Special Collections

Stories of East and South East Asia

The Stories of East and Southeast Asia collection consists of historical documentary series and programs produced by WGBH producers and independent filmmakers producing for public television. The earliest programs were broadcast in 1970 but the bulk of the collection is from 1989 -2014. These programs allowed American public television viewers - in many cases, for the first time - to explore historical events and see visual images of life in the countries of China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Tibet. The collection includes a wealth of original interviews, outtakes, and archival footage.

African American's Journal, An: Inside North Korea
American Experience; Last Days in Vietnam
American Experience; Daughter From Danang
American Experience; Victory in the Pacific, Part 1 of 2
American Experience; Victory in the Pacific, Part 2 of 2
American Game, Japanese Rules
Armed Truce
Arrogant Display of Strength, An
Asia Rising, 1951
Bataan Rescue
Battle for Minds, The
... and 58 more, continuing below.
Born Under the Red Flag (1976-1997): Surviving Mao Born under the Red Flag (1976-1997): The New Generation China After Tiananmen China Goes Communist China In Revolution: Battle for Survival, 1911-1936 China In Revolution: Fighting for the Future, 1936-1949 China In The Red China's Only Child Chinese Affair, A Chinese Way, The Coming from Japan Course of Our Times, The; Japan And The Atomic Bomb Course of Our Times, The; Mao Tse-tung Remakes China Dangerous Straits Dreams of Tibet Enterprise; Colonel Goes to Japan, The Entirely New War, An Forgotten Warriors: Blacks In The Korean War FRONTLINE / WORLD; Asia and Africa: Living On The Edge; India: Design Like You Give A Damn; Jesus In China FRONTLINE / WORLD; Nigeria: The Road North; North Korea: Suspicious Minds; Iceland: The Future of Sound FRONTLINE; From China with Love FRONTLINE; Gate of Heavenly Peace, The FRONTLINE; Money and March Madness; Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei FRONTLINE; Tank Man, The Gate of Heavenly Peace, The Great Leap, 1965 Holy Growth Hong Kong: The Arrival of Boat 845 India: The Sex Workers; Mexico: A Death In The Desert; China: Shanghai Nights
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Iraq: Reporting The War; Sudan: The Quick and the Terrible; China Silenced Japan After the American Interlude Japan After World War II Japan's American Genius Kim's Nuclear Gamble Long Wait of the Dragon, The Losing the War with Japan Many Roads to War Mao Years, The : It's Right to Rebel, 1960-1976 Mao Years, The: Catch the Stars and Moon, 1949-1960 Mysterious Mummies of China North Korea NOVA; Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian, The NOVA; Eyes Over China NOVA; First Flower Nuclear Aftershocks Pakistan: Children of the Taliban; South Korea: The Most Wired Place on Earth Postcards from Buster; Buster In Beijing Red Flag Over Tibet Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler; Shikoku Secrets Of The Samurai Sword Survivors There Is No Substitute for Victory Tug of War: The Story of Taiwan Venezuela: A Nation On Edge; India: Starring Osama bin Laden; Hong Kong: Chasing The Virus Vietnam: Thirty Months After the Thirty Year War Young And Restless In China Zimbabwe: Shadows and Lies; Mexico: A Death In The Desert; China: The Women s Kingdom