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2004

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	World at war (Television program)
Title:	The world at war / producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television.
Publisher, Date:	New York : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2004]
Description:	11 videodiscs (approximately 1194 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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 perspective 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."--Container.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
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. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943. Genocide. Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. Japan -- History -- 1926-1945. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
Genre:	Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs.
Other Author:	Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932- Raggett, Hugh. Ascherson, Neal. Elstein, David. Thompson, Laurence. Batty, Peter. Tiffin, Peter. Kuehl, Jerome. Darlow, Michael. Childs, Ted. Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Joseph Percival W.), 1908-1980. Douglas-Home, Charles, 1937- Shephard, Ben, 1948- Wheeler, David. Pett, John, producer/director. Williams, John. Whitehead, Phillip. Calder, Angus. Bloomberg, Charles, -1985. Hood, Stuart, 1915-2011. Browne, Courtney, 1915- Farr, Raye. Afriat, Alan, 1935- Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989. Porter, Eric, 1928-1995. Junge, Gertraud. Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976. Hiss, Alger. Thames Television, ltd. Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) A & E Home Video (Firm) New Video Group.
Notes:	Originally broadcast in 1973; bonus documentaries produced in 1974, 1975, 1976, and 2004. Bonus documentaries have note: "The world at war : a special presentation." Special features: disc 1: The making of the series; disc 11: The history of 'The world at war'; biographies; gallery of photos from the Imperial War Museum collection. Discs 8-11 contain bonus documentaries, compiled from interviews and archive materials gathered for the series World at war. Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; music, Carl Davis ; editor, Alan Afriat [and others] ; narrator (v. 8 & 10), Eric Porter. Interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss. DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. Soundtrack in English.
Contents:	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 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 -- 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 -- 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-- 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 -- 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-- Bomb: February-September 1945 / written & produced by David Elstein; Reckoning: 1945 ... and after / written & produced by Jerome Kuehl; Remember / written & produced by Jeremy Issacs -- Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 / written by Jerome Kuehl ; produced by Raye Farr Hitler's Germany: total war 1939-1945 / written by Jerome Kuehl ; produced by Raye Farr y The two deaths of Adolf Hitler / produced & directed by Martin Smith Secretary to Hitler / Traudl Junge speaks to Michael Darlow, producer, Susan McConachy Warrior / produced by Alan Afriat; From war to peace / produced by Jerome Kuehl Final solution, pt. 1 / written & directed by Michael Darlow Final solution, pt. 2 / written & directed by Michael Darlow Making the series (a 30th anniversary retrospective) Experiences of war
ISBN:	0767065751 9780767065757 076706576X 9780767065764 0767065778 9780767065771 0767065786 9780767065788 0767065794 9780767065795 0767065808 9780767065801 0767065816 9780767065818 0767065824 9780767065825 0767065832 9780767065832 0767065840 9780767065849 0767065859 9780767065856 0767065867 9780767065863 0767065867 0767065751 0767065808 0767065859 0767065840 0767065832 0767065824 0767065816 076706576x 0767065778 0767065786 0767065794 0767065751
Publisher Number:	AAE 71374--AAE 71385
Other Number:	55859339
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	680230
# Local items in:	2
# System items in:	2
Call Number:	DVD 940.54 World at

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