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The world at war [videorecording] / Thames ; Fremantle Media ; The History Channel ; directed by Sir Jeremy Isaacs.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AAE-71374-71385 | A & E Home VideoPublication details: New York : A & E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, 2004.Description: 11 videodiscs (ca. 22 hrs., 37 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. in case 20 x 14 x 8 cmISBN:
  • 0767065751 (set)
  • 076706576X (v. 1)
  • 0767065778 (v. 2)
  • 0767065786 (v. 3)
  • 0767065794 (v. 4)
  • 0767065808 (v. 5)
  • 0767065816 (v. 6)
  • 0767065824 (v .7)
  • 0767065832 (v. 8)
  • 0767065840 (v. 9)
  • 0767065859 (v. 10)
  • 0767065867 (v. 11)
  • 9780767065757 (set)
  • 9780767065764 (v. 1)
  • 9780767065771 (v. 2)
  • 9780767065788 (v. 3)
  • 9780767065795 (v. 4)
  • 9780767065801 (v. 5)
  • 9780767065818 (v. 6)
  • 9780767065825 (v .7)
  • 9780767065832 (v. 8)
  • 9780767065849 (v. 9)
  • 9780767065856 (v. 10)
  • 9780767065863 (v. 11)
Uniform titles:
  • World at war (Television program)
Subject(s):
Contents:
v. 1 New Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; Making of the series -- v. 2. Alone: May 1940-May 1941 ; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 ; Banzai!: Japan 1931-1942 ; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 -- v. 3. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 ; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943 -- v. 4. Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough old gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires: Britain 1940-1944 -- v. 5. Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 ; Morning: June-August 1944 ; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 -- v. 6. Genocide: 1941-1945 ; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan: 1941-45 ; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 -- v. 7. Bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember -- v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; y Two deaths of Adolf Hitler -- v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace -- v. 10. Final solution pt.1-pt.2 -- v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war.
Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss.Summary: An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable experience.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD 940.53 W927 Part 1 Available 33111006941070
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD 940.53 W927 Part 2 Available 33111006941138
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The most influential documentary ever filmed on military conflict, this incomparable remembrance of World War II includes rare interviews with veterans and survivors, archival footage collected from 18 nations, and narration by Sir Laurence Olivier.

Originally broadcast as a television special in 1974.

Special features: the making of 'The world at war'; bonus documentary: "Secretary to Hitler"; documentary "The two deaths of Adolf Hitler"; documentary "Warrior"; documentary "Hitler's Germany: The people's community 1932-1939"; documentary "Hitler's Germany: Total war 1939-1945"; documentary "The final solution"; documentary "From war to peace"; 30th anniversary feature-length retrospective film; biographies; timeline; gallery of photos from the Imperial War Museum collection.

v. 1 New Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; Making of the series -- v. 2. Alone: May 1940-May 1941 ; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 ; Banzai!: Japan 1931-1942 ; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 -- v. 3. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 ; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943 -- v. 4. Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough old gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires: Britain 1940-1944 -- v. 5. Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 ; Morning: June-August 1944 ; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 -- v. 6. Genocide: 1941-1945 ; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan: 1941-45 ; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 -- v. 7. Bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember -- v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; y Two deaths of Adolf Hitler -- v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace -- v. 10. Final solution pt.1-pt.2 -- v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war.

Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss.

An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable experience.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

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