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Series telling the epic story of the Vietnam War.

Ten years in the making, this immersive series tells the epic story of the Vietnam War, bringing the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life.

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Ken Burns

Lynn Novick

Geoffrey C Ward

Sarah Botstein

The Vietnam War: Series 1: Episode 10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)

The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)

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Episode 10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)

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While Watergate forces Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese savage one another in a civil war.

Series telling the story of the Vietnam War. While Watergate forces Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another.

While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans' attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the South, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation.

The Vietnam War: Series 1

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