Two Days In October (2005)

  
Format:  Two Days In October DVD 
 
 
This haunting, riveting program from the "American Experience" series adapts David Maraniss' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "They Marched Into Sunlight" into a gripping program that chronicles two fateful days in October, 1967. As the Black Lions battalion engaged the Viet Cong in a fateful battle, a protest against Dow Chemical held at the University of Wisconsin brought students and teachers into frightening opposition. 90 min. Soundtrack: English; bonus footage; deleted scenes.
 
SKU: D44265
$29.99
Category:
Documentary
Color:
Color
Closed Captioned:
 Yes
 

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