The world at war / producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932- producer, screenwriter.

Ragget, Hugh, director.

Ascherson, Neal, screenwriter.

Elstein, David, director, producer, screenwriter.

Thompson, Laurence, screenwriter.

Batty, Peter, 1931- 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.

Junge, Gertraud, interviewee.

Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976, interviewee.

Hiss, Alger, interviewee.

Thames Television, ltd.

Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)

A & E Home Video (Firm)

New Video Group

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

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.

Germany.

History.

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.

Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.

Genocide.

Japan--History--1926-1945.

Japan.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan).

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

11 videodiscs (approximately 1194 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York : A & E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, [2004]

System Details:

DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

Dolby

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

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.

Contents:

v. 1 New Germany 1933-39 / directed by Hugh Ragget; written by Neal Ascherson; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 / 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. 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. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 / written & produced by Peter Batty; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 / directed by Hugh Ragget; 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. 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. 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. 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 Ragget; written by Courtney Browne; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 / produced & directed by John Pett; written by David Wheeler

v. 7. 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. 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); y The two deaths of Adolf Hitler / produced & directed by Martin Smith (ca. 46 min.; 1975)

v. 9. Secretary to Hitler / written & directed by Michael Darlow (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. 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. Making the series (a 30th anniversary retrospective) (ca. 123 min. ; 2004?); Experiences of war (ca. 58 min. ; 2004?); special features.

Participant:

Interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss.

Credits:

Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; music, Carl Davis ; editor, Alan Afriat ... [et al.] ; narrator (v. 8 & 10), Eric Porter.

Notes:

Originally broadcast in 1974; bonus documentaries produced between 1974-2004.

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0767065751

9780767065757

076706576X

9780767065764

0767065778

9780767065771

0767065786

9780767065788

0767065794

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0767065808

9780767065801

0767065816

9780767065818

0767065824

9780767065825

0767065832

9780767065832

0767065840

9780767065849

0767065859

9780767065856

0767065867

9780767065863

OCLC:

55859339

Publisher Number:

733961713749

AAE 71374--AAE 71385 A & E Home Video