For those who are interested in the history of the Vietnam War, here´s the first part of a 6-part-documentary called "Vietnam in HD". Haven´t watched it yet, but I´ll change that in the coming days. It´s not like I really wanted to learn for exams, anyways. 
Thanks again for recommending this. Quality doc. The presentation is very well done, with only people who were there talking about it, augmented by never before seen/newly found and/or restored footage.
This war has been almost overdone in the media and I myself have seen my share of documentaries and movies about it. So I was kind of surprised how this
Vietnam: in HD immediately sucked me in. It tells a coherent, chronological story of the war. Watched it all in 2 sessions and I learned a lot of new stuff. Impressive, gut wrenching and heartbreaking at the same time, with excellent editing.
Like Homer said, it is firmly from the US point of view but in this case that can be linked to the purpose of this series: it's about presenting new footage in HD and I don't believe the NVA or VC could busy themselves with shooting a lot of homemovies back then.
The doc does give as much of a balanced view as possible though. Nowhere is the war being glorified or "patriotized", it's purely about the men in the field and what they had to deal with (be it fanatic jungle warriors or faulty politics from the homefront).
So recommended for sure. Not just for Vietnam-interestees, but also as a document about, in retrospect, a really weird time for humanity. Plus, with today's involvement in Afghanistan and Irak it's hella topical still, cuz the US (and to lesser extent its allies) seem to be making the same exact mistakes they did in Vietnam.
Funny sidenote: I started watching this series the night after I had finished Dexter season 6. I put on the the first episode, turn around to walk to the couch and suddenly I hear
that voice again, telling me about the graphic nature of the images and such. Turns out Michael C. Hall was voice-overing this doc as well.
