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The Vietnam War

2017 documentary television series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about the Vietnam War
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The Vietnam War

Summary

The Vietnam War is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,235 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Vietnam War's instance of is recorded as television series[3].
  • The Vietnam War was directed by Ken Burns[4].
  • The Vietnam War was directed by Lynn Novick[5].
  • Geoffrey Ward wrote the screenplay for The Vietnam War[6].
  • The Vietnam War's composer is recorded as Trent Reznor[7].
  • The Vietnam War's composer is recorded as Atticus Ross[8].
  • The Vietnam War's genre is documentary film[9].
  • The Vietnam War was produced by WETA-TV[10].
  • The original language of The Vietnam War was English[11].
  • The Vietnam War was distributed by video on demand[12].
  • The Vietnam War's original broadcaster is recorded as PBS[13].
  • The Vietnam War's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • The Vietnam War began on September 17, 2017[15].
  • The Vietnam War ended on September 28, 2017[16].
  • The Vietnam War's distributed by is recorded as PBS[17].
  • The Vietnam War's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[18].
  • The Vietnam War's official website is recorded as https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/[19].
  • The Vietnam War's official website is recorded as https://www.pbs.org/show/vietnam-war/[20].
  • The Vietnam War's main subject is Vietnam War[21].
  • The Vietnam War's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[22].
  • The Vietnam War's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Vietnam War'}[23].
  • The Vietnam War's number of seasons is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • The Vietnam War's narrator is recorded as Peter Coyote[25].
  • The Vietnam War's Kijkwijzer rating is recorded as 16[26].
  • The Vietnam War's budget is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+30000000'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation, Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 2017-09-15[30]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, contemporary folk, folk rock, pop, psychedelic rock, rock, soul[31]

  • Community tags: blues rock, contemporary folk, folk rock, pop, psychedelic rock, rock, soul, vietnam[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 00b0d92e-38ae-4880-8111-1f926d2460af[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Vietnam War was produced by WETA-TV[10]. Directors include Ken Burns[4] and Lynn Novick[5]. Geoffrey Ward wrote the screenplay for it[6].

Publication

The original language of The Vietnam War was English[11]. Its genre is documentary film[9]. It was distributed by video on demand[12].

Subject and Themes

The Vietnam War's main subject is Vietnam War[21].

Why It Matters

The Vietnam War ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,235 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Related Entities

Ken Burns Netflix Peter Coyote Trent Reznor United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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