Released in 1965, "Why Vietnam?" was produced by the U.S. Department of Defense to aid public acceptance of the Vietnam War and to indoctrinate Vietnam-bound draftees. Structured in the rhetorical tradition of the "Why We Fight" films, it draws historical parallels to World War II, depicts U.S. military activity in Vietnam, and presents official interpretations of the conflict’s origins. Later criticism by historians highlighted the film’s selective use of evidence and its distortion of key historical facts, revelations that were further underscored by disclosures in the Pentagon Papers.
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (as Lyndon Johnson)
Robert McNamara
Self
Dean Rusk
Self
James Arness
Narrator
A Plastic Ocean75%
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
Night Will Fall76%
180° South72%
McQueen74%
Sherman's March67%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Bitter Lake75%
Sidney70%
Tabloid64%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Naqoyqatsi61%
Report61%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
The Making of Star Wars70%
Fuck64%
Wick Is Pain74%
My Mom Jayne79%
Above Majestic73%
