Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite — Season 1, Episode 8: Fire from the Sky
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
This eye opening program is the story of the men and machines that dominated the air over Southeast Asia for ten years. Watch as the helicopter comes of age as a weapon and shares the sky with the screaming jet fighters. Follow a bombing mission over North Vietnam from the pre-flight briefing all the way to the target.
About Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
For decades the war in Vietnam was the central drama on the stage of Southeast Asia. It was an intensely publicized war, the first television war that came roaring into the living rooms of America every night. Walter Cronkite tells the story of the long and divisive conflict as seen through the eyes of CBS News.