Title:
Crusade in the Pacific
Author:
Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon.
Publication Information:
St. Laurent, Quebec : Distributed by Madacy Entertainment Group, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
5 videodiscs (approximately 10 hr.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
This documentary covers the entire saga of World War II in the Pacific theatre, utilizing film footage shot by cameramen on both sides of the War.
General Note:
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.
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
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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.
ISBN:
9780778605959
9780778621201
9780778605966
9780778605973
9780778605980
9780778605997
9780778606000
UPC:
628261000593
056775059590
Format :
DVD
