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Inside The Vietnam War

2008 · 1 season

A sober, first-person descent into combat, heavy with dread and grief, asking you to sit with soldiers' raw testimony.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Bill Gay, Ngô Đình Diệm
Overview
The Vietnam War is told from start to finish as a first person military chronicle, through the raw, horrifying war as experienced by the men who fought it, believing they were there to win.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Bill Gay, Ngô Đình Diệm
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • violence
  • survival
  • trauma
  • death
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action5
Horror5
Humour0
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Bill Gay, Ngô Đình Diệm
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes
Network
National Geographic
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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