How Vietnam Was Lost

[dipsydoodle]

Watched very good, but extremely sad, film on BBC2 late last night with the above title. Already shown in the USA on PBS under the different name of Two days in October
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/vietnam.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/filmmore/index.html
The film has excellent newsreel footage of both Vietnam, Vets, and the student protests in Madison WI . See : http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1048

Tonight, for anyone in the UK, BBC2 are showing Sir, No Sir ! - The GI Revolt at 11.20pm.
"The story of how active-duty American GIs, in their thousands, created a massive, unprecedented movement against the war in Vietnam that could not be stopped."

As this is described as the second of a series of similar films in the Storyville season I guess others will follow either on BB2 , BBC4 or naybe both on differnt nights. So - keep an eye open.

[izzie]

1. I think the Fr. knew it was lost before we got there.

All of that part of Asia was lost to the imperial powers that were trying to rule them even before the Japanese took over. It was just a matter of time before the people would want to rule them self. We of all people should have known that.