Synopsis
Panorama reports on the Vietnam War.
- Programme: Panorama
- Series: 1966
- Episode: Vietnam: Journal of a War
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 1966
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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