The series was released on videocassette format by embassy and won a national education association award for best. British audiences saw the series during channel 4s 198485 season. The thousand days war was a civil war fought in colombia between the years of 1899 and 1902. At bletchley park, the main site in britain where enigma codes were deciphered, six thousand messages were decoded every day by a staff of ten thousand men and women. Released five years after tools critically acclaimed 2001 album, lateralus, 10,000 days debuted at no. Ford, grumman, general motors and the arsenal of democracy 1. Roosevelts fireside chat of 29 december 1940, he defended his decision to materially support great britains war against the axis, intoning, we must be the great arsenal of democracy. Veteran foreign correspondent michael maclear created this series, which covers three decades of conflict. Many of the messages were inconsequential, but more than a few were critical to the outcome of the war. The series was released on videocassette format by embassy and won a national education association award for best world documentary. During the bombing campaign, where the us drops four times as many bombs as it dropped during the entirety. The ninth volume of the ten thousand day war covers north vietnamese society at war. The book is definitely fascinating and was written after the war ended, giving it a retrospective feel. The documentary series was consolidated into hourlong episodes for american television syndication.
And on that day when my strength is failing the end draws near and my time has come still, my soul will sing your praise unending ten thousand years and then forevermore forevermore chorus bless the lord, o my soul, o my soul worship his holy name sing like never before, o my soul ill worship your holy name bless the lord, o my soul, o my soul. The thousanddays war the name thousand days war was because it lasted 1. The basic conflict behind the war was the conflict between liberals and conservatives, so it was an ideological war as opposed to a regional one, and it. Made for canadian television in 1980 and later syndicated to american stations, vietnam. Thus the us had joined what is today a tencentury war between europeans and muslims. If the tenthousand day war started on a wednesday, on. The real story behind the longest, most controversial war in modern history. The ten thousand day war is a very straightforward, to a fault, 26episode series that covers key events of the nearly 20 year conflict in 25minute installments. It was conceived by michael maclear, a canadian broadcast journalist and film maker, who had spent some time in north vietnam during the war. The series aired in canada on cbc television, in the united states and in the united kingdom on channel 4. The ten thousand day war, a 26part canadian television documentary on the vietnam war, was produced in 1980 by michael maclear. The ten thousand day war, a 26part halfhour canadian television documentary on the vietnam war, and was produced in 1980 by michael maclear. Being at war for 30 years, the people of the north develop a guerrilla society. The tenthousand day war is a comprehensive, balanced look at the vietnam war, tracing the entire course of the conflict, from the closing days of world war ii to the fall of saigon in 1975.
Thats the name of a 1980 documentary series about vietnam. Download vietnam the ten thousand day war 1980, complete torrent or any other torrent from category. Everyone is a combatant and a member of the army or the citizen militia. The ten thousand day war is the best book on the subject i have ever read. The ten thousand day war complete part tv documentary series on the vietnam war. Michael maclear 1929 december 25, 2018 was an awardwinning anglo canadian. The ten thousand day war is an almost twelvehour documentary about the history of vietnam from the end of. Like charlton and moncrieffs many reasons why 1979, maclears documentary history of the vietnam war is based on interviews and statements by participants, and taken from a tv series.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Hampton roads naval museum makes final preparations prior to. Original cinematography edward higginson film editors raymond belanger, oliver manton, richard unruh, robert wylam original music cameron hawkins, pete pedersen writer and interviewer peter. At bletchley park, the main site in britain where enigma. It was a political war, not a war to defend the nation or a region, and it divided. Vietnam war dvds, mp4 video downloads, mpg videos on. Maclear visited vietnam during the production of the series and had access to film material there. Thousand day war war of a thousand days 18991902 colombia was wracked by civil wars between partisans of the liberal and conservative parties in the 19th century, generally without. Indochinese war, 19461954, vietnam war, 19611975, vietnamese conflict, 19611975. Vietnam the ten thousand day war 03 of days of decision l. Commemorating this, the marine corps hymn famously contains the words to the shores of tripoli, in libya, a reference to the barbary wars.
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