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The Vietnam War: Things Fall Apart (January-June 1968) (2017)
Why use God save the queen in your documentary?
A very short review from my side, more some sort of comment.
I think this was yet another great episode of the documentary which shows a lot of the real emotions, pride and humiliation, from both sides. Absolutely great editing with every section ending with an image or statement that gives you something to think about. And a really good chronological buildup of events to show the viewer what was going on and what was the decision making at that time.
There's only one thing I really don't understand, and I would like to ask Ken Burns personally. Why did you use an acoustic piano version of "God save the queen" ( the English national anthem) in this episode (and an earlier episode also but I can't recall which one.). The music is especially striking since it is in the scene in which Captain (army surgeon) Hal Kushner tell about the "celebtration" of the fourth of july in a POW camp. It's kind of odd to choose that music, isn't it?
I'm not an native English speaker (I'm dutch) so please excuse me for my language errors.