Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

World war speed / produced by Brave Planet Films and Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET ; written & directed by Steven Hoggard ; producer, Daphna Rubin.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Region 1

Summary:

It's long been known that German soldiers used methamphetamine called Pervitin in the Second World War. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the other side of the story: the massive use of stimulants by British and American troops? Did total war unleash the world's first pharmacological arms race? Historian James Holland quests to dig deeper and unearth the truth behind the war.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned; this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age).

Subjects:

Medicine, Military -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Health aspects.

Methamphetamine abuse -- History -- 20th century.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Hoggard, Steven, film director, screenwriter.

Rubin, Daphna, film producer.