Dawn Lights The Truth

A young filmmaker accompanies his grandfather– a veteran of the Vietnam War– to Fairbanks, to dedicate his unit flag to a new generation of helicopter pilots.

Runtime

30m

Cast

Emmanuel Day Beatty, Donald Beatty, Captain Stephen Cleppe

During the Vietnam War, Brian Anderson, a young Army medic, is stationed in Saigon. Initially apathetic and self-serving, he eventually has his heart won over by the children at a nearby orphanage where he does volunteer work. At first, a doctor named Katherine Cross has to persuade him to help the children. But soon, Brian willingly p...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Peter Werner

Cast

Dennis Christopher, Susan Saint James, Roger Aaron Brown

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. ...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Peter Markle

Cast

Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier

After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Wim Wenders, Edward McGurn

Cast

Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub