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The First Vietnam war, 1946-1954
- Title
- The First Vietnam war, 1946-1954 [videorecording] / WGBH ... [et al.] ; written and produced by Judith Vecchione.
- Format
- Videocassette
- Series
- Vietnam, a television history ; no. 102
- Published/Produced
- 1984.
- Description
- 1 cassette (U-matic) (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 3/4 in.
- Credits
- Film editor, Eric W. Handley ; narrator, Will Lyman.
- Summary
- Recounts eight years of fighting between Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh forces and the French in Vietnam. Shows how the French, even with extensive financial aid from the United States, could not beat the Viet Minh. Examines the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu and subsequent withdrawal from their former Indochinese empire.
- Notes
- An authorized dub of the WGBH-TV program, originally broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service.
- Subject headings
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954. French--Indochina. Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam, 1954 Vietnam--History--1946-1954.
- Other contributors
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- Other titles
- Vietnam, a television history (Television program)