World At War, The: 5-Disc Set  /  DVD-Video
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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 1 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis The Definitive History Of The Second World War There has never been a war like it. And there has never been a documentary series that more fully examines that war. Previously only available on videocassette, the complete The World At War series is now available for the first time on DVD, featuring brand new digital masters created from new prints struck from the original negatives. Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, The World At War draws on an extraordinary wide collection of newsreel, propaganda and home movie footage - including rare footage of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress Eva Braun - gathered from both the victor nations and the conquered. The World At War also includes interviews with journalists, housewives, soldiers and historians, Polish, Dutch, Italian and Hungarian Jewish camp survivors, survivors, survivors of Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and the fire-bombing of Dresden; as well as uniquely devastating descriptions by participants as far-reaching as: Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary Karl Wolff, SS General and Hitler's adjutant Marquis Kido, the Emperor Hirohito's chief advisor Heinz Linge, Hitler's valet Mitsuo Fuchida, leader of the Pearl Harbor attack Takeo Yoshikawa, a spy at Pearl Harbor Jame Stewart, film actor and U.S fighter pilot Alger Hiss, US State Department Advisor to President Roosevelt Paul Tibbets, a pilot on the Hiroshima-targeted Enola Gay Voices like these, and the extraordinary range of footage that accompanies them, make The World At War a truly definitive and unique eyewitness documentary series on all fronts of the Second World War. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Laurence Olivier  • James Stewart Product Information Features: Individual Episode Introductions by Producer Jeremy Isaacs Episode Summaries Scene Index with Direct Access to Songs, Speeches, Maps World War II Timeline Imperial War Museum Photo Gallery Brief History of World War II DVD-ROM Links to The Imperial War Museum Website and More Biographies of Leading Figures Video: Standard 1.33:1 B&W Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono Studio: HBO Home Video Release Date: 8/24/2004 Length: 1920 mins Rating: NR Packaging: Custom Case Number of Discs: 5 Disc: DS-DL Item Code: 99246 UPC Code: 026359924620 Browsei Category: Special Interest, Television Genre: War, World War II, Boxed Sets, Documentary, HBO, History & Events Studios: HBO Home Video Customers who bought this Title also bought Planet Of The Apes: Special Edition  DVD-Video Jurassic Park III: Collector's Edition (Widescreen)  DVD-Video Apocalypse Now - Redux  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review World War II in 30+ hours - 4 out of 5  (2/3/2002) Watched Saving Private Ryan or another WWII type film and want to find out more? This is the DVD set for you! Even if you know everything about WWII, this is something you must add to your history collection. The DVD set itself is almost pure perfection. While the film quality and audio isn't perfect, it's clips dating back to the 1930's & 1940's. There are plenty of features included, as well as text background/still photo's on the people who made WWII and the time tables in which the notabl   more >>