Perilous fight America's World War II in color

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Title:

Author:

Palmer, Greg.

Edition:

[DVD version].

Publication Information:

[Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video : Warner Home Video, [2003]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"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."

General Note:

DVD release of the television series.

Special features: excerpts from four original World War II documentaries including a Pearl Harbor re-enactment and "The Battle of Midway" by John Ford; "Meet the Enemy" and "The last bomb".

For specific features see interactive menu.

Language:

English

Contents:

Infamy -- Battlefronts -- Wrath -- Triumph.

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- History.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.

Midway, Battle of, 1942.

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.