| Title: | WWII, the ultimate collection [videorecording] : 30 films. |
| Description: | 10 videodiscs : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Published: | [S.l.] : Brentwood Home Video, c2004. |
| Publisher No.: | 45563-9 Brentwood Home Video |
| System: | DVD, double sided ; scene access. |
| Summary: | A collection of documentaries on World War II. |
| Contents: | Disc 1: The true glory (1945, b&w, 84 min.) / narrated by Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Know your enemy: Japan (1944, b&w, 63 min.) / directed by Frank Capra -- Target for tonight (1941, b&w, 50 min.) / writer/director, Harry Wyatt. Disc 2: December 7th (1944, b&w, 34 min.) / directed by John Ford -- Campaign in Europe (aka Feldzug in Polen) / directed by Fritz Hippler -- DZ [i.e. Dropzone] Normandy : the employment of troop carrier forces (1945, b&w, 75 min.) / Army Air Forces -- D-Day (1944 [i.e. 1953?], b&w, 28 min. episode of the television series The big picture) / presented by the U.S. Army. Disc 3: Prelude to war (1942, b&w, 52 min.) / Frank Capra -- Adolf Hitler (1948, b&w, 80 min.) Disc 4: The Battle of Midway (1943, col., 20 min.) / John Ford -- The fighting Lady (1945, col. 60 min.) / William Wyler -- Desert Victory (1943, b&w, 60 min.) / J.L. Hodson. Disc 5: Nuremberg (1946, b&w, 75 min.) / C. Svilov -- The great generals: General Bradley (1948, b&w, 28 min.) -- General Patton (1947, b&w, 27 min.) -- General Eisenhower (1953, col. 25 min.). Disc 6: Appointment in Tokyo (1945, b&w, 55 min.) -- The Memphis Belle (1944, col., 42 min.). Disc 7: Nazi concentration camps (1945, b&w, 60 min.) -- Smashing the Reich (1961, b&w, 83 min.) / Perry Wolf. Disc 8: Thunderbolt (1945, col. 45 min.) / William Wyler -- Recognition of the Japanese zero (1942, b&w, 24 min.). Disc 9: Combat America (1944, col., 61 min.) / narrated by Clark Gable -- War comes to America (1945, b&w, 67 min.) / Frank Capra -- Warsaw Ghetto (1969, b&w, 51 min.) -- Let there be light (1946, b&w, 60 min.) / John Huston. Disc 10: Kamikaze (1945, b&w, 100 min.) -- Battle of San Pietro (1945, b&w, 43 min.) -- Report from the Aleutians (1943, col., 47 min.) / John Ford. |
| Subject(s): | Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. |
| World War, 1939-1945. Documentary films. | |
| Other Author(s): | Capra, Frank, 1897-1991. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Huston, John, 1906-1987. Ford, John, 1894-1973. |
| Other Titles: | World War II, the ultimate collection |
| Frank Capra's Why we fight. |
| Location(s): | copy 1 Bailey/Howe Media Resources (videodisc) (Ground Floor) |
| Call Number: | DVD 1044 |
| Library Has: | discs 1-10 |
| Notes: | CAMPUS USE INSTRUCTIONAL |
| Status: | Not Charged Check Shelf |