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
… More »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.
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Statement of Responsibility:
Thames ; Fremantle Media ; The History Channel ; directed by Sir Jeremy Isaacs
Title:
The world at war
[DVD]
Publisher:
Burlington, VT :, A&E Home Video ;, New York, NY :, Distributed by New Video,, [2004].
Characteristics:
11 videodiscs (ca. 1194 min.) :,sd., col. and b&w ;,4 3/4 in.
Notes:
Title from container.
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.
Contents:
Vol. 1 A new Germany, 1933-39
vol. 2 Distant war 1939-40
vol. 3 France falls, May-June 1940
vol. 4 Alone - Britain, May 1940
vol. 5 Barbarossa, June-December 1941
vol. 6 Banzai - Japan strikes
vol. 7 On our way - America enters the war
vol. 8 Desert - The war in North Africa
vol. 9 Stalingrad
vol. 10 Wolf pack
vol. 11 Red star
vol. 12 Whirlwind
vol. 13 Tough old gut
vol. 14 It's a lovely day tomorrow
vol. 15 Home fires
vol. 16 Inside the Reich -Germany 1940-44
vol. 17 Morning
vol. 18 Occupation
vol. 19 Pincers
vol. 20 Genocide
vol. 21 Nemesis
vol. 22 Japan 1941-45
vol. 23 Pacific - The island to island war
vol. 24 The bomb
vol. 25 Reckoning
vol. 26 Remember.
Performers:
Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss.
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.
System Details:
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subject Headings:
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France.
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Great Britain.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North.
Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.
Genocide.
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean.
DVDs.
Germany History 1933-1945.
Japan History 1926-1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945.
Genre/Form:
Documentary television programs
Topical Term:
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945
Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943
Genocide
World War, 1939-1945
DVDs
Publisher No:
AAE-71374
AAE-71375 -- AAE 71385 A&E Home Video
ISBN:
0767065751
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A study in tragic collective human failure and wretched pathos. What kind of creatures are we humans to have done this to one another? Great series despite many shortcomings. Ignores context: Britain ruling India, US seizures from Mexico, Stalin's exterminations, general dread of Bolshevism. Omits Mers-el-Kebir, Dakar, Darlan, Katyn Forest. Little on Vichy, French Resistance. Pontifical generalizations. No criticism of Churchill for many blunders. Too kind to Stalin. Ridicules Germans' music; otherwise fair to them. Some episodes repeat others. Tiresome bragging by filmmakers; but interesting note that battle sound-effects were added later. False dates, etc, in stills at end. Most poignant: silent rubble-scapes: cities destroyed in Russia, France, Germany, Japan.