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"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 participant...

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Corporate Authors: Thames Television, Ltd, Imperial War Museum (Great Britain), A & E Home Video (Firm), New Video Group
Other Authors: Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932- (Producer, Screenwriter), Raggett, Hugh (Director), Ascherson, Neal (Screenwriter), Elstein, David (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Thompson, Laurence (Screenwriter), Batty, Peter (Screenwriter, Producer), Tiffin, Peter (Director), Kuehl, Jerome (Screenwriter, Producer), Darlow, Michael, 1934- (Producer, Director), Childs, Ted (Director, Producer), Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Joseph Percival W.), 1908-1980 (Screenwriter), Douglas-Home, Charles, 1937- (Screenwriter), Shephard, Ben, 1948- (Producer), Wheeler, David, 1927-2011 (Screenwriter), Pett, John, producer/director (Producer, Director), Williams, John (Screenwriter), Whitehead, Phillip (Producer), Calder, Angus (Screenwriter), Bloomberg, Charles, -1985 (Screenwriter), Hood, Stuart, 1915-2011 (Screenwriter), Browne, Courtney, 1915- (Screenwriter), Farr, Raye (Producer), Afriat, Alan, 1935- (Producer), Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 (Narrator), Porter, Eric, 1928-1995 (Narrator)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: New York : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2004]
Series:Jewish heritage video collection.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Africa, North.
Germany > History > 1933-1945.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.
Genocide.
Japan > History > 1926-1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
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Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. (205 min.) New Germany 1933-39 / directed by Hugh Ragget; written by Neal Ascherson; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 / produced and directed by David Elstein; written by Laurence Thompson; France falls: May-June 1940 / written & produced by Peter Batty; The world at war: the making of the series / Thames Television ; director, Peter Tiffin (ca. 48 min. ; 1989)
  • v. 2. (210 min.) Alone: May 1940-May 1941 / produced & directed by David Elstein; written by Laurence Thompson; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 / written & produced by Peter Batty; Banzai!: Japan 1931-1942 / written & produced by Peter Batty; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 / written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 3. (210 min.) Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 / written & produced by Peter Batty; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 / directed by Hugh Raggett; written by Jerome Kuehl; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 / produced & directed by Ted Childs; written by J.P.W. Mallalieu; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943 / produced & directed by Martin Smith; written by Neal Ascherson
  • v. 4. (209 min.) Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 / produced & directed by Ted Childs; written by Charles Douglas Home; Tough old gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944 / produced by Ben Shephard; written by David Wheeler; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 / produced & directed by John Pett; written by John Williams Home fires: Britain 1940-1944 / produced by Phillip Whitehead; written by Angus Calder-- v. 5. (210 min.) Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 / produced by Phillip Whitehead; written by Neal Ascherson; Morning: June-August 1944 / produced & directed by John Pett; written by John Williams; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 / produced & directed by Michael Darlow; written by Charles Bloomberg ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 / written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 6. (206 min.) Genocide: 1941-1945 / produced & directed by Michael Darlow; written by Charles Bloomberg; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 / produced & directed by Martin Smith; written by Stuart Hood; Japan: 1941-45 / directed by Hugh Raggett; written by Courtney Browne; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 / produced & directed by John Pett; written by David Wheeler-- v. 7. (154 min.) Bomb: February-September 1945 / written & produced by David Elstein; Reckoning: 1945 ... and after / written & produced by Jerome Kuehl; Remember / written & produced by Jeremy Issacs
  • v. 8. (199 min.) Bonus documentaries: Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 / written by Jerome Kuehl ; produced by Raye Farr (ca. 74 min.; 1976); Hitler's Germany: total war 1939-1945 / written by Jerome Kuehl ; produced by Raye Farr (ca. 76 min.; 1976); The two deaths of Adolf Hitler / produced & directed by Martin Smith (ca. 46 min.; 1975)
  • v. 9. (96 min.) Secretary to Hitler / Traudl Junge speaks to Michael Darlow, producer, Susan McConachy (ca. 23 min. ; 1974); Warrior / produced by Alan Afriat; (ca. 49 min. ; 1975); From war to peace / produced by Jerome Kuehl (ca. 23 min. ; 1975?)
  • v. 10. (185 min.) Final solution, pt. 1 / written & directed by Michael Darlow (ca. 95 min. ; 1975) Final solution, pt. 2 / written & directed by Michael Darlow (ca. 89 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 11. (184 min.) Making the series (a 30th anniversary retrospective) (ca. 123 min. ; 2004?); Experiences of war (ca. 58 min. ; 2004?); special features.

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