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The Perilous fight : America's World War II in color
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- Summary
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This DVD brings America's wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life. The series combines original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries a...
This DVD brings America's wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life. The series combines original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries and letters written by people who were part of an unforgettable period of history.
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- Creator
- co-production of TWI, Carlton and KCTS/Seattle ; producers, Greg Palmer, Scott Pearson ; series producer, Martin Smith
- Included Titles
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- Infamy
- Battlefronts
- Wrath
- Triumph
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Alexandria, VA] : PBS DVD Video : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 9780780641396, 0780641396
- OCLC
- ocm51882171
- Credits
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- Editors, Shelagh Brady, Gale Franko, Stephen Moore, Cleven Ticeson ; original music by Chris Elliott ; narrator, Martin Sheen
- DVD release of the television series originally broadcast in 2003, c2002.
- Special features: excerpts from four original World War II documentaries including a Pearl Harbor re-enactment and "The Battle of Midway" by John Ford, and from "Meet the Enemy" and "The last bomb."
- Companion website available.
- DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby surround stereo.
- Closed-captioned.
- Infamy: 1919-1942 / written & produced by Martin Smith -- Battlefronts: 1942-1944 / written & produced by Scott Pearson -- Wrath: D-Day to VE-Day / written & produced by Greg Palmer -- Triumph: The Pacific 1943-1945 / written & produced by Martin Smith