Instructional Video1:00
One Minute History

Ho Chi Minh and the rise of Vietnam - World War II - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
During World War II, the Japanese invade the French colony of Vietnam. Supported by the American Office of Strategic Services, now the CIA, Ho Chi Minh leads a band of resistance fighters known as the Viet Minh. Ho makes a deal with OSS...
Instructional Video13:56
Professor Dave Explains

Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 – 1961)

12th - Higher Ed
Dwight Eisenhower was the first military hero to become president since Ulysses Grant nearly a century earlier. But the post WWII era was much different from the post Civil War era. The military-industrial complex was taking shape, and...
Instructional Video13:19
John D Ruddy

Vietnam War in 13 Minutes

12th - Higher Ed
An animated video outlining the basic narrative of the Vietnam War, going from colonial French Indochina, through its war against the United States and beyond, and how this conflict slotted into the events of the Cold War.
News Clip1:49
Sherman Grinberg Film Library

French hostages released from Viet Minh captivity in 1951

Higher Ed
VS aid workers (both European and Indochinese) with French hostages recently released after five years of captivity under the Viet Minh / Indochinese woman walks arm in arm with dazed-looking hostage / woman sobs / aid worker offers a...