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American Experience S9E17 — Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos

American Experience•Season 9•Episode 17

Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos

Jul 7, 199755 min

America's involvement in—and secret bombing of—Cambodia and Laos are chronicled as "Vietnam: A Television History" continues. After the bombing halt in August 1973, the Communist Khmer Rouge advanced on the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and finally, in April 1975, the city fell.

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Episode Summary

"Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos" is episode 17 of American Experience season 9. It aired on July 7, 1997.

Next: E18 · Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand Best of Season 9