Summary
Documenting the history and drama of WWII.Contents
vol. 1. The Battle of Midway / photographed by the U.S. Navy ; The Memphis Belle : a story of a flying fortress / the War Department presents ; photographed by the U.S. 8th Air Force photographers and combat crew members ; produced in cooperation with the Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit ; Report from the Aleutians / the War Department presents ; produced by U.S. Army Signal Corps ; [directed by John Huston] ; Eyewitness to war : the liberation of France / host, Dale Reedvol. 2. The fighting lady / a Louis De Rochemont production ; photographed by the United States Navy under the supervision of Edward J. Steichen ; narration written by John Stuart Martin and Eugene Ling ; narrator, Robert Taylor The 6th Marine Division at Okinawa / U.S. Marine Corps presents ; recorded by the [6th Marine] Division's combat photographers The last bomb ; the War Department presents ; photographed by Army Air Forces Combat Camera Units and special personnel of the AAF Motion Picture Unit.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Memphis Belle (B-17 bomber)
United States. -- Army -- Military life. United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Marine Division, 6th. World War, 1939-1945 -- History. Midway, Battle of, 1942. World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands (Alaska) World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- North Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Aerial operations, Allied. War correspondents. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. Aircraft carriers -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan. Atomic bomb -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi. Documentary films. War films. Nonfiction films. |
| Publisher | Eugene, OR :Timeless Media Group,2013 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | World War II in color World War Two in color |
| Contributors |
Ford, John,
1894-1973, director. Wyler, William, 1902-1981, director. Huston, John, 1906-1987, director. Reed, Dale, host. Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973, director. Martin, John Stuart, 1900-1977 screenwriter. Ling, Eugene, screenwriter. Taylor, Robert, 1911-1969, narrator. Dastar Corp. Timeless Media Group. United States. Navy. United States. War Department. United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th. United States. Army Air Forces. Motion Picture Unit, 1st. United States. Army. Signal Corps. Louis De Rochemont Associates. United States. Marine Corps. United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 6th. United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit. |
| Audience |
"NR, not rated." |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Title from sequence preceding menu screen. "Including William Wyler's 'Memphis Bette' and John Ford's classic 'The Battle of Midway'"--Container. Program content: c2005. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region, worldwide; full screen presentation; single layer; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 290 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |