The world at war [videorecording] / Thames ; Fremantle Media ; The History Channel ; directed by Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932-; Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.; Junge, Gertraud.; Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976.; Hiss, Alger.; A & E Home Video (Firm); New Video Group.
2004
D743.23. W67 2004
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Title The world at war [videorecording] / Thames ; Fremantle Media ; The History Channel ; directed by Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
Uniform Title World at war (Television program)
ISBN 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)
Imprint New York : A & E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, 2004.
Language English
Description 11 videodiscs (ca. 1194 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers 733961713749
Call Number D743.23. W67 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.53
Distributor No. AAE-71374-71385 A & E Home Video
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 prespective 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.
Note Originally broadcast as a television special in 1974.
Special features: the making of 'The world at war'; bonus documentary: "Secretary of Hitler"; documentary "The two deaths of Adolf Hitler"; documentary "Warrior"; documentary "Hitler's Germany: 1932-1939"; documentary "Hitler's Germany: 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.
Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Added Author Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932-
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Junge, Gertraud.
Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976.
Hiss, Alger.
Added Corporate Author A & E Home Video (Firm)
New Video Group.
Holdings v.1-v.11
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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v. 1 A new Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; The 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: Itlay 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. The bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember
v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; The two deaths of Adolf Hilter
v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace
v. 10. The final solution pt.1-pt.2
v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war.

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