Ken Burns plans to preview ‘The Vietnam War’ on Wednesday, June 14, 9 a.m.

Award-winning filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and Retired Air Force Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, a Vietnam War veteran, plan to join National Press Club President Jeff Ballou at a Headliners event to preview “The Vietnam War” in the NPC’s First Amendment Lounge at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14.

The event is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge but registration is required. Click here to register.

Following screening of highlights from the film, President Ballou plans to moderate a discussion with Burns, Novick and McPeak.

“The Vietnam War” a new 10-part documentary film series airing in September 2017 on PBS stations nationwide. Over the course of 18 hours, Burns and Novick present a sweeping narrative that looks at the war from multiple perspectives -- American combat troops, family members of combatants, anti-war protesters and North and South Vietnamese civilians and fighters.