenals. In these
floating cities, we see
the real impact of high
technology--with all its benefits
and
risks.
|
| 90 |
Vietnam. U.S. News
& World
Report
Special Presentation
UB433
.V538 pt.1 & 2
|
2 videocassettes (approx.
48 min. ea.)
The stories of men who earned America's
highest
tribute, the Medal of
Honor.
|
|
91 |
Vietnam: Air Power
In Action: Plus,
United States Air
Force in Vietnam
DS558.8 .V532
|
1 videocassette (60
min.)
Air power in action describes the evolution of
the air
war in Vietnam from 1964-1969. The U.S. Air
Force
in Vietnam chronicles the early US
buildup.
|
92 |
Vietnam: Air
Cavalry
DS558.4 .V532
|
1 videocassette (28 min.)
Features
scenes of the operations of the 1st
Air
Cavalry Division in Vietnam from
1965-1969.
|
| 93 |
Vietnam
Produced For the Office
of
the Chief of Information
by
the Army Pictorial Center
DS558
.V53 |
4 videocassettes (270 min.)
This set
chronicles the war in Vietnam as seen by
the
soldiers who fought it. Included are the
mission
chronicles of the 82nd Airborne, the 1st
and 4th
Infantry Divisions, the 11th
Armored Calvary, and
the Americal Division. Also
included is never before
seen footage of the Battle of
Khe Sanh and the
1968 Tet
Offensive.
|
|
94 |
Vietnam, A
Television History
DS557.7 .V537 |
7 videocassettes (780
min.)
A 13-part documentary program which follows
events
in Vietnam from the 1945 revolution against the
French
to the U.S. evacuation from Saigon in April
1975.
|
95 |
Vietnam Choppers
DS558.8
.V538
|
1 videocassette (45 min.)
Explores
the role helicopters play in the Vietnam
War.
|
| 96 |
Vietnam Heroes Video Recording
DS558.2 .V532 |
1 videocassette (42 min.)
Includes
interviews with winners of the Congressional
Medal
of Honor in Vietnam supplemented by combat
footage
and descriptions of the operations and actions
where
the medals were won.
|
97 |
Vietnam Home
Movies:
Front-line Artillery
& Infantry Action
DS559.5
.V53
|
1 videocassette (60
min.)
Portrays the stories of soldiers in Vietnam
through
their own 8mm
films.
|
|
98 |
Vietnam
Home Movies DS559.5 .V53
|
6 videocassettes (30 min.
ea.)
Amateur 8mm and 16mm footage with
unscripted
narration by the photographer are used to
tell the
personal stories of American soldiers who
served
in Vietnam.
|
| 99 |
Vietnam River
Rats
DS557
.A645 V5
|
1 videocassette (26
min.)
Focuses on the Navy's Mobile Riverine Forces
during
the Vietnam
War.
|
|
100 |
The
Vietnam Veteran Then and
Now
UB357 .V537 |
1 videocassette (ca. 60
min.)
Through individual interviews, Vietnam veterans
reveal
their reflections, readjustment problems, and
efforts
to cope with postwar America. Focuses
on
posttraumatic stress
disorders.
|
|
101
|
The Vietnam
War:
Helicopter
Door Gunners & U.S. Armor DS558.8 .V565 |
1 videocassette (60 min.)
A
compilation of two U.S. Army training films
from
1967. "Helicopter door gunners" (VTR no. 12)
depicts
door gunners training in Hawaii as well as
combat zone
life and helicopter operations in
Vietnam. "[U.S. armor]"
(VTR no. 14) describes a 1967
study of the terrain and
climate of Vietnam with
regard to suitability for
armored operations and
depicts U.S. armored
operations in Vietnam in
progress.
|
| 102 |
The Vietnam
War:
Helicopter
and Airmobility
DS558.8
.V53
|
1 videocassette (75 min.)
This four part
program includes a rescue mission to
save a downed
pilot, the Huey Gunship at war, the
101st
Airborne Division, and the Huey Cobra
(helicopter) in
action. Produced by Bell Helicopter.
|
103 |
The Vietnam
War:
Early Advisors, Special
Forces,
& the 1st Division
in Combat
DS557.7 .V5385 |
1 videocassette (60
min.)
Using live combat footage and reenactments,
this
video recounts the story of the early
advisors who
were sent to Vietnam in 1964, the
U.S. Special Forces
who took over and started to
work in the Central
Highlands with the
Montagnard strike teams, and the
1st Infantry
Division that spent 5 years in Vietnam in
one
major campaign after another from the Delta to
the 1968 Tet
Offensive until final withdrawal in
1970.
|
| 104 |
The Vietnam
War: A Descent Into Hell
DS558 .V557 |
3 videocassettes (120 min.)
This
documentary series traces the U.S.
involvement
in Vietnam from members of the U.S. SAS
fighting
with Ho Chi Mihn against the Japanese
in WWII,
through Lyndon Johnson's massive
escalation to
defeat Ho Chi Mihn's North
Vietnamese forces in 1963.
Includes interviews
with key U.S. and Vietnamese
military and
political operatives, as well as
recently
de-classified State Department
and White House
tapes and files that
highlight the internal
negotiations,
blunders, miscommunications, and
arrogance behind
years of fatal strategy that cost
3,000,000 Vietnamese
lives, 55,000 U.S. lives,
and at least one president,
his office. Interviews
are conducted with Robert
MacNamara, Gen.
John Vogt, Paul Kettenburg, Daniel
Ellsberg, Jack
Valenti, Robert Hillsman
and many
others.
|
105 |
The Vietnam
War with Walter Cronkite
DS557.7
.V543
|
11 videocassettes (ca. 60 min.
ea.)
Documentaries concerning various aspects of
the
Vietnam War.
|
| 106 |
The War
PN1997 .W37 |
1 videocassette (126 min.)
It's
Mississippi, the summer of 1970, and two
children
are determined to build the ultimate tree
house with
their friends, while their father, a newly
returned
Vietnam vet, has equally high hopes to rebuild
his
life.
|
|
107 |
War at
Home PN1997
.W373
|
1 videocassette (ca. 123
min.)
Estevez plays a returning Vietnam War hero
whose
haunting experiences leave him unable to adjust
to
the quiet reality of small
town.
|
| 108 |
Warriors
DS557.8 .D3 W37
|
1 videocassette (46
min.)
Dac To (Vietnam), Battle of,
1967.
|
|
109 |
Welcome
Home PN1997
.W453 |
1 videocassette (ca. 92
min.)
A U.S. Air Force pilot is shot down over
Cambodia
in 1970 and the U.S. Military
identifies a body and
sends it home for burial. The
pilot's family struggles
to rebuild their lives without
him. The Army would like
the pilot to remain a
dead hero. But now, 17 years
later after his family
buried him in a hero's grave, the
pilot shows up on
their doorstep-- alive.
|
| 110 |
Why Vietnam?
Plus, Know
Your Enemy: the Viet Cong
DS557.6 .W48 |
1 videocassette (60 min.)
Why Vietnam?
traces the history of American
involvement
in Vietnam from the French withdrawal
to the end of
1965. Pres. Johnson, Sec. of State
Rusk,
and Sec. of Defense McNamara explain U.S.
goals.
Know your enemy: the Viet Cong uses captured
Viet
Cong newsreel film to illustrate VC
operations, training,
and logistics. Included
are scenes from operations of
the 9th VC
Division and other newsreel reports from
Tay
Ninh province.
|
111 |
The Wild Ones:
the
Air Cavalry
in Vietnam
DS558.8 .W543
|
1 videocassette (50 min.)
The
story of the hunter-killer air-ground assault
force
that searched out and destroyed the enemy
in
Vietnam.
|
