Curated Video
Book of condolences opened for McCain in Vietnamese capital
A book of condolences has been opened at the United States Embassy in Vietnam's capital Hanoi for those who wish to share their messages and pay respect to late Senator John McCain.
McCain died on Saturday at the age of 81...
Curated Video
Memorial symbolizes Vietnam-NKorea friendship
When the leaders of the United States and North Korea hold their second summit in Vietnam at the end of this month, it will be difficult to escape the long shadow of the Vietnam War.
Hearst Metrotone News
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson makes a speech concerning the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson makes a speech concerning the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
Hearst Metrotone News
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon talks about the Paris Peace Accords, as members of the committee sign the treaty on January, 23,1973.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon talks about the Paris Peace Accords, as members of the committee sign the treaty on January, 23,1973.
Khan Academy
US History Overview 3 - WWII to Vietnam
This video brings viewers up to modern history (1975) after taking them through WWII, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Although the timeline's format may seem straightforward, viewers will be engaged by the...
Khan Academy
Vietnam War, The 20th Century, World history
The history, context, and ramifications of the Vietnam War are the topics of this lecture, which details the roles of China, England, France, and the U.S. in the conflict. A timeline and map guide viewers through the events of the...
TED-Ed
The Infamous and Ingenious Ho Chi Minh Trail
The United States National Security Agency described it as one of "the great achievements in military engineering of the twentieth century. Support your classroom study of the Vietnam War with this brief but effective video, which...
Library of Congress
Loc: Experienceing War, Forever a Soldier
37 tales of servicemen and women who served our country in every major war from World War I through the current conflict in Iraq.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experencing War, Voices of War
Relates war through the eyes of 60 veterans and civilians caught up in the momentous conflicts of the 20th century.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Vietnam War: Stories From the Veterans History Project
Find many interviews with Vietnam veterans from the Veterans History Project. Some of the interviews are audio, many are video, and some include photos.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: The Limits of Power: The United States in Vietnam
Scholarly series of videos on the history of the United States in Vietnam gives students a glimpse into the basis of U.S. decision making and the shaping of foreign policy during the Vietnam War. [1:54]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Last Days in Vietnam: A Moral Dilemma
Video [6:11] about the last days in Vietnam when North Vietnamese were closing in on Siagon and the U.S. faced a dilemma about evaucating U.S. and South Vietnamese military personnel.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Last Days in Vietnam: The Embassy Evacuation
Video [2:30] describing the evacuation of South Vietnamese led by American Ambassador, Grahm Martin.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Last Days in Vietnam: Miki Nguyen's Story
Video [5:36] in which Miki Nguyen tells the story of how his family escaped by helicopter, the encroaching North Vietnamese, 1975. Provides support materials for teachers and students.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Big Picture: The Fight for Vietnam
Original footage [28:11] from U.S. Department of Defense documents activities of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy and their combined effort to help stamp out the threat of communism in South Vietnam.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Vietnam War
This video is a comprehensive lesson on the Vietnam War including the causes and effects on our country. Narrated by Sal Khan who utilizes pictures and graphics to teach this lesson in an engaging fashion. [17:41]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Listening to My Father
A touching story from a son of a Vietnam vet. Content gives an inside look at a family that had to deal with the day to day toll of a war.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Gulf of Tonkin's Phantom Attack
NPR considers the incidents and reporting surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident forty years after the actual event, a military encounter at sea that escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
PBS
American Experience: My Lai
The documentary [01:30:00], My Lai, examines the massacre of the village people in the Village of My Lai, Vietnam in 1968 by a company of American Soldiers. It poses the question, "Were they "just following orders" as some later...
PBS
Open Vault: Wgbh Media Library and Archives
Ever-expanding archive of historically significant video, audio, images, and transcripts produced by public educational television and radio broadcaster WGBH. Search for primary sources to support and inform studies in history, the arts...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Talbott on United States, Russia, and China
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States stabilized Soviet relations and improved relations with China. [8:13]
American Public Media
American Public Media: American Radio Works: President Calling: Richard M. Nixon
Radio documentary project about three presidents who secretly tape-recorded their telephone conversations includes a selection of Nixon's White House tapes. Listen to excerpts from Nixon's conversations concerning the appointment of...
University of South Florida
The Vietnam War: Oral Histories
A variety of people involved in the Vietnam War recall their experiences in personal videos accounts. These oral histories provide a fascinating look at the American involvement during the war.