Hearts and Minds
DocumentaryWar
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
Cast
Clark CliffordSelf - Aide to President Truman 1946-50John Foster DullesSelf (archive footage)Georges BidaultSelf - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)George CokerSelf - Prisoner of War 1966-73Walt RostowSelf - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, JohnsonJ. William FulbrightSelf - SenatorRandy FloydSelf - Former Navy CaptainCharles HoeySelf - U.S. Air Force, SaigonJerry HolterSelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)George CokerSelf - Prisoner of War 1966-73Walt RostowSelf - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, JohnsonJ. William FulbrightSelf - SenatorRandy FloydSelf - Former Navy CaptainCharles HoeySelf - U.S. Air Force, SaigonJerry HolterSelf - U.S. Air Force, SaigonJ. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
