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Crusade in the Pacific
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- Summary
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This documentary series covers the entire saga of World War II in the Pacific theatre, utilizing film footage shot by cameramen on both sides of the War.
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- Creator
- [presented by] Madacy Entertainment Group ; producer, Arthur B. Tourtellot
- Included Titles
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- Rise of the Japanese empire
- America goes to war in the Pacific
- U.S. and the Philippines
- Navy holds - 1942
- Guadalcanal: America's first offensive
- War in the north: the Aleutians
- Road back: New Guinea
- Up the Solomons' Ladder: Bougainville
- Attack in the Central Pacific
- War at sea
- Speeding up the attack: the Marshalls
- Stepping stones to the Philippines
- Battle for the Marianas
- War in the China-Burma-India theater
- Palau: the fight for Bloody Nose Ridge
- MacArthur returns to the Philippines
- Bloody Iwo
- At Japan's doorstep: Okinawa
- Air war on Japan
- Surrender and occupation of Japan
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- St. Laurent, Quebec : Distributed by Madacy Entertainment Group, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- 5 videodiscs (approximately 120 min. each) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0778605957, 9780778605959, 0778621200, 9780778621201, 0778605965, 9780778605966, 0778605973, 9780778605973, 0778605981, 9780778605980, 077860599X, 9780778605997, 0778606007, 9780778606000
- OCLC
- ocm45495698
- Credits
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- Film editing and compilation, Jack Bush ... [et al.] ; narrator, Westbrook Van Voorhis ; research, Jane Bartels, Allen Dibble, Isabella Kohn
- Videodisc release of the compilation.
- Film sources: U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Australian Government Information Service, British Information Service, New Zealand Army, Netherlands Information Service, March of Time, Newsreel Pool, captured Japanese film from U.S. National Archives and Office of Alien Property.
- DVD.
- Disc 1. The rise of the Japanese empire ; America goes to war in the Pacific ; The U.S. and the Philippines ; The Navy holds,1942 -- Disc 2. Guadalcanal: America's first offensive ; War in the north: the Aleutians ; The road back: New Guinea ; Up the Solomons' ladder: Bougainville -- Disc 3. Attack in the Central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa ; The war at sea ; Speeding up the attack: the Marshalls ; Stepping stones to the Philippines -- Disc 4. Battle for the Marianas ; The war in the China-Burma-India theater ; Palau: the fight for Bloody Nose Ridge ; MacArthur returns to the Philippines -- Disc 5. Bloody Iwo ; At Japan's doorstep: Okinawa ; The air war on Japan ; The surrender and occupation of Japan